Help me find a specific wah or volume pedal

[TrooperFarva]

Ok guys, here's the story. I want to make a Colorsound Tonebender 3 knob. I've built circuits before, this particular circuit doesn't look very difficult. But I do want to make 1 major change. I want to house the guts of the pedal in either a wah or volume pedal case, and have the foot pedal control the 'Fuzz' knob. So what I'm looking for is this.

A wah or volume pedal
Active (I'd like to have something with a battery box already installed, as well as a stereo input jack, to run the battery)
The pedal controls a potentiometer, not something optical
The On/Off switch is on the side, not under the pedal
A somewhat thick base, to be able to house the circuit
Relatively cheap, since I'm just going to gut it anyway

Right now, I'm leaning towards a used Morley PBA-2 Dual Bass Wah, as it seems to have most of the feaures I'm looking for, but I'm just not sure if the base is big enough. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[TheMutt]

IIRC Morleys are optical. Not sure you're gonna find anything like what you're looking for. There's a Fender Fuzz/Wah pedal, as well as the Snarling Dogs Bootzilla bass wah/fuzz. Neither of which are cheap. If you don't mind how it looks, the Ibanez Tone-Lok Weeping Demon wah pedal might be what you are looking for. A bit expensive to tear apart though.

[OptimusPrime]

What if you just bought an enclosure from here?

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/wah.html

[TrooperFarva]

Originally Posted by OptimusPrime

What if you just bought an enclosure from here?

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/wah.html

That enclosure has the On/Off switch under the pedal, no good for my needs. Thanks anyway.

[TrooperFarva]

Originally Posted by TheMutt

IIRC Morleys are optical. Not sure you're gonna find anything like what you're looking for. There's a Fender Fuzz/Wah pedal, as well as the Snarling Dogs Bootzilla bass wah/fuzz. Neither of which are cheap. If you don't mind how it looks, the Ibanez Tone-Lok Weeping Demon wah pedal might be what you are looking for. A bit expensive to tear apart though.

I think you're right about the Morleys being optical. Curses.

[one]

An easier way would be to use the Third hand!

[TrooperFarva]

Originally Posted by one

An easier way would be to use the Third hand!

Yeah, I saw that. But I figured that if I'm going to build a Tonebender, I may as well build it in a housing that I think would work better. I'd like to avoid building it into a regular housing, and then running it with a second pedal.

[CHILDISHGAMBINO]

Why don't you want the switch under the treadle?

[Mudfuzz]

Because he would have to change where his setting is every time he turned the thing on and off the then find that setting again when the effect is turned back on.

[SteveMcB]

Most of the wahs with a side-switch take up a lot of pedalboard real-estate. What about using just any ol' wah or volume and having a little breakout box with the on-off switch. Could be a tiny box. Probably no good if you're not permanently installing on a pedalboard due to the fact you'd have to run a cable of some sort out to the box (durability might well be an issue), but then you could just use a used crybaby or even a behringer wah housing.

Steve

[Sean S]

You could grab a standard crybaby and weld on a "switch box", if that's something you're up for...

[TrooperFarva]

Originally Posted by SteveMcB

Most of the wahs with a side-switch take up a lot of pedalboard real-estate. What about using just any ol' wah or volume and having a little breakout box with the on-off switch. Could be a tiny box. Probably no good if you're not permanently installing on a pedalboard due to the fact you'd have to run a cable of some sort out to the box (durability might well be an issue), but then you could just use a used crybaby or even a behringer wah housing.

Steve

I'm not really a 'pedalboard' kinda guy. This will be my only pedal, so I'm not too worried about the size.

Originally Posted by Sean S

You could grab a standard crybaby and weld on a "switch box", if that's something you're up for...

I don't have the facilities to weld.

[TrooperFarva]

If the Ibanez Weeping Demon uses a pot, and not something optical, I think it'll be the way to go. I just gotta check that out, and then find a used one.

[CHILDISHGAMBINO]

Originally Posted by Mudfuzz

Because he would have to change where his setting is every time he turned the thing on and off the then find that setting again when the effect is turned back on.

Ah... wasn't thinking about that.