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Behind The Scenes – The Perils Of Ordering Parts
Behind The Scenes – The Perils Of Ordering Parts
#Scenes #Perils #Ordering #Parts
“Brad’s Guitar Garage”
Through some weird twist of fate, Lyle ended up making a similar video and uploaded it about 3 hrs prior to this one, so it’s probably mostly been covered in his. But I’m funnier, so nerny-ner.
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I just went through that nightmare of a process. The ONLY pot in the amp was the pull-for-overdrive knob… I could not find it so I had to add a secondary toggle for the pull function. oooph
With all the crap out there, what are your thoughts on the Roland JC series?
I might have selected the single turn vs multi turn pot as well as the (no switch) option
video like this actually is comforting to share the pain of hunting down parts, analyzing the specs, and sifting through the maze of options. Can be very stressful and tedious even at the design stage. Thanks for sharing.
Hidden time in repairs the customer never understands 🤪
Octopart is a very useful site for pricing and availability. Has saved me a pretty penny over the years.
Have you thought about getting into surface mount soldering? A few more tools for the heater, digital microscope, and some tweezers but it seems doable and since everything is moving that way might be a good skill to develop.
Good tip 👍on not getting too specific in the search, I've always wondered why when I put in all the correct parameters into a search and I end up with nothing.
3:43 I believe the distinction is: Dollarydoos, Freedom Bucks and Canadough. Not sure what they use in New Zealand…
Thanks for taking the time to expand on this extremely dull facet of our job!
Getting quality parts is punishing.
just learnt a lot – between your and Lyle's video I feel less intimidated by the parameter paralysis
Welcome to hell
You and Lyle are on the same wave length today. Thanks for the Mouser search tips!
Thank you for this video. Really!
Mahalo Brad!
And Brad pulls out the same basic pot body I ripped those tiny leads off of removing a board. The shaft on this one was a short 1/8" diameter with a screwdriver trimmer shaft. I hate this post Covid new normal horseshit. I gave away a bag switching JFETs that I paid all of $40 for 500 of them not more than 6 years ago from Futurlec. Now they are $4 each from Mouser or around $1500 for 500. I finally found some I actually do trust on eBay. CTS's minimum custom orders were usually 3000-10,000 pieces depending on how weird the pot was. I paid about $20 for a NOS JAN replacement panel mount trim pot. If you didn't rip the leads off breaking the plastic shaft off was another risk. Bourns sells one with a plastic bushing and a long 1/8" plastic shaft. PASS! GO INTO THOSE SPEC SHEETS and READ THEM!!! I bought an opto-isolator in an SMD gullwing DIP package, and that part will NEVER plug into an 8 pin DIP socket. LOOK AT THE DIAGRAMS! READ THE SPEC PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES, and DOUBLE CHECK THEM WITH THAT SPEC SHEET! 1/4" 32 TPI bushing with a short trimmer 1/8 inch shaft for the back of a product located where the cord rolls up? NO PLASTIC BUSHINGS! They will get broken off, and you are right back inside the unit fighting with it again! It's not unusual to be searching for parts until past 3:00AM.
Looks like I missed the memo!
I have had two DV Mark amps develop problems with the pots after a year or so The amps sound great but are not reliable in normal use due to these components I did manage to clean one of them sufficiently to get it working again As you say Brad if they just made the amp box a bit bigger they could accommodate conventional easily replaceable control pots
Oh man, those little RK09 pots were rare as hen's teeth during the supply chain nonsense a while back. I feel your pain.
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Finding pots is a fantastic pain in the eye. Knurled, split, d-flat too many variables. Some are simply not findable at least by me.
Interesting that you and Lyle both did part searches today.
important and insightful info
Super with something "Behind The Scenes"
What brand of amp is this? Solid-state, with a switching power supply, from the looks of it….
Guitar gear market is full of snake oil and rip-offs, it pays to do your research first, or let a knowledgable person do it for you. For everyone that makes gear for a living, there are probably 10-100 who do it for themselves out of Love.
I also run a workshop here in Australia, and I feel your pain hunting for parts. I found myself agreeing with everything you said in this video. I wish customers would watch this so they would understand more of the "behind the scenes" stuff in running a repair business, and why we have to charge the amount we do, just to stay open. Great video!
My mom told me about people pushing their POT agenda! Appreciated Brad!
Well said, it can be a nightmare sourcing spares.
Nice complement to my vid.
Dry July is quickly approaching…..
You are 100% correct … I find both the DigiKey and Mouser sites to be incredibly frustrating. Fortunately, I only need parts once or twice a year.
Just put in a big order from Mouser and AES for some projects the other day. I've noticed US shipping charges inching up a bit here lately, but I can only image what shipping charges must be to Australia! 😬
Part ordering – everyone’s at it today.
Greetings Brad and everyone.