Restoring Vintage Radios and Music Equipment : Cleaning Knobs on Vintage Audio Equipment

Get the dust out of your volume pots. Learn about cleaning knobs on vintage audio equipment in this free vintage electronics restoration video.

Expert: Lorin Parker
Contact: www.electricwestern.com
Bio: Lorin Parker is renown as an instrument builder. He works as an artist, audio engineer and instructor in sound and audio as a faculty member at the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles.
Filmmaker: Louis Nathan

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• restoring
• restoration
• vintage
• electronic
• instruments
• gadgets
• audio
• equipment
• tube
• amplifiers
• guitars

[campbemj180]

Thanks! Need to clean out my vintage Luxman amplifier :)

[didyouflungpoo]

Just got an ampeg used amp (transistor model ) and it has sound but its very minimal ... unit is 350 watts but wont work as it should ... speakers are fine so what should I check on the amp ...

[Ku6opor]

yeah WD-40 is the best solution

[pexter1969]

I own a Pioneer A-88x , to solve this problem I use WD-40.

[danocean111213]

dude, i need your help desperately. i own a pioneer sx1250, of which i paid $200.00 for, and no sound has become a problem. i do not know if its the sound stage or fuses or what. please help me troubleshoot this issue. sinc,jay

[MarbleMad]

You should also establish if it's a linear or logorythmic pot if you're replacing it.

[hymefly]

I just bought a Hitachi HTA-3000 tuner amp. Its in mint condition, but the right channel doesnt work. There is no sound from the right speakers. I connected headphones to it, and it has the same problem. Do you have any idea what it is? Great video, by the way!

[adriannyasia]

excellent, very excellent! I have a vintage dynaco preamp thats making the same exact noise that he's talking about! I never would've figured this out if it wasn't 4 this video. Thanx 4 the info!

[qmzajmt]

i love this guy.....he makes me want to go to college even more!!!

[DrCassette]

This is a really helpful video!