Bass pedal woes

**whocanshred** · Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 39

One day, during the hot Australian summer, I noticed my bass pedal was registering hits when the pedal goes back up into its neutral position after a normal hit. I later discover that the sensor covering was peeling off and getting sticky. I then decided to remove the sensor out of the pedal housing and now one of the two wires has detached from the piezo.

Can I just solder it back with the 40watt soldering iron I have lying around? What should I do with the pedal afterwards?

**xtremecarbon** · Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 3998 Location: Columbia, SC

**MrBrownStain420** · Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 423 Location: Virginia

Soldering would work just fine on something like that... just don't burn yourself (I tried soldering back one of the wires on my new pads and burnt the living hell out of my hand).
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**whocanshred** · Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 39

Sigh, I failed. All I did was spread out the solder that was already there. But its also disappointing to know that the two wires are held in place by small blobs of white putty. Alternatively I tried electrical tape just to hold it in place, but that didn't work very well. I shall now attempt using blu-tack to hold it in place.

**MrBrownStain420** · Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 423 Location: Virginia

You might want to get some solder to hold it down. Should be a few bux at radio shack or home depot.
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**xtremecarbon** · Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 3998 Location: Columbia, SC