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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

Neeeeat!

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

I suppose they have moved from knurled potentiometer shafts to "D" shafts in general.

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

New knobs arrived. Not the same as the original Boss knobs, but they look pretty good to my eye.
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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.

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