Wow! one resistor swap in the wah, big difference.

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If you have an old Thomas Organ Wah, Try changing the 33k resistor to a 68k (it's the one across from the inductor). Wow, now I know why people like wahs. Now I can get that Voodoo Chile/Cloud 9 sound.

All I have to do now is true bypass it and change the scratchy pot. :)
 
could you post a pic of this... I may end up doing something like that
 
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The resistor with the 3 orange bands above the inductor in this picture is the 33k resistor.
 
capnkid said:
This would probably work in the new Dunlop wahs too.

The sound you described above sounds pretty much like a Dunlop to me anyway :p
 
capnkid said:
If you have an old Thomas Organ Wah, Try changing the 33k resistor to a 68k (it's the one across from the inductor). Wow, now I know why people like wahs. Now I can get that Voodoo Chile/Cloud 9 sound.

All I have to do now is true bypass it and change the scratchy pot. :)

You should try to clean that scratchy pot first by spraying some contact cleaner like "Blue Shower" into it and working the pot back & forth for a long time. That old pot might be a big part of the sound you love about the wah now-a new pot might not have the same tones.
 
Anfontan said:
You should try to clean that scratchy pot first by spraying some contact cleaner like "Blue Shower" into it and working the pot back & forth for a long time. That old pot might be a big part of the sound you love about the wah now-a new pot might not have the same tones.

The guy I bought it from did that, but it got scratchy again quick. When I get the new pot, I'll put it in and take the old one apart.

I bought a Hot Potz II, The place I order from was out of Fulltone pots.
 
I just finished true bypassing the wah, and changed out the scratchy pot. No big difference with the true bypass. The Hotpotz II isn't as good as the original. Oh well, I guess I'll try a fulltone pot next.
 
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