Anyone here able to repair a flanger pedal?

midiglitch

I've got an ibanez af2 Paul Gilbert airplane flanger which has developed a problem whereby the sound is weak, with a volume drop and volume fluctuations when the pedal is engaged. The bypass sound is fine, and you can still hear that the pedal does what it is supposed to and responds to twiddling the knobs accordingly, it has just lost a shed load of volume.

I don't know if that is symptomatic of something simple or complicated, and I don't actually use this pedal as I don't use flanger live, however I need to either get it fixed or get rid of it, no point in having a broken pedal sitting around, so I was wondering if anyone reckons they could fix it, and if so how much it might cost?

steamabacus

If you're lucky it might just be a dodgy switch. Try squirting some switch cleaner down into the switch and turning it on and off a few times.

57Deluxe

my partner needs her flange box sorting too...

ElectroDan

^^^ I'd avoid squirting some switch cleaner down there!

midiglitch

@steamabacus

that worked!

thank you

steamabacus

Excellent! Switches are always prime candidates for this kind of thing.