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Free Bird!!!

YES!  Through a Sunking. 

Sweet, that's what I need to know!  Thanks!

Yeah, I really liked the "resistor on the switch" solution.  Actually, all four of the Krank builds I've done have been like that.  So there's still a part of me that wonders why it seems to have worked vs. whether it's really not doing anything at all and the voltage going to the LED isn't getting any resistance, but if the latter is the case, will the LEDs wear out faster?  I dunno...

My pleasure to help, even though I was wrong. 

Sorry for the broken link!  Took me a few tries to get the URL-linked text, every message board I go to regularly uses a different BB system and therefore does links differently.

Thanks for explaining that toggle switch!

He's already aware we'll need room for the battery, he's a builder/tinkerer himself, mainly does more guitar body-related stuff, i.e. shielding, re-routing, etc.  We can definitely swap out the output jack for a stereo.  He bought the bass used, but since he's already done work on it the warranty was voided anyway.  He usually unplugs the bass anyway, habit due to his other main bass having active electronics.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but as long as I wire it essentially just like a pedal I would think I'd be just fine, seeing as how the switch bypasses the circuit and lets the dry signal through on a pedal. 

Thanks, man!

I've got a guy who borrowed one of my SHO builds and fell in love with how it made his 5-string Ibanez sound.  Apparently the electronics cavity in his bass is plenty big enough for more components, and he wants to drop one of the SHO circuits into it with a toggle switch, pot & LED.  Two questions:

1.) Would this 3PDT toggle switch do the job?  It's an "on-on" switch, dunno if that makes a difference.

2.) I'm guessing the simplest way to integrate the circuit into the bass's electronics would be to run the SHO between the final output from the bass's electronics and the bass's output jack.  Yay/nay?

Thanks!

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Yeah, that was my diagram.  I was misinformed on how to do it, and I didn't discover it until after I created that diagram.     Gotta pull that image.  Jacob hit the nail on the head with this.

Strange problem, but I don't think it's possible to figure out what's wrong without opening it up and tracing through the signal path.

Yeah, I really need to pick up a multimeter today.  Not only is this going to be the third pedal on my table that needs repair, I also have a clothes dryer to try and diagnose as well.  The fun never stops!

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I'd be very interested in seeing the build docs for this.  Cochrane's wait list is currently 8-9 months... I really don't want to wait that long. 

Help!  I replaced the pot in my Crybaby a couple months ago and have been so happy to have it back, but now when I engage it the volume slowly drops out over the course of a couple seconds.  When I switch it back off, the dry signal is usually fine.  Switch it back on, volume drop.  Occasionally the volume drop will happen a bit when it's switched off.  Could this be a bad inductor?  Thanks, all!


**UPDATE:  So I called Dunlop directly to get some help.  They worked with me for several months on my disobedient MXR Stereo Chorus pedal and really came through, so I hit them back so one of their techs to guide me through testing the Crybaby (and I learned how to use a multimeter in the process  **noob alert**).  Turns out the Q3 transistor is running at half of what it's supposed to, and in the tech's claimed seven years at Dunlop this is one of the trouble spots for Crybaby's alongside the switch (which tested just fine), the pot (which I just replaced), and something else that I can't recall but also tested fine.  Conveniently, a buddy of mine was nearby a local electronics parts surplus shop and picked up a few replacement trannies for me, so next week I'll swap that little guy out and see if it's the right cure.  Will keep you gents posted! 

Now I'm gonna go use my new multimeter on my misbehaving clothes dryer... ahhh, what a way to spend my day off of work... 

I've got a guy who asked me to build him a fuzz (he really likes our swirl paint jobs), and he's very intrigued by the Skreddy's sound.  Possibility?

No need to apologize for your english each post.  We'll let you know if we do not understand.   

I agree.  So far your English is better than many who consider it their first language. Keep it up! 

...just go up and beyond the call of duty. Thank you. 

Ain't this community great?

Dude.

Jam/build party at Madbean's place.

That is rad, man.  Nicely done.  I'm going to have to give those water slide decals a try.

Thanks but the tapers are linear and im using 100kb's They are listed on the schematic.

Aha, took another look at the schematic this time and saw the values and tapers indicated.  Dunno.  I checked ZVex's site and how he recommends the Ooh Wah be used, with some of the settings he indicates it does seem like you should get more significant changes in the sound.  Oh well... sorry I couldn't be of any help!