Help me clone my Jen wah

[TKS]

Heres a picture of my Jen wah.  I would like to build a clone I am going to change the resistors a bit but I would like to keep the caps the same type and value.  I know what the values are for the caps but I dont know what types they are can someone please help identify the type of caps.  The two light green ones say       " 1.05     0.010/10     400V " The one blue one says " 4.7uF 35volt +-20% ICEL and has the neg term idendified.  The two gray ones have nothing but .22J100 on them.  Anyone know what kind of caps these all are?     Also the transistors are BC239C I think they were made by ON semiconductors what would be the best match for a new wah pedal?

[lacto]

Sounds like a fun project! The light blue-green caps .01uf are Arco brand long since discontinued.  The very closest modern day equivalents are the Sprague orange drop 225P series. They have the same clarity as the Arcos unlike any other cap.  The other box shaped .22uf caps are unknown except that Teese has them reproduced in his wah pedals.  Any polyester film caps should work pretty well.  Some of the major boutique makers use the "greenie" caps, but the "brownies" sound better IMO. Or if you wanted you could get some tropical fish caps, since they are readily available on Ebay and elsewhere for now anyway.  You can use any polarized 4.7uf electrolytic cap.  If you do some searching you should be able to find some BC239C transistors. Good luck.

[syndromet]

I don't really think Jen was very spesific of what kind of caps they used. My Jen Crybaby have the standard green caps, and I'we seen them with brown ones and Tropicals too. I think they used what they had lying around.

My Jen

[syndromet]

Double post....

[Paul Marossy]

I think they used what they had lying around.

I think that's true from what I have seen. Back then, people didn't know or care much if this wah had these parts in it and this one had those parts in it -  what mattered is if it sounded good or not. It's a different story today, though...

[syndromet]

I think they used what they had lying around.

I think that's true from what I have seen. Back then, people didn't know or care much if this wah had these parts in it and this one had those parts in it -  what mattered is if it sounded good or not. It's a different story today, though...

And still most of the old ones sounds better...... Magic Mojo!

[jonathan perez]

i have 150 of those EXACT box caps, if youd like a few.

[syndromet]

i have 150 of those EXACT box caps, if youd like a few.

I'd like a few!

[jonathan perez]

Send PM. 

[lacto]

That's very true that there was inconsistency in the vintage Italian made wahs ala "use whatever parts we have". My response was specific to the wah board that was shown, not all Jen wahs in general.

[Paul Marossy]

My response was specific to the wah board that was shown

In many cases, it applies globally as well as specifically!

[lacto]

Absolutely!

[George Giblet]

If you look at the part values the circuit exactly matches the bog standard wha ckt.

For clone purposes it would be worth measuring the DC resistance of the inductor, and perhaps the dimensions.  I don't know if you can read any markings on the inductor - for example core material.