Jim Dunlop crybaby GCB-95 Problem

[Fret Wire]

When you get a chance, check your readings off the pot, both pedal up and down. Should go from about 9 ohms to 100k or 120k depending on which pot you have. Then check em' again at the wiring harness at the board.

[Zito]

Fret Wire,

I GOT IT!!!!!

After looking at that link again I saw that the battery wires were siwtched in the plug that plugs into the board.  I changed them and now I can Wah.

I now have a scratchy pot, but I bet you never saw a person so happy to hear a scatchy pot.  I'm soooo Pumped!!!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

To ALL that Have Helped me THANK YOU.

Now I'm off to search these posts of the best Wah pot.

OT. We got lucky NO Snow last night, and I live near Lake Ont.
Life is good.  No Snow and I got my Wah to Wah!

[Fret Wire]

Great! Glad to hear it. You're Wah..ing and have true bypass! This is a good forum. It's like trying to fix your car over the phone.. hard,  but these guys here do it time after time!

For pots, there are a few choices. Unless bad, I don't change em'. Between a pot and inductor, it's almost $50. There's other mods to try first. That site you already have is one of the best. To me, true bypass comes first (best bang for the buck), then the various voicing mods, then if you want you can try pots and inductors.

For a stock replacement, I like the hotpotz I over the hotpotz II. It has a wider range up to 120k vs. the II (100k). It also has solder lugs instead of those posts. For aftermarket, the Fulltone is nice. I don't like the plastic pots. Many times, the pots arent indexed right from the factory. You wont get the full range. Here's a few adj. links

http://www.happybob.com/marc/pot_adjustment_procedure.htm

http://www.realmccoycustom.com/ADJUSTMENTHELP.htm

another good wah site: pay attention to the pot section, a trick on how to fix a scratchy wah pot.

http://www.geofex.com/index.htm

Fulltone site:

http://www.fulltone.com/stpframe.html

[Zito]

Fret Wire,
 Thanx for the links.  I feel like I have been living between here and Geofex.  These two places just light me up!!!

Once again Thank you all for the help.

[Fret Wire]

Your Welcome. It is fun when it all comes together! BTW, I live between Syracuse and Rochester.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to abduct former MXR employee's (Rochester), and probe them for schematics! lol :twisted:

[Fret Wire]

If you're gonna shop for pots, look at Small Bear (at very bottom of stock list). If you're gonna start building pedals, you'll end up there anyways:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/Ordering/Stocklist.htm

As you can see, the Fulltone pot is the cheapest, and people like it. Check the Fulltone link for more info.

On my earlier post, I accidentally put the same pot adj. link in twice. I fixed that and put in a link for adjusting pedal tension.