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Originally Posted by alex_d
... I think maybe replacing that variable resistor with another would do the trick.
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Maybe so. It depends on which end of the post (potentiometer -- AKA variable resistor for the non-electronics geeks) that "not enough slack" is on: the more resistance or the less resistance. If it was closer to the "less" end, then you're not likely to get any more out of a replacement, because the bottom of a pot's resistance is 0 ohms (unless the pot is defective, and doesn't get all the way there, of course). If you were closer to the top, then yeah, adding another, larger one might get you some more performance.
Before anyone starts in on replacing the thing, they should be aware that soldiering by hand on surface contact circuit boards is an ... interesting undertaking, and can be rather difficult to pull off.
But anyone who's likely to try that, probably already knows that little detail.
