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Topic: Sho-Bud Volume Pedal Question |
Jim Fogarty
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Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2023 9:57 pm |
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Hi……I just bought a nice Sho-Bud LDG from the early ‘80’s. It came with this volume pedal and bracket to connect it to the pedal bar. It works, but is super scratchy. Questions:
Is this the way they came, with no casing……the guts just wide open like that?
When working, is it any good?
What’s a good replacement pot, if it’s worth fixing?
Thanks!
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 4:02 am
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My favorite pedal-bar mounted VP, but I carry a spare as I have known the pot metal casting to break (yes that  ). Otherwise it will last forever, if you are unable to clear up the scratchiness of the pot you can get excellent new 500KA Goodrich pots from Tom Bradshaw. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 7:34 am
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I doubt very much if that is a pot metal casting. 
Erv |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 7:42 am
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| I can dig up my broken one to photograph if you doubt my veracity, Irv 😎 |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 7:46 am
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You maybe broke it but it's not pot metal.
Erv |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 7:56 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
You maybe broke it but it's not pot metal.
Erv |
Please then to educate me further, Irv, it looks like pot metal and it breaks like pot metal, thus my comment. If there is more to be known please share.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 7:58 am
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That's cast steel.
Erv |
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Tom Bradshaw
From:
Walnut Creek, California, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 11:05 am Sho-Bud bad-aluminum frame?
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| Don't throw the pedal away. Get it welded. Are you sure it isn't just "crummy" aluminum? I've seen aluminum casting that are bad (foreign material in the mix), but this looks like the worst ever! |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 11:22 am
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Tom,
Don't you think that pedal is too heavy for that part to be aluminum?
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 11:41 am
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| It's very lightweight, not at all like the big enclosed ShoBud pedals. |
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Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2023 5:53 pm
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Thanks kids.....
Had a repair knowledgeable friend look it over, and apparently the Allen Bradley pot is an overseas reissue (I think he said Korean), and he also suggested a pot from Tom Bradshaw. |
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Posted 21 Jun 2023 3:05 pm
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Can't go wrong with the Dunlop pot that Tom sells...bought and installed 2 in my Goodrich L120's easily 10 years ago and they're still quiet and working perfectly.
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2023 8:14 pm
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DAVE Be Careful. Have the broken part checked close before trying to weld it. If it is magnesium it can catch on fire, instead of be welded.
I have 2 of those pots in Goodrich pedals.
They both got scratchy about 2 years ago. I removed the covers, Drilled a small hole in the covers. Squirted some State ELC-NF contact cleaner in them, They are still going, No scratching. They will both go tomorrow night on a gig, Both are living on borrowed time.
DO NOT TRY TO DRILL HOLE IN COVER ATTACHED TO THE POT, METAL CHIPS GETS IN POT WILL TRASH IT. |
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