Fix Scratchy Sounding Amplifier Knobs and Pots

Fix your scratchy pots and knobs on all your guitar gear with this stuff.
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[davidjonsson]

I thought I would have to take my amp apart to spray in back of pots. But I tried this first. This totally worked. Thanks for saving me alot of work

[moosey]

I sprayed my wife with this and I don't hear a damn thing anymore.
She went straight back to her mother, so a huge result. Thanks Buddy.

[daniescherman]

Dude sounds like Paul Rudd, and the humor was on point as well. So, I'm definitely subscribing.

[patrickr.]

Thank you for this!! I followed these exact steps and my wife's Fender Rumbler 25 amp is working perfectly now!!!

[Boogieplex]

“This video is brought to you by me……..it’s my stuff…i bought it”.
😆😂
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[Stikibits]

Works heaps better if you spray it into the pot from the back.

[jackkramer]

I had this amp and it's ridiculously easy to drop the entire speaker assembly forward, it's literally one screw on either side of the amp (the one on the left side is behind the Fender logo on the side of the amp cabinet). Then 4 screws on the top to remove the amp assembly to pull it out to access the back side of the pots to do it right. I would spray the deoxit in the back of the pot slits, twist the knobs, let it sit over night so the crap drips out, the next night spray fader lube (part of the deoxit series), let it sit overnight, so all the crap drips out, then reassemble. Takes longer, but it will work the first time, and last.

[jinxed_trannie]

Oh my god thank you. I am a beginner guitarist and I found my amp and guitar at a yard sale for 20 bucks each. With help of my teachers and dad, the guitar had been fully restored but the amp was sitting in his attic for a long time and we didn't know how to fix it because it kept connecting and disconnecting and making the same scratchy sounds each time we tried to turn the volume up. Thanks man, this rlly helped alot :)

[JonathanAmar]

Thanks bud! My Les Paul volume knob was crackling. Sprayed it in the pot from the back and worked like a charm!

[tasmanstrachan]

Good video- good to know it can be done without spending half an hour pulling the amp apart and putting it back together again. As a beginner at electronics there’s also always chance you’ll accidentally break something and of course the inside of amps is very dangerous!

I think it would’ve worked in one go if you’d sprayed more cleaner maybe 3 times turning the pot just 3 or 4 times between sprays.

So good to know I should be able to clean my amps and stereos without spending half a day pulling them apart!!

[DevonDassaw]

The glass breaking sound was a great addition 😂. These sound effects are great 👍

[hyperdog]

I can't tell you how happy I was to come across this vid. I'm having the same issue with my Tascam DP-32, and also My Tech21 Ultra 1000 bass head. I was freaking out until I found out about Deoxit. So the can arrived today, and I was looking on here trying to find the correct way to do, and I saw cats taking their boards apart, and one dude was dismantling the entire amp! Didn't want to go through any of that! Then I cam across your vid..you rule! I just did a test spray on the first trim knob, now I'm waiting to see if it worked. But based on what you did, I know this way will work Thanks!

[albertveli]

Hey, remove the nut and washer before spraying. The product though is awesome. CRC connection cleaner and Deoxit seems to work best.

[Project_]

Thanks man, I have this problem on several knobs on my old Marshall Combo for maybe TEN YEARS and just left it on one setting, because it would also jump in volume in addition to the crackling. I nearly got this to a repair shop. This one hopefully saves me some bucks.

[dexterdsilva]

Amp sounding pretty good without opening it up. Great hack to release the knobs! Thank you.

[rosie]

if you put a conveniently sized short piece of plastic tubing over the pot shaft you can get more solution in to the pot, just don't over do it, works with those stuoid little green marshall pots.

[danthegeetarman]

Was dreading opening up my whole amp just for two scratchy pots. I’ll try this same thing now instead of opening it up. Thanks!

[craigdamage]

I just used some generic "LPS" contact cleaner on my Aguilar bass amp and it did the trick quite well in one attempt.

[Boogieplex]

I inherited an EVH 5150 lbx head from my friend who passed away. He was a dear friend, but he kept a very dirty house.All the knobs were scratchy. I was lazy and just sprayed into the shaft without even removing the knobs, and it still worked….lol.Although next time i wont be so lazy.
Every guitarist should have Deoxit D5.

[alanpules]

Well, to be honest, I picked a day where I could spend some time cleaning the inside of my amp head cause "all" the knobs were scratchy. I vacuumed first then sprayed DeoxIT on front and backs of the knob pots. Holy cows, worked like a charm! The guy who sold me my amp head and full stack sold it to me cheap cause of the static noise! However, I like the fact also that you can shoot the stuff in the front just by removing the knobs also. Like I said, I had "time" to do it my way, so I did it. This is good for the musician on the go! Cool vid as I needed to see this as I used DeoxIT about 20 years ago and I'd forgotten how to use it till