Lest we forget - NEVER leave a battery in a Boss pedal for "years"

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Re: Lest we forget - NEVER leave a battery in a Boss pedal for "years"

Post by Pepe » Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:35 pm

laurie wrote:
Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:58 pm
This one nearly beat me - not technically, but the investment of time.

Here is the last pic I will post (I promise!). After cleaning the rust off the baseplate I was going to clear-coat it, but I had a little bit of metallic left in an old spraycan so used that.

Done :D :shock:

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Neeeeat!
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Re: Lest we forget - NEVER leave a battery in a Boss pedal for "years"

Post by laurie » Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:46 pm

I contacted Roland Canada and they are unable to provide the knobs.

Interestingly, they said this in general: "If you bought your NS-2 pedal before June 2021, then those knobs are unfortunately no longer available. There have been a few design changes between the current NS-2’s as to the original ones.".

I suspect that this will apply to many spares - where the designs have changed the parts for the old versions will simply not be available.

I ordered some of these. Not a perfect match, but should look OK and the price is right (I bundled them into a bigger order with my regular supplier).
https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products ... rled-shaft

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Re: Lest we forget - NEVER leave a battery in a Boss pedal for "years"

Post by Pepe » Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:27 pm

I suppose they have moved from knurled potentiometer shafts to "D" shafts in general.
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Re: Lest we forget - NEVER leave a battery in a Boss pedal for "years"

Post by fuzzbuzzfuzz » Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:32 pm

When I find the pics I'll show you all a true horror story lingering in my "to repair" pile!

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Re: Lest we forget - NEVER leave a battery in a Boss pedal for "years"

Post by laurie » 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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Re: Lest we forget - NEVER leave a battery in a Boss pedal for "years"

Post by Gasgano » Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:31 pm

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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That is next level salvation my friend. :)
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Re: Lest we forget - NEVER leave a battery in a Boss pedal for "years"

Post by laurie » Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:42 pm

Thanks! If I wasn't so attached to Boss gear it would have gone in the parts-bin.

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