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aron![]() |
Carlings bad...? I just got about 10 Carlings in and right off the bat, 2 are bad I believe. I am not putting too much heat on them. I believe they are bad because when I press the switch it doesn't make contact well and if I press the plastic base on the side, it will make contact. They are acting similar to those ones from MCM. BTW: These are the batch from Sovtek - brand new. I will try fooling around with them a little more. Aron |
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Ed Rembold![]() |
Aron, Do they say "Mexico" in silver letters on the side? those have been no good for me. Ed R. |
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Ed Guidry![]() |
I've noticed the switch act a bit funny too, I just thought it was me. My soldering has gotten much better with my 3rd working pedal (I wasn't bad before, but there's a higher level of detail from working on fender point-to-point and then going to pcb's) but I'm sure I didn't overheat anything. |
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Doug![]() |
This switch situation is getting depressing. I was hoping my "newer" MCMs would be better-bought 'em a few months ago. They seem even worse-I replaced the switch on my sweet thing and it was bad right out of the bag. I guess I would feel worse if I had forked over the $$ for the Carlings, but still, that was the route I was gonna go next. I used to use those little junky plastic switches from Radio Shaft a long time ago. You couldn't step on them too hard, but I never had one fail. That may be an alternative for now. "Heavy-dutiness" isn't as much of an issue for me, it would just be nice to have a switch that actually worked... Doug |
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Gus![]() |
Didn't Z VEX post that you have to switch the switch many times to clean out the grease that is inside it from the contacts. Aron do your have the 6 contacts out the bottom? I like the one that has the contacts on 3 sides. |
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Eric H![]() |
Ed, I've been wondering if you, gus, or anyone else has taken one apart and compared it with a good old one. It wouldn't hurt to mail a bunch of complaints. Steve Daniels' home-brewed solution looks better all the time to me. -Eric |
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Sweetfinger![]() |
I've had a few Dunlop wahs in recently that had bad switches in them. "made in Mexico" -the mark of quality! |
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