Vintage Synth Repair

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "shari_en_jin"
<shari_en_jin@...> wrote:
>
> Well, not exactly vintage really, but I've got a couple scratchy pots
> on my microKorg and can't get the damn knobs off to get inside the
> dern thing. They don't have any screws in them to untighten and I've
> put a fair amount of pull on them to try and pull them off, but
> they're either glued or stuck on there with some other method that
> isn't particularly obvious.  It was a floor model i bought from a
> friend at Guitar Center when they first came out and didn't even have
> any in stock yet, so I imagine maybe they have a policy of gluing them
> on so people cant rip them off...Any suggestions on what the best way
> would be to get them off so's I can get in there and replace them?
> Thanks,
> Ti_
>
On a lot of these cheezy pots they have a real advantage.  You can
fire contact cleaner successfully down the shaft and use a silicon
additive one of course to help lube it. -Bob