Vintage Wah…
So I already built a weener wah, which is based on the clyde mccoy
But I wanted to built a Clyde McCoy Wah as possible to the vintage specs as I could get. And I wanted to keep it simple, not extra switches etc…
I used the schematic from fuzz central:
http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/mccoy.php
Schematic
Part sourcing
The hard part for this build was not building it but getting all the parts:
- Wah Shell – I got an used second hand CryBaby pedal
- Tropical Fish caps (2x 220nF) – SmallBear Electronic
- Polystyrene Caps (2x 10nF) – SmallBear Electronic
- Inductor – Whipple (Dandyjob – Ebay)
- Wah Pot – ICAR Taper 100k (Dandyjob – Ebay)
- PCB – VOX847 from moutoulos (Ebay)
- Resistors – All carbon film (uk-electronic.de)
- Electrolytic 4uF – I used an 3.9uF NP Electrolytic Audio Cap from Jantzen (Ebay)
- Transistors – BC109B (Kessler electronic, Ebay. Also available from SmallBear)
Others:
- Switch is default 3PDT
- Closed jacks
My Build
I also added a bypass LED and Wired everything true bypass.
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