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<blockquote data-quote="Lee Brenkman" data-source="post: 76859" data-attributes="member: 154">Re: More old stuff from Grampa&#039;s atticIt was my understanding that Tapco used rather modest cost pots that presented very little resistance when turned so they filled them with some kind of conductive grease or lube that improved the &quot;feel&quot;.As these mixers &quot;aged&quot; the grease in the pots would thicken and sometimes harden to the point where tools were used.In a used gear shop about a decade ago I saw, and recognized, the Trouper III that has been in residence at the Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco&#039;s punk rock headquarters in the 1970s.&nbsp; NONE of the small faders (and there were many of them) moved at all.&nbsp; The channel faders moved but only with great difficulty.It should be observed that that particular mixer probably consumed as much beer as the average frat boy in his entire college career <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lee Brenkman, post: 76859, member: 154"] Re: More old stuff from Grampa's attic It was my understanding that Tapco used rather modest cost pots that presented very little resistance when turned so they filled them with some kind of conductive grease or lube that improved the "feel". As these mixers "aged" the grease in the pots would thicken and sometimes harden to the point where tools were used. In a used gear shop about a decade ago I saw, and recognized, the Trouper III that has been in residence at the Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco's punk rock headquarters in the 1970s. NONE of the small faders (and there were many of them) moved at all. The channel faders moved but only with great difficulty. It should be observed that that particular mixer probably consumed as much beer as the average frat boy in his entire college career :-) [/QUOTE]

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