Wah tranny's

[Greg]

I've got 5117's in my 80's Crybaby now and I had picked up a pair of BC109 types from Small Bear. Am I going to hear any significant difference by swapping 'em? I'm wondering if I should just save the 109's for a fuzz face or something.
Thanks,
Greg

[Ed G.]

Put some sockets in there, swap 'em out and see how they sound. I'm interested to find out, myself.

[Greg]

I could do that but I think, if I don't trash the 5117's w/ the soldering iron when I remove them, their leads would be too short to use w/ sockets anyway. So I was hoping to get some input from anyone that might have already compared.

[swt]

As far as i know, 5117s are the holy grail of wah trannies. i wouldn't swap them. I guess they are mentioned on the wah page at geo.
i've always like the sound of my wahs with bc109s though.

[analog kid]

IN case you haven't already figured it out .( I just saw your post) The T.O. 5117's have a different pinout than BC109's and most with typical EBC pinouts  ;... IF I remember correctly!  I believe they're CBE. SO even with sockets you would be twisting the leads of ANY normal EBC pinout trannies when putting them in a board that uses 5117
good luck