Washburn - AF4 Flanger

gtrgeo · Post by **gtrgeo** » 30 Sep 2013, 18:29

The Gig flanger looks very similar to the Washburn A-F4 flanger. I bought this one new around '85. The flanger was rather weak sounding but didn't really know any better when I bought it. A while later I noticed that the manufacturer was using the mechanical connection between the pots and the box as a ground path and identified this as a weak link. Running a separate ground to the pots made the controls actually work. I will dig up the gut shots I have as well as the little instruction manual that came with it if anyone is interested.

George

Dirk_Hendrik · Post by **Dirk_Hendrik** » 30 Sep 2013, 22:07

Followed the effectsdatabase link a few posts up already?

The same link is there.

As well,
Yes please for the guts. Quite a lot of seemingly related pedals happen to be ... not that related.. on the inside.

gtrgeo · Post by **gtrgeo** » 01 Oct 2013, 02:56

Dirk - yes i have been to the site before. I knew there were other brands related to the Washburn pedals. I wasnt familiar with the "Gig" brand.

Here is the instruction manual. Like most pedals very brief, basicly a small two sided brochure folded in half.

: Cover

: General

: Controls

: Specs

Looks like the gut shots i had are on a portable hard drive and i can't get to them with the iPad. I will take some more and post later.

George

gtrgeo · Post by **gtrgeo** » 01 Oct 2013, 03:08

Well i decided to open it up and take a few shots. Let me know if you would like to see any more detail or specific parts.

: Board front

: Board back

: Guts

gtrgeo · Post by **gtrgeo** » 01 Oct 2013, 03:25

Just for the heck of it. Here is another Washburn flanger that was given to me as part of another pedal purchase. This one is a little newer and the box is bigger. Of the two i like the A-F4 better; the fx:4 is more subtle.

: Front

: Board front

: Board back

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Washburn - AF4 Flanger [schematic]