Fix almost any fried fader, quick & easy

Here's a little trick of mine for fixing just about any 'blown' fader/crossfader, without even taking anything apart. All you need is:
- some Q-Tips
- a set of pliers
- rubbing alcohol*.

* if rubbing-alcohol isn't available, you can use somthing like Vodka. (or even mouthwash) It works just as well.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Steinberg
• Cubase
• SX
• 3
• tutorial
• BLSrecordings.com
• BLS
• Mahoney
• crossfader
• fader
• fix
• repair
• mixer

[TIMMMMY415]

hey man this video worked!! thanks for the upload

[BLSmahoney]

Glad it helped.

:)

Tim

BLS Mahoney

[leahacooper]

does this really work.? my fader is wrecked i only works if i press hard on it and even then it's still hammered 'll ry n get back to you

[BLSmahoney]

Make sure you push the fader to the other side too, cleaning underneath both sides. :)

[DjCantFuckinMIx]

bollox...lol....its not just down to the cleaning the contact rails...some times there is dirt under the contact rails also if the chassis is wobbly it can cause a bad contact also....

rookies....lol...

[Maradonarules10]

@BLSmahoney Hey bud, would this work for crossfaders also? Mine's bleeding.

[djwizo5000]

I bought a floor display of the 909 @ guitar center.

The up fader and transformer switch have been removed from the left side of the mixer.

I get audio but the led level meter won't light and the right up fader,cross fader and transformer won't respond at all no matter what I do.

Any sugestions?

[selectajay2000]

"Safety!" dont forget to turn off or unplug those bad boys!..good luck guys:)

[johnskaraoke]

I did exactly like you said. I have a Peavey Fx 16 and I thought and still might have a bad fader. I contacted Peavey the next day and they said that I just made a terrible mistake. Never clean a Fader with alcohol it dries out the fader contact and each fader has a certain amount of lubricant on it. They instructed me to use Fader Lube instead. I found it at my music store. They also laughed at me for using alcohol.

[quimjuicemonkey]

done the trick thanks dude !!!

[SpokenProfound]

Would captain morgan work? xD

[berge9884]

Just did it & it worked great!! Thanks!!

[paddymcmahon1]

Worked for me on Tascam DP-01, on 4 0f 8 faders that I thought were shot. Thanks so much for posting this simple and effective technique!

[vietbebegirL]

doesn't this break the fader if its wet?