How to clean BOSS switches
- Pepe
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How to clean BOSS switches
Nine years ago Laurie wrote a great tutorial how to clean unreliable BOSS switches:
http://www.dingotone.com/wordpress/wp-c ... -Clean.pdf
It was very helpful today, because my newly arrived TW-1 needed some care. I managed to do it without desoldering anything at all. It works like a charm again.
Thanks, Laurie!
http://www.dingotone.com/wordpress/wp-c ... -Clean.pdf
It was very helpful today, because my newly arrived TW-1 needed some care. I managed to do it without desoldering anything at all. It works like a charm again.
Thanks, Laurie!
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Re: How to clean BOSS switches
Cool! Thanks for re-posting this man!
Re: How to clean BOSS switches
Very cool, thank you for the repost!
I got lucky in the past with the switch on my PH1 that just needed Deoxit sprayed down the post with no disassembly. It may have been a Deoxit swimming pool in there, haha. Still works great to this day.
My DD2 needed a replacement switch, I wonder if this full cleaning would have fixed it?
I got lucky in the past with the switch on my PH1 that just needed Deoxit sprayed down the post with no disassembly. It may have been a Deoxit swimming pool in there, haha. Still works great to this day.
My DD2 needed a replacement switch, I wonder if this full cleaning would have fixed it?
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Re: How to clean BOSS switches
The switches are "consumable parts". I wouldn't worry about the originality.
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Re: How to clean BOSS switches
Really?! I definitely wouldn't eat one!
Edit: Maybe it's an Australian thing? ...
Last edited by fernieite on Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: How to clean BOSS switches
Pepe wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 6:14 pmNine years ago Laurie wrote a great tutorial how to clean unreliable BOSS switches:
http://www.dingotone.com/wordpress/wp-c ... -Clean.pdf
It was very helpful today, because my newly arrived TW-1 needed some care. I managed to do it without desoldering anything at all. It works like a charm again.
Thanks, Laurie!
Wow, this is a great a detailed post of Laurie. I do not think I have seen that before. My feeling is not many people will encounter many problems with this switch since it is very concealed.
Thanks Pepe for bringing it up again!
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Re: How to clean BOSS switches
Hmmm... I've cleaned or replaced over 30 Boss style switches over the years in various pieces of equipment. Even though they are "sealed", dust does get inside and it doesn't take much dust or oxidation to stop it working.