Boss - FW-3 Foot Wah  [schematic]

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Post by Dirk_Hendrik »

borislavgajic wrote:http://nicosonic.free.fr/schems/BossFW3.pdf

thanks.....first time I see this schem :thumbsup
now it is complete
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Post by Gila_Crisis »

well to me this wah looks like the classic vox/dunlop design, with a Q pot insted of the fixed 33k in parallel with the inductor and the boss flip-flop bypass.
nothing new :P
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Yes, nothing new. Just interesting to see it was nothing new...

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Glad to see my newly scanned schems ar useful to somebody! :wink:

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Nyquist5 wrote:Glad to see my newly scanned schems ar useful to somebody! :wink:
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Nyquist5 wrote:Glad to see my newly scanned schems ar useful to somebody! :wink:
Very usefull. Enchanté!

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borislavgajic wrote:yes......regular boss switch......inductor wah (cry baby)....fet transistor before it(the signal is allways going through it ....no true bypass)........and transistor after it...like in all boss pedal's........and one trranny for power supplie.....(sorry for my poor english :shock: )

I traced schematic ....10 years ago .......so I'l have to find it.........give me day or two!!!

so it is nothing new....but it was before crybaby's add on modifications( buffer).......and becouse of that ,it is interesting to see................
I could ask my friend to give it to me for better gut shoots, but he is paranoic,he thinks that I took some parts out of it, and that sweep is reversed( after I traced it) :slap:

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find some guts on net........
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borislavgajic wrote:
borislavgajic wrote:I could ask my friend to give it to me for better gut shoots, but he is paranoic,he thinks that I took some parts out of it, and that sweep is reversed( after I traced it) :slap:

boris
Tell your friend it should be treble at toe down. I own one--surprisingly stock... :shock:
...collectors together and emitter to base? You're such a darling...

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asatbluesboy wrote:
borislavgajic wrote:
borislavgajic wrote:I could ask my friend to give it to me for better gut shoots, but he is paranoic,he thinks that I took some parts out of it, and that sweep is reversed( after I traced it) :slap:

boris
Tell your friend it should be treble at toe down. I own one--surprisingly stock... :shock:

I told him........but you know :slap: ...some people are just different.....suspicious ...paranoic..... :whappen: :D

My clone worked better ... :thumbsup

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:thumbsup works nice with dist.......

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A friend has give me a Boss FW-3 pedal that have a problem. The internal pot for the wah function has been lost. I have found that this is a small 100k slide potentiometer.

My question is if anybody can help me to find a replacement, because I can't find it in the Roland/Boss official service in my country.

Thank you so much!!

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Post by apollomusicservice »

If you are looking for original part, original ordering code for this pot is
13339318 RS15111F9 100kD.
It means that is reverse logarithmic potentiometer.

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Post by karul »

Dirk_Hendrik wrote:
borislavgajic wrote:http://nicosonic.free.fr/schems/BossFW3.pdf

thanks.....first time I see this schem :thumbsup
now it is complete
boris
There's more goodies there:

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This is the new address - you can find the schematic over there:
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Post by Fredenando »

Definitely impossible to find this potentiometer in my country. I do not know that I can do to get or replace or any that can adapt, so I have no choice but to ask you again if you can help by giving me some idea or solution that serves to make an adaptation to return it to operate.

Thank you to all!!

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