Colorsound Wah Wah Pedal - Info & Repair

[@vinniekay0967]

In 45yrs the Best Ever Wha i've ever owned till date.. Somewhere down the line it 'died on me' "squeakin' hissin' and coughin' up blood sweat semen & tears of joy and sadness"

[@hoofbags]

They had LEDs in 1976 because, at that time, I worked repairing calculators. They didn't have them in 1960s and an red LED needed about 50mA to light up: that's more than the circuit consumes in current. I had to repair one of these wah pedals recently and it had an open circuit inductor. This is a common fault. It is a 39mH and I wound one on a short piece of ferrite rod with about 10 m of about 30swg enameled copper wire. Thank you for uploading, I know how it should look inside, now.

[@DiyguitarpedalsAu]

I have absolutely no experience with old gear like this, total surprise for me to find it was true bypass, when i was working out the wiring! My dads got some nice gear. My 70's (vintage) fender twin was donated by him too :D

[@pleximanic]

The Fuzz Face has always been TB since 1966!

[@jubyerhashin8214]

I just got one and it squeals at end of sweep is that mean it has a microphonic inductor? Any good replacements?

[@Chrismettal]

BEATIFUL Pedal *__* I love taking a look in vintage pedals *_* I just bought 3 Vintage Pedals (Ds-1 from 1981 / Ibanez Flanger from 1983 / Crybaby from roundabout 1985 ) and i could take a look into them for the whole day :D

[@kardRatzinger]

What is the pot travel in this setup? Looks like it's less than the full 270 degrees?

[@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial]

Awesome classic wah!

[@porknwithbill]

buffering is actually the newer thing in pedals, true bypass is the actual "vintage" way of bypassing circuits

[@beeastman1235]

I have an arion chorus sch1 pedal that turns on etc but only works if I put pressure on the tone knob I have to touch foot on tone knob for it to make sound any ideas?

[@strat-xq5oy]

beeastman123. check the solder joints that mount the tone pot, it's a common problem on that pedal

[@lenruygrok]

this is an inductor wah, how do i know if i buy an colorsound wah wah online if it is inductor or NON inductor ? i am trying to buy one but the owner cant tell me what version it is .. is there a way about years or so ??

[@MRswiftkow]

7 years later, but, it's labeled if you look at the wah section on their website to buy it new

[@navigator3744]

I am interested in building a colorsound wah. I have a copy of the Phillip Bryant schematic which I found online; It shows that the transistors are BC184 and BC167B. I can't find the BC167b (although small bear has the BC1840). Can you suggest more commonly available transistors which can work in place of the BC167B? thanks.

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

In the two I've built I used 2N3904s and 2N3053s.

[@betamale3]

I dont think we had LEDs in the 60s, I seem to remember everything used little bulbs, which would have run the battery down.

[@MatthJenks]

The only amp you'll ever need!

[@DiyguitarpedalsAu]

Thanks, unfortunately its not mine, its my dads...so I guess..it kind of IS mine :D