stupid mesa!!!

[gtrboy]

i have a mesa mark IV that cost like a million bucks and id keeps breaking the 1M push/pull shafts because theyre plastic. the bodies are tiny and i cant find a suitable metal shafted replacement. any ideas???

[bob p]

i have a really old Mk IV that's been in service for years, and I've never had any of the P-P switches break. in many respects, its built like a tank. the only problem I ever had was in the footswitch -- i managed to bust the LEDs off of their standoffs and short-out the channel switching. overzealous use of the boot, i guess.

if you need replacement parts, you might need to source them from Mesa. those pots are very tiny and it may be hard to find a non OEM replacement for them.

what did you find when you looked up the numbers on the back of the pots?

[gtrboy]

i dont know how everybody is not breaking these. i do it 2-3 thimes a year and play out with it like 12 times. its a real pain to fix it. im gonna drill a hole in the middle and put in a steel pin. the pot numbers didnt come up with anything.

[bob p]

i dont know how everybody is not breaking these. i do it 2-3 thimes a year and play out with it like 12 times. its a real pain to fix it. im gonna drill a hole in the middle and put in a steel pin. the pot numbers didnt come up with anything.

I've had my Mk IV for about 5 years or more, and I've never had a problem busting pots. But then I don't abuse it either. Its still in mint condition without a scuff, scratch or a tear in the tolex. I've never broken pots, but then I don't whack it with a mallet, and when it gets transported it goes into an ATA road case.

How in the world are you busting the pots? Are you busting them when you try to adjust them? do you have superhuman strength? Or do they get busted while you're transporting the amp? If its a transport problem then its not a problem with the amp, and a proper road case will solve your problems.

i have a mesa mark IV that cost like a million bucks and id keeps breaking the 1M push/pull shafts because theyre plastic. the bodies are tiny and i cant find a suitable metal shafted replacement. any ideas???

If you really spent a million bucks on your Mk IV, then $100 for a road case would be money well spent.

[gtrboy]

HA HAAAAAAA!!! it didnt cost a million. it was very expensive, though. i was just saying that since its so expensive you figure there would be sturdier pots. it weighs a million pounds already and a road case will put it up to like 2 million. well not 2 MILLION...

[Enzo]

I repair this stuff for a living, and I bought a collection of Mesa pull switch controls for the mark series when i opened this shop 13 years ago. I still have them. I have never broken a shaft off a pot in the last 30 years.

AMps tend to break knobs off when something falls on the amp, like a guuitar that was propped up falling over and whacking the knob, or if the amp falls on its face, like when you tripped over a cord, or if the gear trailer hits a train track too fast and all the amps hop on the air and bounce off one another.