3PDT for Wah stomp switch?

[Danny G]

My Crybaby has finally bitten the dust (still works, kinda).  Will be buying a new one and TB-ing it and alot of other stuff.  I have some 3PDT switches laying around and would like to use one of those to avoid having to buy anything else.


Anyone have a drawing/layout for the wiring with a 3PDT?


Thanks!!!

[syndromet]

Depending on what wha you got
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/s.castledine/greenfuz/wah.html

Just wire it up like a 2pdt, leaving one third of the switch blank.

[Danny G]

So with the poles/tabs/whetevertheyare oriented like this

- - -
- - -
- - -

Do I leave the bottom row empty, or the row on the right empty?

(Sorry for being a tard, heh)

[syndromet]

Leave the right row empty.
And check out the beginners forum to learn how the switches work. 
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?PHPSESSID=965712ed6f7b5919ab037fe747b0913b&topic=970.0
Everything in stompboxbuilding becoms a lot simpler when you learn what a switch really does

[petemoore]

  The DMM'll tell you which way...that and switching it, just see which way the signal goes from a middle lug...should go from middle to one side, not the other...switch it...then it'll go to the other side and not the one.

[$uperpuma]

with the extra set of poles you could aadd an led...easy add if you're already changing the switch... a buddy of mine had me put one on the back of his wah since the rocker obscures most of the front...



just more fun things to do

[aron]

I thought you had to mod the rubber part to work with the 3PDT? Does it fit right in? I never tried it on my Cry Baby.

[Paul Marossy]

I thought you had to mod the rubber part to work with the 3PDT? Does it fit right in? I never tried it on my Cry Baby.

I have 3PDT switches in 5 of my 6 regularly used wah pedals. The switches work in all of them, without messin' with the rubber stops. I usually have to use no washers/nuts at all between the switch body and the exterior of the enclosure. Sometimes it can be a challenge to get it to be in between being too easy to switch and not easy enough. For the ones that give me trouble, I use cork pad (or two) in place of the felt pad that makes contact with the switch actuator - I like doing that much better than messin' with the rubber stops. 

with the extra set of poles you could aadd an led

I have thought about doing that, but I have concerns about popping noises. Have you had no popping problems after adding an LED?

[Danny G]

Just got a red Snarling Dogs wah at GC for $75.

I was torn, I was looking forward to modding the hell out of another Crybaby.  But I got 10 days to try it to see if I want to keep it.


I will, of course, take it apart and see what all the swicthes/knobs do.  heh!

[Paul Marossy]

Just got a red Snarling Dogs wah at GC for $75.

A schematic would be interesting to look at. 

[formerMember1]

with the extra set of poles you could aadd an led

I have thought about doing that, but I have concerns about popping noises. Have you had no popping problems after adding an LED?

Yeah, $uperpuma, i would like to know too if you have pops with the LED, i have tried everything to get rid of the pop but it always pops. 

With just the wah engaged, it pops the first time i step on it, then after that it never pops. But with a fuzzface or any distortion pedal after it, it pops everytime i turn it on, i tried everything to stop it and no luck....

[Paul Marossy]

i would like to know too if you have pops with the LED, i have tried everything to get rid of the pop but it always pops. 

With just the wah engaged, it pops the first time i step on it, then after that it never pops. But with a fuzzface or any distortion pedal after it, it pops everytime i turn it on, i tried everything to stop it and no luck....

I seem to remember reading about this. I think that is why I have never added a LED to any of my wahs as a matter of fact. 

[Danny G]

I'll diesct the Whine-O-Wah and report back my findings

[Paul Marossy]

I'll diesct the Whine-O-Wah and report back my findings

I'd be interested to see if it's not just another CryBaby copy.

[$uperpuma]

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=44109.0
This worked for me.  no pop... but the sound of the physical snap-back on the new switch is kind of loud in "bedroom" conditions... I'm sure you can't hear it in a live sound type setting

[Paul Marossy]

Hmm... that AMZ Led Popping article gives me the confidence to try adding an LED indicator one of my wah pedals. 

[tiges_ tendres]

I'll diesct the Whine-O-Wah and report back my findings

I'd be interested to see if it's not just another CryBaby copy.

I had a whine-o-wah plus, one upon a time.  It had 3 EQ settings and a gain boost switch.  The throw on mine wasn't as trebly as a cry baby, and the sweep was very uneven.  I have no idea whether it has anything to do with the cry baby!