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Title: Speaking of switching - anyone looked at the Danelectro switching?
Post by: aron on July 07, 2009, 12:40:11 PM
I recall someone talking about the Danelectro switching and how it was implemented well. I have a Fab distortion lying around. I wonder if I can take good enough macro shots of the board? The SMD circuits are hard to see.
Title: Re: Speaking of switching - anyone looked at the Danelectro switching?
Post by: earthtonesaudio on July 07, 2009, 12:53:24 PM
I seem to recall it's 4066 based.  For their Fab series, the in/out/power/switching is all on a separate PCB that's common to all the models.  There are probably a fair number of these boards that are sitting unused after someone re-housed their pedal and true bypassed it.
Title: Re: Speaking of switching - anyone looked at the Danelectro switching?
Post by: dschwartz on July 07, 2009, 01:06:37 PM
i found the Fab-tone schem..
Actually is pretty interesting:
http://www.geocities.com/diygescorp/danelectrofabtone.gif

it´s a 4013 flip flop (in parallel, or with debouncer?) driving fet switches directly, with no buffers.
Title: Re: Speaking of switching - anyone looked at the Danelectro switching?
Post by: aron on July 07, 2009, 03:24:15 PM
Wow. It will take a long while for me. Is Q2, Q3 and Q6 controlled by the 4013 circuit (on the bottom)?
Title: Re: Speaking of switching - anyone looked at the Danelectro switching?
Post by: Paul Marossy on July 07, 2009, 04:36:18 PM
Huh, interesting switching scheme.
Title: Re: Speaking of switching - anyone looked at the Danelectro switching?
Post by: dschwartz on July 07, 2009, 04:47:41 PM
Quote from: aron on July 07, 2009, 03:24:15 PM
Wow. It will take a long while for me. Is Q2, Q3 and Q6 controlled by the 4013 circuit (on the bottom)?
looks like they are indeed..
Title: Re: Speaking of switching - anyone looked at the Danelectro switching?
Post by: Processaurus on July 08, 2009, 02:23:51 PM
That looks to be the original, big, metal, maroon fab tone from the 1997 on the schematic.  The mini dano's use analog switches, and I believe the plastic Fab's as well:
http://experimentalistsanonymous.com/diy/Schematics/Phasers/Danelectro%20Pepperoni%20Phaser.gif (http://experimentalistsanonymous.com/diy/Schematics/Phasers/Danelectro%20Pepperoni%20Phaser.gif)