Vp jr repair

Charlie Hansen · From: Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.

I bought a new pot and string kit for my VP jr. And installed them the other day.
The pot was a breeze to install and the string kit introduced the normal problems.
The biggest problem that I encountered was that when I wrapped the string three times around the bobbin I didn't have enough slack in the string to put it over the idler pulley. The pedal seems to work OK so does this make any difference?
The pedal doesn't seem to go to full volume when it's pressed all the way down but maybe it's my imagination.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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Greg Lambert · From: Illinois, USA

Yes this will cause a problem.

1. Cut a coat hanger into and make a hook on one end.
2. Rock the VP to the Off position
3. Disconnect the spring in the VP from the string that goes around the pot with the hook.
4. Wrap the pot 3 times with the string.
5. Use the hook around the spring to pull the spring up and attach the spring to the string around the pot.

This is the important part;

6. With the volume pedal in the off position , pull enough slack in the string so you can turn the pot fully counter clockwise while keeping the pedal in the off position.
{ I am assuming that the VPjr pot is wound the same as the older EB pedals }. then release tension on the spring and remove the hook.

If the pedal moves normal then you have rotated the pot correctly. If the pedal does not move then repeat #6 and turn the pot clockwise.

Your pedal will work perfectly.

Charlie Hansen · From: Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.

I've done exactly as you suggest and followed all the instructions that came with the pot and there is no way
I can get enough slack to get the string around the idler pulley. I did actually use the coat hanger hook.
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I don't know much but what I know I know very well.
Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
Bluegrass Island CFCY FM 95.1 Charlottetown, PE, Canada, on the web at cfcy.fm.
A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
on the web at cioe975.ca.

Dan Robinson · From: Colorado, USA

Charlie, I had similar difficulties.

Now it's all a blank, I can't remember doing the repair, but I am told that my verbal outbursts were punctuated with a lot of bad words.

Greg Lambert · From: Illinois, USA

Dan Robinson · From: Colorado, USA

Charlie Hansen · From: Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.

I'm not within 200 miles of the pedal right now but I can tell you that there's no way to get enough slack to get the string around the idler pulley. My verbal outburtsts were quite significant as well. It didn't help at all.
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I don't know much but what I know I know very well.
Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
Bluegrass Island CFCY FM 95.1 Charlottetown, PE, Canada, on the web at cfcy.fm.
A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
on the web at cioe975.ca.

Greg Lambert · From: Illinois, USA

Charlie Hansen · From: Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.

I will when I get home.
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I don't know much but what I know I know very well.
Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
Bluegrass Island CFCY FM 95.1 Charlottetown, PE, Canada, on the web at cfcy.fm.
A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
on the web at cioe975.ca.

Jerry Recktenwald · From: Louisville KY

Yes ! This is the way to fix it. I worked on mne for over 3 hours before seeing this post. This method is so simple you can fix it in minutes. Thanks JERRY R LOUISVILLE KY
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Jerry Recktenwald · From: Louisville KY

When making your pullers from a coat hanger bend it at one end for a handle. Also use a C clamp to hold the pedal as you pull on the spring to hook it to the string.
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If I couldn't play music I would go nut's.How do people go thru life and not have a hobby? life would be boring.

Greg Lambert · From: Illinois, USA

Charlie Hansen · From: Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.

I tried it again today but there still isn't any slack.
I'll have to use it as it is for now. The string kit is the #6172 so it should work.
I pulled the spring up as far as I could but I was afraid to break the hooks off the spring.
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I don't know much but what I know I know very well.
Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
Bluegrass Island CFCY FM 95.1 Charlottetown, PE, Canada, on the web at cfcy.fm.
A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
on the web at cioe975.ca.

Greg Lambert · From: Illinois, USA

Charlie Hansen · From: Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.

I wonder what the strings are. They seem to be waxed or coated with something.
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I don't know much but what I know I know very well.
Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
Bluegrass Island CFCY FM 95.1 Charlottetown, PE, Canada, on the web at cfcy.fm.
A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
on the web at cioe975.ca.

Greg Lambert · From: Illinois, USA

Charlie I have some wax coated string. If you send me your address I'll send you some. I put some on one of my old EB's about 8 years ago and its still there and useable.

Dom Franco · From: Beaverton, OR, 97007

I have been using Ernie Ball VPJR pedals for 10+ years (I always carry a spare) Yes replacing a string can be difficult until you make your own tools. You have to think like an engineer... but it's not rocket science.

If you seem to not have enough slack for the last pulley, you just need to make a hook to pull the spring forward a bit more and hold it there while you use another wire hook to loop the string over that last little roller in front.

That spring will extend quite a bit before stretching "too far" to be effective during normal usage.

Dom
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Charlie Hansen · From: Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.

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