Fuzz wah swell issue
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Fuzz wah swell issue
hey everyone, what a day, not only has the PA120 seemingly blown 3 valves (hopefully) im having an issue with my coloursound fuzz wah swell pedal, it just doesnt quite seem loud enough!! before it went rediculously quiet we were playing through the PA120 with jem today and i have to crank my channel to the max to keep up with her!! its droppin the output by at least 50% on my channel any help on this issue would be awesomeeee
hope all is well in your fuzzy worlds
adrian.
hope all is well in your fuzzy worlds
adrian.
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Re: Fuzz wah swell issue
Put in a new battery. A volume drop can be an obscure problem. Open it up and look for anything obvious like loose wires.
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Re: Fuzz wah swell issue
thanks, i changed the battery and theres no loose wires, but a lot of grey solder points.. the bottom of the wah circuits pretty grotty too so i imagine the fuzz circuits in a similar condition.. aboo..
also on these, is the swell supposed to work like a volume pedal? it only swells very slightly.. could this be contributing to my drop in output too??
also on these, is the swell supposed to work like a volume pedal? it only swells very slightly.. could this be contributing to my drop in output too??
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i have not had any of the colorsound types in my hands, but every potentiometer based wah /volume i have seen that shares the pot with the wah has issues with the volume pedal function. like jim said, when the wah is adjusted correctly the volume does not go to full zero. some are worse than others.
i have a project on my bench right now to try and solve this, using two pots carefully arranged, sharing a gear to solve this problem. (wah portion loosely based on a vox clyde)
i have a project on my bench right now to try and solve this, using two pots carefully arranged, sharing a gear to solve this problem. (wah portion loosely based on a vox clyde)
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