Any soldering guru on here?

mikeyrob73

Basically my Line 6 Fx100 has been knocked over by one of the childerbeasts and now the headphone and input sockets need waggling about before they work, WAY above my level of expertise. Any ideas who i should use to get it checked? 

munckee

Sitting them on the step for a minute for each year of their life is I believe the supernanny way.  I prefer the belt followed by 10 minutes locked in the dark spider shed.

ewal

Maybe contact the shop that you got it from for a recommendation. Is it sitll under warranty?

mikeyrob73

nah man warranty is long since gone 

crunchman

Excuse to get a Helix?

mikeyrob73

crunchman said:

Excuse to get a Helix?



nah for my needs the fx100 is fine just pissing me off that its sat there doing nothing and its probably something really simple 

crunchman

If the sockets are broken and they are PCB mount, then they can be a bit of a pain.  It's not a hard job, but if they use bespoke jack sockets it could be a bit of a pain to source them.  Worst case is that they have their own bespoke ones, that they will only give to their authorized repairers, who charge £78 per hour, plus you will have to pay for parts and postage there and back (so just be thankful it's not a TC product). 

If there is room, you can fit a normal chassis mount one with wires to the board.

mikeyrob73

well that makes me feel a WHOLE lot better  

at that price its not worth repairing 

crunchman

mikeyrob73 said:

well that makes me feel a WHOLE lot better  

at that price its not worth repairing 

That was the conclusion I came to with my Nova Delay.  I don't think Line 6 are as bad as TC though.  Jack sockets are probably bodgeable where some other components wouldn't be.

mikeyrob73

it DOES work , just takes a wee bit of waggling so i don't think whatever is broken is completely broken. 

paganskins

mikeyrob73 said:

childerbeasts 

Can't offer any help sorry but that ^ is an excellent term, how're you pronouncing it?

Child-er-beast or chill-der-beast

mikeyrob73

 chill-der-beast as in wildebeest

cant remember where i stole it from ;p its sums my 2 step daughters up quite well though. 

crunchman

mikeyrob73 said:

it DOES work , just takes a wee bit of waggling so i don't think whatever is broken is completely broken. 

I'm sure it is fixable.  It just might not be as simple as an old style chassis mount jack.

paganskins

mikeyrob73 said:

 chill-der-beast as in wildebeest

cant remember where i stole it from ;p its sums my 2 step daughters up quite well though. 

Thought so, the term might come in quite handy over the next six weeks or so!

mikeyrob73

False alarm guys fired it up tonight through the amp and it’s fine, looks like it’s a faulty headphone 3.5mm to 6.3mm adapter 

Bridgehouse

mikeyrob73 said:

False alarm guys fired it up tonight through the amp and it’s fine, looks like it’s a faulty headphone 3.5mm to 6.3mm adapter 

Notorious for their cheese like quality, those adapters.

mikeyrob73

Have purchased a male 6.3 to female 3.5 cable today so hopefully issue is now sorted. Have made a decision though, I’m hating Strats again, I love my CV it looks great and plays great until I plug it in then it just pisses me off. 

Bridgehouse

mikeyrob73 said:

Have purchased a male 6.3 to female 3.5 cable today so hopefully issue is now sorted. Have made a decision though, I’m hating Strats again

mikeyrob73

Bridgehouse said:

mikeyrob73 said:

Have purchased a male 6.3 to female 3.5 cable today so hopefully issue is now sorted. Have made a decision though, I’m hating Strats again

I know mate, it’s a love/hate thing I love them, I shouldnlove them then I get to a point where they just do my head in. Watch the classifieds for a fs post. 

Bridgehouse

mikeyrob73 said:

Bridgehouse said:

mikeyrob73 said:

Have purchased a male 6.3 to female 3.5 cable today so hopefully issue is now sorted. Have made a decision though, I’m hating Strats again

I know mate, it’s a love/hate thing I love them, I shouldnlove them then I get to a point where they just do my head in. Watch the classifieds for a fs post. 

You aren’t going to learn either are you?

mikeyrob73

Do any of us @Bridgehouse? ;