Custom Fuzz Wah Rehouse

[TaySte_2000]

I just sent Ian over at Ghost Effects an email and thought it might be worth posting it here incase someone has some better ideas or is just interested in the build that is going to happen

Originally Posted by tayste_2000

Dear Ian

I had a bass fuzz face built by yourself a year or so ago and I'm very happy with it so I'm wondering if you could possibly help me out with another project I have in mind.

I've recently purchased a Fender Fuzz Wah, now I don't know if you are familiar with these but functionally they are amazing, sound wise they are a bit crap. In this link you should be able to see the functionality I'm talking about



The wah works as any wah would expect the switch isn't under the treadle meaning it's a nice solid true bypass switch. The fuzz has a similar switch and the gain is controlled by moving the treadle left or right (it's a basical wah mechanism using string to turn a pot) it then had a trim pot under neath for fuzz volume and a switch to change it from Fuzz -> Wah into Wah ->Fuzz

My plan was to get the wah replaced with my 70's Kimbara wah that needs a rehouse anyway due to an iffy switch and get the fuzz swapped out for the Ghost Effects Bass Fuzz Face you made for me.

This poses a few issues, first being the Ghost Face doesn't like being placed after the wah, it works perfectly fine with a buffer in between it so I'll either need a buffer making or supply a 3rd pedal in this case a Dredgetone Angler that has a buffered bypass and build a 3rd effect in which is an overdrive which to me wouldn't be the end of the world.

2nd issue is power, I know the Ghost Face reverses polarity so it can't be daisy chained, I have no idea what polarity the wah takes as it's battery only. My intention is to run this effect as battery only anyway so I would have no issue running 2 batteries inside, one for the fuzz and one for the wah. Though if it could be done with 1 that would be great.

The good news is the Fender Fuzz Wah is HUGE it can easily accomodate all this circuitry and more.

Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in building for me.

Kind Regards

So there it is, hopefully Ian is up for building it else I might have to hit Max at SFX up but I know that's gonna be a fair old chunk of cash.

Anyway, thoughts, comments, insight?

[ampegfuzz]

SUBBED

[behndy]

innnnteresting.

if he's not into it, maybe hit up FxDoctor? dooder's a good guy and we talked about a rehouse project recently. seemed to know his stuff.

[jetofuj]

I guess that adding input buffer to wah circuit should be simple. If you want to change power polarity you need another small circuit.

You can also ask Stu Castledine - he is master of wahs and fuzz-wahs (he is currently building together with D*A*M fuzz-wahs for Sola Sound).

[ghost_effects]

i'm too busy with non custom stuff at the moment, have emailed steve and have also recomended mr castledine!

[TaySte_2000]

Thanks for the quick response Ian, I was expecting you to be to busy and the thread is only up to show people my idea.

Oh and anyone reading this, I'd like to point out that between all my fuzz's (Huckleberry, Colossus, Fuzzsaw, GGG Green Muff, Super Nova Drive) the Ghost Face was the best with all my basses and definately had the most vintage mojo'd vibe

I'll contact Stu and probably Max at SFX and get something sorted.

I'm really leaning to just adding the Dredgetone into the pedal instead of messing with buffers as having it there as a bit of a preamp is cool with the stuff I'm intending to use this pedal for.

Cheers

[TaySte_2000]

Max can't do it either, don't blame him though can imagine this being a nightmare.

[TaySte_2000]

Got a response from Stu, he thinks its possible assuming he can change the pots on the Fender to match the gain on the Ghost Face and the Wah pot on the Kimbara.

I've just got to send him some pics as soon as the Fender Fuzz Wah arrives.

Looking gooooooood

[ghost_effects]

hey steve, i would get him to do a fuzz face board from scratch, and sell the ghost face if you need to, or i could do a new board if you want pretty cheap!

[TaySte_2000]

Tempting, I'll see and discuss it with him once I've sent him the pics.

[jetofuj]

If you want one dc jack, it would be a good idea to make a new FF board with polarity converter.

[ghost_effects]

or a NPN transistor fuzz face!

[TaySte_2000]

Nah I definitely want to leave this battery only. It's so huge and heavy it'll never go on a board.

My plan is to just chuck it in it's velvet bag and run off to jams and go crazy

[TaySte_2000]

Originally Posted by ghost_effects

or a NPN transistor fuzz face!

Don't start

Maybe I could get a 3 position switch that takes it from a FF circuit to Tonebender to Muff and get 4-5 circuit boards in there