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It's from an old Ibanez L series delay. I figure someone here must have repaired an Ibanez L (or 10 series) pedal at some point, or even just saw those pots somewhere while shopping for parts. They have a D shaft. One of the pots is dirty, worn out, whatever... and it acts up. Digital circuits do not like anything short of perfection from the analog components.

Have you tried a squirt of contact cleaner in it to see if you can clean it up?

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It's not necessarily scratchy so much as it just acts up. It only works in some positions, and if I so much as breath on the other knobs, I get awesome yet inconsistent things like detuned repeats and random SPROING noises. I already took it apart to look and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I'll give a whirl anyways. It couldn't hurt!

Is that the Digital Delay (DDL, DDL10 or DDL20)? The 4 pots make me think so, because the "Delay" has three in line, the "Modualtion Delay" six pots. Let me know. I could open up one of mine and see the type pot you made need (if it needs to be replaced).

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It's the DDL. I know they were made by Alps because the sticker is still there, and I know the values, but I don't think those particular ones are available anymore. Mouser doesn't stock them, and it looks like what Alpha makes isn't quite right either... too small of a body and/or the wrong type of shaft.

Whats the value? I have few dead L series pedals (Yeah, I used to collect them) and good amount of parts. Maybe I have a spare pot.

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That would be great!

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You don't even have to desolder them from the boards if you don't want to... I can do that.