Zakk Wylde Wah - No Audio on active channel - debugging help

Started by Archangel465, January 06, 2017, 09:53:41 PM

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Archangel465

Hey all
Recently had a friend come to me to repair his Zakk Wylde signature Wah, there was absolutely no sound coming through it at all
I opened it up, tested and realized the footswitch was totally dead, so I replaced it.
So then the bypass channel began working, but now on the active channel the only sound is this weird high pitch whine which adjusts itself when the pot is adjusted
Help please!

thermionix

Quote from: Archangel465 on January 06, 2017, 09:53:41 PM
weird high pitch whine which adjusts itself when the pot is adjusted

Working wahs will do that when you hook them up backwards, plug the guitar into the output, input out to amplifier.  Easy mistake to make when you're looking at a pedal upside down.  So, check that first.

Archangel465

Thanks so much! Guess I had been looking at it upside down for so long that I just forgot. Totally fixed it, thanks mate