Problems with HT DistX
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:09 pm
Hello all!
I bought a Blackstar HT DistX pedal second hand some time ago but it appears the pedal's electronics has been damaged somehow, so I've bought a damaged unit apparently. That sucks!
I opened up the pedal because the sound of the pedal was noisy, no tightness at all, and it was generally just a bad sound. What I found was that there was a considerable amount of a yellow-ish substance that had leaked from some of the 10 large capacitors (all on the circuit board that has around 10 of those). Looks like maybe about 4-6 of the 10 capacitors leaked.
Is this fixable at all, or did I waste my money? Thanks in advance :p
I bought a Blackstar HT DistX pedal second hand some time ago but it appears the pedal's electronics has been damaged somehow, so I've bought a damaged unit apparently. That sucks!
I opened up the pedal because the sound of the pedal was noisy, no tightness at all, and it was generally just a bad sound. What I found was that there was a considerable amount of a yellow-ish substance that had leaked from some of the 10 large capacitors (all on the circuit board that has around 10 of those). Looks like maybe about 4-6 of the 10 capacitors leaked.
Is this fixable at all, or did I waste my money? Thanks in advance :p