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Boss Repair?

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Bandmatehas a second hand Boss Bass Compressor. It appears to have a power fault: no function from the battery, a brief lighting of the LED when powered from my board. Can anyone point me in the direction of a repair please?

Also, a power supply for 4 pedals will be required if anyone's holding?
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It might be an older model when they used a different spec power supply which means that running it off a standard 9v won't work - does it say to use an "ACA" or "PSU" adaptor on the back?

Heaps of info on the topic here: https://stinkfoot.se/archives/726
And the mod/solution: https://stinkfoot.se/archives/1019

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Jake wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:45 pm It might be an older model when they used a different spec power supply which means that running it off a standard 9v won't work - does it say to use an "ACA" or "PSU" adaptor on the back?

Heaps of info on the topic here: https://stinkfoot.se/archives/726
And the mod/solution: https://stinkfoot.se/archives/1019
Thanks Jake. I doubt it's that old; I think I might have noticed if it was. Will check
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Slowy wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:55 pm
Jake wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:45 pm It might be an older model when they used a different spec power supply which means that running it off a standard 9v won't work - does it say to use an "ACA" or "PSU" adaptor on the back?

Heaps of info on the topic here: https://stinkfoot.se/archives/726
And the mod/solution: https://stinkfoot.se/archives/1019
Thanks Jake. I doubt it's that old; I think I might have noticed if it was. Will check
It's not the BC-1X either? Google says that ones 18v
*edit - ignore me, that can be run on up to 18v

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Slowy wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:31 pm Bandmatehas a second hand Boss Bass Compressor. It appears to have a power fault: no function from the battery, a brief lighting of the LED when powered from my board. Can anyone point me in the direction of a repair please?

Also, a power supply for 4 pedals will be required if anyone's holding?
I can help with that. Check out my website at:

https://www.fantailaudio.com/repairs

Or send me a PM.
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FuzzMonkey wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:55 pm
Slowy wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:31 pm Bandmatehas a second hand Boss Bass Compressor. It appears to have a power fault: no function from the battery, a brief lighting of the LED when powered from my board. Can anyone point me in the direction of a repair please?

Also, a power supply for 4 pedals will be required if anyone's holding?
I can help with that. Check out my website at:

https://www.fantailaudio.com/repairs

Or send me a PM.
Cool. I've sent off your link. Graeme Durham is his name.
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FuzzMonkey wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:55 pm
Slowy wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:31 pm Bandmatehas a second hand Boss Bass Compressor. It appears to have a power fault: no function from the battery, a brief lighting of the LED when powered from my board. Can anyone point me in the direction of a repair please?

Also, a power supply for 4 pedals will be required if anyone's holding?
I can help with that. Check out my website at:

https://www.fantailaudio.com/repairs

Or send me a PM.
As an aside I really like your blog of "Probably a simple fix"
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Slowy wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:08 pm Cool. I've sent off your link. Graeme Durham is his name.
Sounds good. I'll keep an eye on my inbox.
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TmcB wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 3:11 pm As an aside I really like your blog of "Probably a simple fix"
Thanks. I haven't done anything on my website for a while now. The Simple Fix and other pedal repair posts have migrated over to Instagram more recently purely due to the time factor.
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Curious, has anyone found a replacement selector pot for Boss delay pedals? I need a 4 position 50k one for my DD3 to get it running again, but so far no joy locating.
The part in the Boss repair manual is 13119308, SWITCH (ROTARY) SBM1024 (SRBM 14011A)

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chur wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:39 pm Curious, has anyone found a replacement selector pot for Boss delay pedals? I need a 4 position 50k one for my DD3 to get it running again, but so far no joy locating.
The part in the Boss repair manual is 13119308, SWITCH (ROTARY) SBM1024 (SRBM 14011A)

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FuzzMonkey wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:51 pm
chur wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:39 pm Curious, has anyone found a replacement selector pot for Boss delay pedals? I need a 4 position 50k one for my DD3 to get it running again, but so far no joy locating.
The part in the Boss repair manual is 13119308, SWITCH (ROTARY) SBM1024 (SRBM 14011A)

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Pedal Parts Australia:

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Or you could try the Rockshop who are the Roland agents for New Zealand.
This was gonna be my suggestion too, had exactly what I needed when I was modding a boss pedal ages ago :-)
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Re: Boss Repair?

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jeremyb wrote: Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:23 am
FuzzMonkey wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:51 pm
chur wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:39 pm Curious, has anyone found a replacement selector pot for Boss delay pedals? I need a 4 position 50k one for my DD3 to get it running again, but so far no joy locating.
The part in the Boss repair manual is 13119308, SWITCH (ROTARY) SBM1024 (SRBM 14011A)

Chur
Pedal Parts Australia:

https://www.pedalpartsaustralia.com/ind ... ts_id=1411

Or you could try the Rockshop who are the Roland agents for New Zealand.
This was gonna be my suggestion too, had exactly what I needed when I was modding a boss pedal ages ago :-)
Cheers all, I pinged them a mail :thumbup: . The other one I thought of was Guy B who does local amp repairs, as I recall he also did Boss warranty repairs for the RS, but I'll see what they come back with first up.
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