hey folks its been a while since ive posted here.

so here goes.
i bought a m1d from my coworker, and going into it i knew it had a broken gain knob for the right channel. broken right at the shaft. paid 10 dollars for it. (the c1 preamp is coming soon.)

so know the problem is that almost no sound comes from the right channel. unless i turn up the volume way up. then i can barely discern sound from it. the left channel works just fine and nothing appears to be shot, inside. and from it im thinking that the contacts inside have jarred enough that the contacts are not touching as they should.(please no crude jokes here)

so now, is it possible to take the gain pots out of the equation? i mean to totally bypass them with out performing major surgery. maybe just a bit of soldering.