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Old 24th December 2012   #1
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Broken Spring Reverb (Boss RX-100) HELP PLEASE!

I have a great little Boss reverb that I picked up a few years back, trouble is there seems to be a dodgy connection somewhere that makes the spring sound intermittent. I have to bang the reverb box a few times to find the right position for the reverb to stay in a 'working' position, otherwise when I run an instrument through it I just get a dry signal. Take a listen to me banging the box, you can hear the intermittent signal:

https://soundcloud.com/willdorey/broken-spring-reverb

I have looked inside a few times, but my average knowledge of electronics has not been able to detect obvious culprits like loose wires etc... can anyone suggest a possible cause? THANKS
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Old 24th December 2012   #2
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There's 2 little wires that go to the coils. They are very thin and as the spring/holder swings around inside it pinches the wires against the casing or slices through the wires.
Get inside and have a perv you'll see what I mean.
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Old 27th December 2012   #3
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There's 2 little wires that go to the coils. They are very thin and as the spring/holder swings around inside it pinches the wires against the casing or slices through the wires.
Get inside and have a perv you'll see what I mean.
Thanks - I'll take a look
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Do you get the same intermittent results regardless of if you are using the front (A) input/output or the rear (B) inputs/outputs?
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