took another look..you're right, would be torturous, for me anyway. i'll just
continue on w/o the button.. not a huge inconvenience. plenty else to jog
around with.

thanks for your insight!

-psm

>
> It would actually be quite tortuous! The jack sockets corresponding
> to each push-button are mounted on the solder side of the PCB, and
> directly cover the connections and mounting bracket pins of the
> switch. Thus to replace the switch would require removing it's
> associated socket first - a job complicated by the fact that the
> sockets are in such close proximity to each other. The easiest thing
> would probably be to destroy the socket by snapping the plastic, thus
> exposing its pins to ease their removal, change the switch, and put a
> new socket in. Even reaching around the sides of the new socket to
> solder it in place would be tricky and require a small soldering iron
> bit! (There is so little room in fact that in a few instances the
> mounting bracket for the switch is used to route the signal coming in
> from the socket - very cunning!)
>
> Definitely not one for the faint-hearted!
>
> Tim