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65 Princeton reverb/tremolo footswitch issue.

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munckeemunckee Frets: 12371
edited March 17 in Amps
The pedal for my reissue Princeton has just started playing up, the vibrato pedal turns on reverb and tremolo and the reverb side seemingly does nothing. 

Any idea how to fix it or do I need to stump for a new one?
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72369
    Sounds like a short in the plug. Open it up and see if the two terminals are touching each other.

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  • nero1701nero1701 Frets: 1427
    ICBM said:
    Sounds like a short in the plug. Open it up and see if the two terminals are touching each other.
    Yep, Had this a couple times myself, I ended up using a small piece of card as a seperator/spacer.
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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 12371
    ICBM said:
    Sounds like a short in the plug. Open it up and see if the two terminals are touching each other.
    Sorry for being an idiot do you mean the jack?
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72369
    munckee said:

    Sorry for being an idiot do you mean the jack?
    No, I mean the plug.

    The jack is the socket on the amp that it goes into. Sorry, pedantry I know :).

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 12371
    ICBM said:
    munckee said:

    Sorry for being an idiot do you mean the jack?
    No, I mean the plug.

    The jack is the socket on the amp that it goes into. Sorry, pedantry I know :).
    Fair enough, just making sure we’re talking about the same thing! : )
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  • noisepolluternoisepolluter Frets: 798
    I’ve also had problems in the footswitch end - just connections fraying and shorting. 
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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 12371
    ICBM said:
    Sounds like a short in the plug. Open it up and see if the two terminals are touching each other.
    Unsurprisingly you were right!
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72369
    munckee said:

    Unsurprisingly you were right!
    Even more unsurprisingly I've fixed more than one of them with the same fault :). Those plugs are a bit crap really...

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • RevolutionsRevolutions Frets: 187
    edited March 18
    I’ve noticed the same issue this evening on my Princeton. Sadly moving the wires apart & putting a bit of card between hasn’t solved it.
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