Is your Fulltone Wah Pot reliable?

Paul Marossy · November 11, 2007, 02:13:13 PM

Oh, the suspense! OK, cool. I'd be interested to hear what you think about it.

joegagan · November 11, 2007, 04:06:41 PM

Quote from: Johan on November 11, 2007, 12:28:10 PM
I replaced the pot in my crybaby with a 100k (linear) Bourns pot back in -92...still no problems
just put the gear on the shaft an go..
...it's one of these..

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alderbody · November 12, 2007, 05:29:10 AM

Quote from: thebattleofmidway on November 10, 2007, 11:35:03 AM
go about changing the .22 cap to the wiper to .33 or even .44 and itll help the pot get that icar taper...while not the real deal, pretty darn good at it.

i've tried this once and i didn't find something interesting (in MY wah)

I'll try the smallbear/banzai/area51/whatever pot to see what happens...

maybe these ones do have a difference with a larger wiper cap.

Fuzzy-Train · November 12, 2007, 05:00:05 PM

^ Did you try the .33uf or the 1uf cap?

Have you been able to test your results TBOM. I've wanted to try this mod for some time but just never had the time. But if you say it sounds good it will be worth my time.

jonathan perez · November 14, 2007, 10:01:22 AM

ok, well, it seemed as if the travel lingered around 70k for a bit too long. it was less intense and sounded like it was "too smooth." i will try it in the other position to see if that may do something surprising, but having .33uF or .44uF definitely helps smooth out the throw, so that its less "abrupt" around the middle-top end.

Paul Marossy · November 14, 2007, 10:11:47 AM

Quoteit was less intense and sounded like it was "too smooth."

That's with the 1uF cap(s)?

jonathan perez · November 14, 2007, 10:24:03 AM

yes

Paul Marossy · November 14, 2007, 10:49:49 AM

That's not too surprising. Good info to know, I putting that in the Mental Rolodex now.

Fuzzy-Train · November 14, 2007, 05:19:27 PM

Definitely worth a try then.

ethanw · November 20, 2007, 02:34:10 PM

Here's another option. This Ebay seller has these pots that look EXACTLY like Fulltones but at half the price. I bought one and used it, works great. I had a real Fulltone and the Ebay one and they are identical, obviously from the exact same factory, both pots are marked "Diva" Even seems to have the "mojo" ICAR taper.

Link here: http://cgi.ebay.com/CLYDE-WAH-PEDAL-POT-POTENTIOMETER-100K-ICAR-TAPER-NEW_W0QQitemZ120183663377QQihZ002QQcategoryZ41422QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Is your Fulltone Wah Pot reliable?