I could use some input on a wah/fuzz project

Started by daydreamdelay, January 07, 2008, 04:58:49 PM

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daydreamdelay

I just got a newer crybaby and decided to mod it, I went by this.. http://www.stinkfoot.se/andreas/diy/mods/dunlop.htm#_Step_3._the

so far so good but then I decided to remove a GGG FY-2 pcb from another box and put it in this one.. I've already drilled a few holes for both fuzz and volume knobs along with two for led's so at this point I'm commited.

I'm just not 100% sure on the best way to wire all of this up.. one potential issue are the pcb mounted jacks on the crybaby board. If it's an issue I suppose I could perf a new one out and use metal jacks, they're probably a ton better than what's in there now anyway

so what I want to do is..
wire and power this whole thing properly
have one led for wah and one for fuzz
main switch for wah.. a small on/off toggle for fuzz (so I could use the wah on it's own and add fuzz when I'd like).. and another toggle for volume pedal

if anyone can point me in the right direction on how to wire this up I'd really appreciate it, thanks :)
i'm sorry.. that was just a noise

tcobretti

This is an ambitious project.  You will have to cut traces on the wah PCB to isolate the existing jacks.  Then the signal will enter the pedal, run thru one switched effect, then the other, then out.  So, you'll need 2 3PDT switches (Aron sells them in the store) if you want LEDs, but I guess one will be a stomp switch and the other will be a normal rocker switch that you'll have to track down, probly from mouser.  You will have to do something a bit ghetto on the wah since you cut the traces - probly solder input wire to the input resistor itself since you have no solder pad to attach the wire to, and solder the output wire to the wah's output cap.  You can figure out how to wire 3PDTs with LEDs by looking at the wiring diagrams on the GGG site.

You need to decide which order to put the pedals in.  Then wire them basically like two separate effects in the same box.  The only common connections will be power and ground.

One of the more complicated issues will be how you use the space inside the wah enclosure.  It is a big enclosure, but there's a lot of equipment in there.  It may be a bit of a challenge to fit it all in there, especially in a organized way.  The best way would be to build the wah and fuzz on the same board.  That way all you have to do is run the wires.  If you don;t want to do that, you will need to spend some time figuring out how it will all fit in there.


daydreamdelay

thanks for the reply.. well fitting everything in there will be the least of my problems since I've already worked that out, the FY-2 pcb fits perfectly at the heel of the pedal out of the way from everything else. I'd just need to run wires to and from the middle and toe portions of the pedal down to it which shouldn't be an issue. I don't mind running them as two different effects.. wah with the footswitch and fuzz and volume with their own toggle switches, it's just a matter of figuring out how best to work with the existing wah pcb considering those jacks.. I never considered that part until I was already commited  :-[
i'm sorry.. that was just a noise