Dead Pedals

[MrBump]

Where do they go?

I mean, when one breaks, do you throw them away, get them fixed, sell them for parts?  Seems to me there should be a decent trade in selling non functional pedals, as some of them have decent and expensive chips in them.

[Kiichi]

I personally try to fix em myself if the warranty is gone. Build a handful of pedals myself so I can give it a shot. If that fails and it is worth it I might hit up a bloke with more handy fingers and knowledgable brain than mine.

Next step would be stripping for parts. The solder determines a lot of how much goes, cause you don´t wanne put any pain into a resistor. However some chips and caps can be of interest.

Finally, perhaps the most interesting part, is building something new in the old enclosure, whcih can be the most valuable single part.

If you are not as handy and do not know someone who is selling them as broken to someone who might do the same as me is the best option.

[Toe-Knee]

Where do they go?

I mean, when one breaks, do you throw them away, get them fixed, sell them for parts?  Seems to me there should be a decent trade in selling non functional pedals, as some of them have decent and expensive chips in them.

If you check under spares and repairs on ebay musical instruments there are quite a lot of pedals,amps,guitars,keyboards etc than go stupidly cheap.

A mesa dual rectifier went for £300 a couple of weeks ago. From the description it just needed a new fuse.

[JacksonRR]

Yep, had a guy bring me a Dual Rectifier he got for about the same price converted to USD. He brought it to me with new valves in it. Fuse holder needed replacing was all. "Dead" stuff should always go somewhere. It's very rarely not worth fixing. So, I'd say.... fair trade is "lightly broken" stuff should go for half of normal used price. Electronics, that is....

[juansolo]

I wouldn't salvage caps. You don't know how old they are. ICs are fair game, but unless you've got a analogue delay with an MN3005 (or two) in it, they're not going to be worth much. Some transistors are also worth pulling. But again, you'll be needing an old tonebender/fuzz face or even an old muff to get something interesting out of it. We salvage odds and sods from all sorts. Old video recorders, hifi and the like. If it's useful and easy to get out, generally it's worth doing. But we don't salvage resistors and caps.

As for broken pedals. Fix 'em or break 'em for parts.