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18$?!??!

This is crazy!

Agreed 100%. Annoys me as well. What reassures me that it might be that marette that I replaced is that : - The noise went away when I fiddled with wiring. a component failing would have not showed that behaviour. - It was pretty easy to disconnect the first time, implying there was some slack there...

laurie wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:51 pm

New knobs arrived. Not the same as the original Boss knobs, but they look pretty good to my eye.
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NS-2 finished.jpg

That is next level salvation my friend.

OK. So... I've disconnected the amp for a few days. Plugged it back in: The noise was gone. Figured it had to be a capacitor. left it plugged for a few days. Still no noise. Placed the amp back where it should be (but with no screws). Still no noise. Screwed everything back together. Still no noise....

Yeah... I'm pissed. The noise is back. Tried the following: - The black wire on the power cord is connected to the transformer via some kind of crimped marette. - Disconnected it (it seemed a bit loose). Reconnected with a standard marette I had laying around. Noise is gone! - Test it with the guita...

Very nice! Another piece of gear saved! I feared it did not work as when I plugged the bass in there, no sound was coming out of it. Noise was gone, but I feared ALL SOUNDS were gone. I checked the wires again, fiddled with them again.... ... ... ... ... And then I turned the volume up on the bass ...

Pepe wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:18 pm

WOW! How did you clean it? In this picture you don't see too many traces of the previous damage anymore!

This is sorcery man. If I did not know your background in building pedals ans such I'd say it's not the same board haha.

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parts@roland.ca are usually very responsive. Shipping is expensive but parts are genuine.

So, as I mentionned, I played with the amp at a tradeshow I was at last week with an American colleague of mine that brought his guitar (in the hotel lobby). I could fiddle with the wires to make the noise disappear, but it would always come back after a couple minutes, likely due to vibrations. I c...

That is weird. White noise usually comes from a failing component, not wiring. It might be a faulty connector. Assuming the connectors are normal "quick connect" type, I would use needle-nose pliers to gently tighten the connectors and see if that helps. . Connector1.jpg It's more of a constant hum...