Thanks Phibes..... Oh gosh this is perfect... thanks a ton

Dirk.... Thanks for the idea, I ended up opening them, thinking something in there was messed up, but they were all looked intact but i really believe that something along those lines must have occured.

Hi all, First time posting and just getting into repairs and building. My Big Muff (recent large sized not vintage version) pot when bad (wiggling the tone knob would cut the signal and cause extream screeching sound)... I tried to open it to see what looked wrong it, can't find any obvious defect. ...