There are ways to fix a bad volume control. One is spraying contact cleaner in the potentiometer from the rear and rotating it back and forth a bit.
A second is to pry open the back tabs on the pot housing, pull the wiper assembly out, and gently bend the wiper contacts in the same direction they're already bent to cause more friction. If doing this I recommend using contact cleaner in addition to bending.
A third way is getting out a soldering iron and replacing the pot with a new one. Although people sometimes have a mental block about doing such things, it does not take long to do if you're handy with a screwdriver and soldering iron.
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A second is to pry open the back tabs on the pot housing, pull the wiper assembly out, and gently bend the wiper contacts in the same direction they're already bent to cause more friction. If doing this I recommend using contact cleaner in addition to bending.
A third way is getting out a soldering iron and replacing the pot with a new one. Although people sometimes have a mental block about doing such things, it does not take long to do if you're handy with a screwdriver and soldering iron.
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