Bought a Majesty Monarchy approximately two months ago. First, I want to say this guitar is an absolute monster and such much fun to play. I was practicing a few days ago and pushed the volume knob to engage the gain boost. After a few minutes, I pushed the volume knob again to resume normal volume level and the push/push function failed. It was stuck in the gain boost mode. I pushed the volume knob approximately a dozen times, trying to get it back to normal volume level and it finally engaged. Now, I'm hesitant to use it because obviously there's a problem with it. I contacted Ernie Ball via email and they gave me two options: (1) They would ship a new pot and I could install it myself. (2) I could ship the guitar to them and they would install the new pot for free, since its under warranty. However, they only cover shipping one-way.
Has anyone experienced this type of problem before? If I were to install the new pot myself, I'm assuming some type of soldering work is required. I've never soldered anything before, so I would probably have to pay a luthier to do it for me. If I ship the guitar to their California shop, I'm sure shipping would be fairly expensive (I live in FL), plus I'd be without the guitar for a few weeks. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated!
Has anyone experienced this type of problem before? If I were to install the new pot myself, I'm assuming some type of soldering work is required. I've never soldered anything before, so I would probably have to pay a luthier to do it for me. If I ship the guitar to their California shop, I'm sure shipping would be fairly expensive (I live in FL), plus I'd be without the guitar for a few weeks. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated!