ibanez wau fuzz

[jonjon]

hi guys i have been a member of this forum for a while but haven't posted much. just reading and learning . I'm quite the noob.
got a question someone may be able to help me with

i have just built this


and was wondering is it possible to use a pot instead of the switch (circled bit in pic).its the tone change by the way.
would i just put a pot where the link is between the caps ? and connect the outer lugs? what value pot would i use?
or am i completely off track.
thanks for any help

[any]

you can definately put a pot there, try any value you have to find out what works best for you.
Wire middle and one outer lug to the cap and the other lug to ground.
If you look at the pot from the front use the left and middle lugs to the cap, right to ground.
(front facing as in how you would look at the pot when it's mounted in the box.)

hope that clarifies it a bit,
Cheers

[any]

heh, it might help him, but I don't think posting this particular schematic is the best way of doing that...
Zach still has these in production and he actually tries to make a living out of that.
Either that, or someone slapped Zvex Octane 2 on there for fun? it's confusing non the less..

[~arph]

[jonjon]

Zach still has these in production and he actually tries to make a living out of that.
Either that, or someone slapped Zvex Octane 2 on there for fun? it's confusing non the less..

who makes these? how much?

[any]

Zach still has these in production and he actually tries to make a living out of that.
Either that, or someone slapped Zvex Octane 2 on there for fun? it's confusing non the less..

who makes these? how much?

go to: www.zvex.com
he's also a forum member so it's good sportsmanship not to post his "commercial work" here.

[jonjon]

i did not know that . i thought it was out of production.
had a look at the site some cool looking pedals ,
i found the schematic on line . i wanted to build this fuzz in a box on its own . i have it in wha  with fuzz form, seen that a few different companies did it in the 70s. now someone else is doing it. a bit confusing .
i cropped the schematic pic ,so hope that is ok

[8mileshigh]

I'm confused   

[reverberation66]

 I'm confused too.   I'm assuming the schematic and question posted are in reference to the ibanez wau fuzz.  How did Z. Vex
get involved in all of this    surely he's not trying to claim some he invented those too.....

[Dragonfly]

I'm confused too.   I'm assuming the schematic and question posted are in reference to the ibanez wau fuzz.  How did Z. Vex
get involved in all of this    surely he's not trying to claim some he invented those too.....

One of the Z Vex pedals is basically a lightly modified Ibanez /Shin Ei / etc Superfuzz.

That's not any reason to post the Superfuzz / Standard Fuzz schematic however.

[jonjon]

i didn't mean to step on anyones toes by starting this thread.
i was just making a pedal out of a schematic, designed by John Weir for Selmer in 1968 ,and wanted to know if i could change the switch for a pot.  and how to do it.
what i do not understand is why i am asked not to post a schematic of it because z vex is making a version of it .
does he own the rights ? i don't get it

[GREEN FUZ]

Just to clear up the confusion. Someone posted a schematic that bore a striking resemblance to the WAU FUZZ purporting to be a pedal currently in production . The post and schem have subsequently been removed.

I`m sure if there was a problem with the one you posted, it would have been removed also.

Don`t worry about it.



Have you tried splicing in the pot yet?

[jonjon]

that makes sense reading back over it all.
no i haven't tried splicing  the pot. what is that?

[slacker]

to get back to the original question you just need to replace the switch with a pot. Use a 10k - 47k linear pot wire the wiper to one of the points where the switch was connected and one of the outer lugs to the other point where the switch was connected.

[GREEN FUZ]

...splicing  the pot. what is that?

... you just need to replace the switch with a pot. Use a 10k - 47k linear pot wire the wiper to one of the points where the switch was connected and one of the outer lugs to the other point where the switch was connected.

That`s what I meant.

[jonjon]

awesome thanks guys . i had a 10k B pot laying around ( got it by accident ages ago, instead of a 100k )
came in useful after all. this pedal is way more usable now.
this was the largest schematic i have worked off so far and had minimal errors( mainly while trying to find 2sk30a fet substitute locally , not sure i found the best one, 2n5457.
but its working. pretty stoked.
what to build next
thanks again
jon