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08-09-2018, 06:58 PM
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Contact cleaner safe for fixing a scratchy volume control on Takamine
I recently acquired a nice Japanese Takamine EF341SC - great quality guitar, however the volume slider switch is very scratchy. Can anyone recommend a good contact cleaner that is guitar safe?
As a footnote, I ruined a Wah Wah pedal by using the WRONG type of contact cleaner once - something about it eating the carbon on the Pot? I'm mainly concerned about the finish, since it is a Black guitar.
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08-10-2018, 12:03 AM
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Are you familiar with Deoxit? I've used Deoxit for years to clean the contacts in many volume and tone pots. I have rescued some really badly oxidized hard-to-find vintage pots with that stuff. It comes in a spray can with one of those tubes that fits into the spray nozzle (like on a can of WD-40). With that, you can direct the contact cleaner to a very specific spot without it getting anywhere else.
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08-10-2018, 05:27 AM
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DeOxit has a product called Faderlube that is optimized for sliders and POTs.
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...YaAnakEALw_wcB
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08-11-2018, 06:39 PM
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+1 on the Deoxit.
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08-26-2018, 07:01 PM
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Another vote for Deoxit. I have an EF341C and when the high e string started cutting out, I patiently disassembled the entire pickup system and gave the pickup a bathe in Deoxit. Reassembled and no more problems. But it could have been just the disassemble/reassemble fixed it as well I guess. Congrats on the guitar too. Mines a keeper. It’s a great campfire guitar now.
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