This is actually my first complete regular pedal build since October (2012). Breakin' the dry spell!! :lol:
Okay, so this was sort of an oddball idea I had some time ago, and I figured it was time to box it up. I'm not ready to release a schematic yet, as I still have some tweaking to do, but it's getting close. Anyway, it's a basic Crybaby-type wah circuit with "Q" adjustable on a trimmer and a toggle for one of the tone caps. I added to that an LFO that modulates the Wah pot value (in parallel). The resulting effect is part tremolo, part wah filter, part phaser (in some settings). I have another idea that might actually work better, so I'll be trying that next, but as is it sounds pretty neat. There is also a toggle to pull the LFO out so the pedal can function as a simple "stuck" wah.
Like I said, it needs some value tweaking, but I'm happy with the way it turned.
I had a BLAST doing the enclosure. I finally tried out alcohol inks, and they are just fantastic to work with. Getting cool patterns is brainless, and you really can't do anything wrong. The only tricky part is protecting the cool patterns from wear. So I did two thin coats of Mod Podge (brushed on) and then two light coats of acrylic sealer. Turned out stellar I think. I did the knobs too, and the flat metal parts of all the hardware as well. This stuff is addictive. I've already inked several other things around the house as well. :lol:
Then I did some stamping around the wah pot hole.
