Yeah and pretty crappy to try and find anything to replace it it's disconnected right at the rivet, tried silver paint, adding a spring where it broke the connection from the rivet still reading 82k but will not pass audio to the control at that point, lets put a giant knob on it so it can break? volume .there has got to be one sitting on some bench not being used?
do the Chinese make copies of controls? anyone had experience with custom made variable controls made up?
in the old days {1972} manufacturers would trip over themselves trying for your business?