Digitech WH-1 Whammy chips: Where to buy?

Started by Gyoon, January 03, 2007, 11:56:48 PM

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Gyoon

I have a broken Whammy that I would like to eventually fix.  It works, makes a sound and all, but the detuning/pitch bending features sound out of tune.  I sent it to a Digitech certified repair person and they told me the problem was the eprom chips.  Besides eBay, anybody know of somewhere where I could roll the dice and possibly pick one up?  How much would they cost?

Glenn

sir_modulus

I know this may sound utterly stupid, but did you try the internal trimpots? Sometimes the service guys just yank your chain a little to get you to cough up some cash.

If the chips are bad, post the part #'s and I'm sure someone here'll find em.

tungngruv

You did try to recalibrate it right? If not, just hold the switch down, plug in the adapter until the led starts blinking. Then press the tredle all the way forward, then all the way back. That put's it back to factory setting. Unplug it and then fire it up again. If that was the problem, it will be fixed now.

the dude

If you find a working unit you might be able to copy the eprom. I had a old alesis hr-16 drum machine, I pulled the eprom and gave it to a friend to copy. He gave'em back to me and they both worked fine. :)

Cliff Schecht

Quote from: tungngruv on January 04, 2007, 12:37:38 AM
You did try to recalibrate it right? If not, just hold the switch down, plug in the adapter until the led starts blinking. Then press the tredle all the way forward, then all the way back. That put's it back to factory setting. Unplug it and then fire it up again. If that was the problem, it will be fixed now.

If it's an original whammy, I don't think that trick works.