Colorsound - Chuck-A-Wah  [schematic]

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Post by borislavgajic »

no thread about this onem (two versions to be correct) :thumbsup

can someone post some guts??
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/co ... /chuckawah

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I'm guessing you've seen these schematics?

I've no idea how accurate they are...
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Nocentelli wrote:I'm guessing you've seen these schematics?

I've no idea how accurate they are...
colorsound_chuckawah_fet.pdf
colorsound_chuckawah_led.pdf


thanks I saw that............so therefore I need to see some gutshoots....looked on net, but none to be found :thumbsup

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I have one...
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DiscoFreq wrote:I have one...
Bart I know you are busy.....but if I could ask for some guts please?....when ever you find time.......there is nothing on net,only those schems ..........

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borislavgajic wrote:
DiscoFreq wrote:I have one...
Bart I know you are busy.....but if I could ask for some guts please?....when ever you find time.......there is nothing on net,only those schems ..........

thanks

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Post by valvusmusicus »

Hi
Could I have a guts shot of them both [please-trying to restore one and would like to stick to correct layout and components

many thanks all

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Hey man, I've just restored one too!
There is some good info here, including guts shots: http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/co ... /chuckawah

And here's my pedal:
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And here some schems:
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I hope that helps! Good luck!
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And a close up...
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How does it sound?
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Like this:


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Nice; sounds really jumpy :D
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Post by valvusmusicus »

Sorry man-forgot about this site, and for some reason not linked - is now#
That looks and sounds great. are the schematiccs accurate, Ive had some instability issues with mine-but Ive not put it such a cool box
Ill box it and post pics

Thanks again

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Post by valvusmusicus »

Hi
Ive been playing around with layout for this-but cant get it close enough to the original-just wondered if anyone had done a PCB layout for thisplease?
Ill post mine soon when its finished-and se how close it is

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Here it is-forwhat its worth
Just a start-too many links-I will add comp numbers later

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