Tech 21 Richie Kotzen Fly Rig Repairs

I got this pedal from a friend who basically wrecked it in what I would label as Hurricane Bipolar.
Ya see, Mr Bipolar was moving from one apartment to another and as we were packing up his things he gives me a Digitech Digidelay and this pedal, both have some form of damage. This RK pedal is not only missing the bottom cover plate but also one end and the screws that hold the end plate on. Also just noticed one of the switches is missing the part that presses it on or off. Bigger yet is the case is very bent. However, as I finally got tired of it not working nor me being able to remove the circuit board, knobs, jacks etc from the case, I finally separated things tonight.

Once clear of the case, I can see 1 other switch appears to not function and of course it is too late to test to see what kinds of sounds and adjustments I can make when plugging into amp and guitar.
Updates to follow but in my own thread about the progress. It does power up and light up and I can get guitar sounds thru it.
 
With the description of the guy who owned it being bipolar I'm guessing he wailed on it?
 
syscokid said:
How did this multi pedal get so damaged?
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Let's put it this way Sysco, my friend is pushing 65 come Dec 2019. For as long as I have known him which is 20+ years, he has breaks from reality. When he goes off his meds, he hallucinates, breaks up and or floods, causes fires, smashed sheetrock, plaster, doors ripped off hinges, broken in half, amps, guitars, windows, kitchen cabinets, stoves, fridges, toilets etc all look like war zone once he gets rolling. Then of course he claims vandals and crooks broke in and Jack up his place. Oh and I have lost count how many residences he has repeated this destruction to. Of course I have done my best to fix what I can that he wrecks like Strats, Amps, windows, Epi Dot head stocks and Martin Herringbone D28 guitars among other things.
 
The octopus probably knocked the magnets clean off the frames on his Vintage 30 speakers in one of his 2x12 cabs too. Just saying.

Oh yeah, he went blind at 50, I wonder how he saw the octopus which happened when he probably when he was around age 58
 
Sp8 says subscribed. I plugged in the RK5 pedal this morning. Everything lights up, but it seems the 2 switches in the DLA section dont work, so this section seems to not work as it should. The rotary dials seem to work in the DLA and Drive sections. I don't have a mixer board, so the sansamp section seems unused. The drive section seems ok.
 
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