I had to whip an ARP Axxe into shape for a client recently. I changed out two sliders with ones sold at synthrestore.co.uk. I was very happy with the feel. It would have been nice to do all new sliders they were all pretty nasty but it's hard to justify the cost for an Axxe that cost $250 (I know because I saw the craigslist post). I used the Mountain Switch slider caps from mouser.com to replace missing caps. As prescribed, I did need to heat them up. They didn't have the exact look of the originals. That maybe a function of 30+ years of aging. I see synthrestore is going to sell their reproductions which include the elusive pink. Those will probably be worth investigating.
Speaking of slider caps, I had to do some google image searches and piece together the correct color scheme from multiple pictures. I took pictures of the final result so it will be here for reference. The correct answer (unless I'm wrong) is: black, pink, pink, yellow, red, blue, pink, red, pink, white, green, blue, black, black, yellow, pink, red, black, red, red, red, red, red.
So the scheme is:
Pink (x5) - LFO
Red (x8)- ADSR
Yellow (x2)- S/H
Blue (x2) - Square/Pulse
Green (x1)- Sawtooth
White (x1)- Noise
Black (x4)- Other
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