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Aaaahh help

Rozie · 2005-04-27 21:21:43

I was modding my wah and the switch that turns it on and off has conked out- does anyone know anywhere in Limerick I can fix this, or is anyone here good with electrics!?!??! Please help.

27-04-2005 9:21pm

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Rozie

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I was modding my wah and the switch that turns it on and off has conked out- does anyone know anywhere in Limerick I can fix this, or is anyone here good with electrics!?!??!

Please help.

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#2 27-04-2005 9:29pm

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How were you "modding" your wah pedal exactly?

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#3 27-04-2005 9:31pm

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feylya wrote:

How were you "modding" your wah pedal exactly?

I was just covering up the hole the light shines through to change the range of the wah (it's an optical wah) but the main thing is that I somehow took out the actual switch that turns it on while modding it.

I'm really desperate now, I can't believe I was so stupid.

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#4 27-04-2005 9:33pm

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What make of wah?

Try uncovering the hole?

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#5 27-04-2005 9:37pm

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The hole has nothing to do with the actual switch. It's a Morley Classic Wah (CLW).

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#6 27-04-2005 9:43pm

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One of the ones that you just take your foot off to turn off?

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#7 27-04-2005 10:23pm

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No, it has a seperate switch for that.

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#8 27-04-2005 10:24pm

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Checked the wires on the switch?

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#9 27-04-2005 10:28pm

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The wires are fine. The problem is that there's a switch, a spring coming from the switch, then a little box. In the box are two metal contacts. When I touch it with something metal, the light will turn on, if I touch it a second time, it'll turn off. There is a small piece of plastic with two metal ends to touch the contact. I can't seem to position it so I could use the spring switch to turn on the actual thing itself.

It's the same as any generic switch I think.

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#10 27-04-2005 10:53pm

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Afraid you've lost me. I'm not familiar with that sort of wah so I can't help you. Sorry

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#11 27-04-2005 11:22pm

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are the metal ends on the end of the plactic reaching the two metal contacts fully

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#12 27-04-2005 11:35pm

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jcoote wrote:

are the metal ends on the end of the plactic reaching the two metal contacts fully

How would I fix it if they weren't though?

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#13 28-04-2005 12:25am

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make the metal end longer or bend em slightly

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#14 28-04-2005 12:28am

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One of the wires finally came unsoldered ;_; It's out of my help now... I cried so much... I hope there's somewhere I can take to fix it. I'll spend lots of money on it to get it fixed, I don't want to loose it, I really love it.

Would music shops that repair guitars repair pedals?

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#15 28-04-2005 12:31am

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You cried over a broken wah pedal???

It's doubtful if most places fix pedals. Just phone them and find out.

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#16 28-04-2005 12:36am

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aw!!!

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#17 28-04-2005 12:36am

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feylya wrote:

You cried over a broken wah pedal???

It's doubtful if most places fix pedals. Just phone them and find out.

I don't know, I get very attatched to things. It's still very new, it wouldn't have been as sad if it had a good run. It didn't have a run. It was a nice Wah and it never got a chance to prove itself. I just find it very sad.

It'll never know how much I loved it ;_;

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#18 28-04-2005 2:40am

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fair enough!!!! i think we should refer u to here

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#19 28-04-2005 8:19am

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the bad horsie is the switchless wah. i have one. great they are. as for pedal repairs. if you find somewhere that does it let us know as i have a USA big muff here in need of fixing

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#20 28-04-2005 9:40am

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If its just a broken "generic" switch and a snapped off wire surely anyplace that would repair TVs/videos/ etc could repair it? Or am I missing something obvious as usual ? :-)

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