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How long should we expect cable to last. I had some crackle/intermittent sound and traced it to around the jack plug. Thinking one of the solder joints may have failed I checked it and all was good, but knowing there was a problem in that area I cut the lead back about 6 inches and stripped the sheath and found this.... The copper screen was gooey and discoloured just in that area. It was not even where the compression grip is, that is more in the body of the plug casing. Any ideas what would cause this. Does cable just deteriorate. Possibly about 12 years old, not abused, always neatly coiled and stored, can still see the make all along the cable, Lynx Audio. I made the leads myself.

This was the cause of crackling in one of my amps...

Haven't been to the Swinging arm since before the pandemic, will have to try and get out again sometime.

Is this the board, does it just come off those two clips, what is on the other side, does the knob need to be pulled off first?

Had it since Feb 2019 so I don't think this would matter now.

Ok, I squirted some Deoxit in, gave the knob a few turns (quiet at the back) and it appears to have done the trick. I did check before doing it that the noise was there, and it has now gone.

Thanks for that. I thought something was different when taking them out but didn't mentally note it. I would have bugerad them had you not mentioned it.

Just brought my can of Deoxit in from the garage and waiting for it to reach room temperature. I'll report back later.

Hmm, where do I spray? If If I were to release those those two latches would the pcb come away with the exposed pot on it?

I'll go and give that a go myself while I'm in the mood, I've recently bought a can of Deoxit. Did the pot have any access holes to spray into, a lot seem to be completely sealed now?

I may have been one of the early ones to mention hearing this 'crackle' on the master volume. I still have it. It has not got any worse. It only does it when adjusting it with a signal into it. It seems to be more of 'that's the way it works' on this amp, than a dirty pot. Does anybody not get it?

Sam the Ham.

Whistling smps?

I don't like the sound of my nails clicking the strings, sounds like playing with a tweeter on. I have gone as far as rubbing my nails on the brick wall outside the venue to eradicate that sound.

You need to know how many pins it has. They are often referred to as 'Fender' pc mount jack sockets.

Do folk still solder using one of these...

They are mine, HiWatt 2x15 and Sound Shitty 4x12.

Wildlife at The Moonstone, Liverpool about 1975.

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You are Arty the drummer and I claim my £5.00.

I would have preferred a zero fret.

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Epi cover on an Artec pickup... Edit to add - the bar with the pole-pieces can easily be swapped over. I painted a spare Epi cover black for my Elitist EB3....