Some Wah service/mod

Service/mod of a rebranded? Wah Swell pedal.

The pedal on the workbench, branded Förstärkardoktorn.

Wah Swell

Förstärkardoktorn(Amplifier doctor) was a Swedish store selling musical instruments back in the days. It even has the original price tag on it.

Wah Swell

The wah circuit corresponds a lot with Colorsound Wah Swell circuit, at least for the wah part. As seen in this pic there’s a double gang cermet potentiometer, using the other side as a volume pot.

Wah Swell

Solder side of the circuitboard.

Wah Swell

Here’s the circuit modified. Removed the passive swell part and wired it for true bypass, added a trimpot for overall output volume and adjusted the tone of the wah.

Wah Swell

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