Also, I wanted to add the following:

If your player is behaving badly because of a faulty connector, I'm sure that the Empeg folks would replace the sled or the connector under warranty. Especially if this was one of the connectors that had one of the "known problems".

The only reason I suggested repairing it yourself was that it would simply be quicker. I know that if I were in the same situation, I would (a) want to be reassured that I could get it fixed for free, and (b) would prefer to do the repair myself anyway, despite the reassurance. I'm a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you see.

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Tony Fabris