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Morley vintage fuzz wah help

joelmesz

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Jul 25, 2015
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So bought this beauty today. Got it for cheap cause the fuzz isn't working. He gave me a bag of transistor to fix it. Just looking to find a step by step help for doing this. The wah and volume work on it. And it's in great shape inside. When I click on the fuzz it engages but I lose all sound so something isn't right in there and would love to get the fuzz going. Just want that dirty in your face Burton fuzz. Any help would be appreciated.
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So bought this beauty today. Got it for cheap cause the fuzz isn't working. He gave me a bag of transistor to fix it. Just looking to find a step by step help for doing this. The wah and volume work on it. And it's in great shape inside. When I click on the fuzz it engages but I lose all sound so something isn't right in there and would love to get the fuzz going. Just want that dirty in your face Burton fuzz. Any help would be appreciated.
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Take it to a professional. Don’t try this yourself over the internet. Somebody that knows electronics will have to troubleshoot and fix the problem. I doubt internet strangers and a bag of random parts are going to do you any good.
 
More like 'annoyanated' . . . :) :)

And, all I can see in that bag are elecyrolytic capacitors, not transistors, but viewing it in detail is challenging . . . In any case, the schematics are out there, and it's not to comples, so shouldn't be that hard for someone who can read them and can troubleshoot . . .

One quick thing to check in these older Morleys is the light bulb used in the optical volume control. If they die, not much works on pedal motion control . . . easy to check, and, iirc, a pretty common bulb. (Newer pedals went LED, I believe . . .).
 
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