Höfner - Wah Wah

borislavgajic · Post by **borislavgajic** » 25 Dec 2010, 18:29

here it is ......enjoy....first photo is from Discofreq-s effectdatabase........

side switch just move frquency range to very deep wahing.....
I can say that I like Colorsound wahs more than this one

cheers

Boris

celadine · Post by **celadine** » 15 Jan 2011, 19:01

Were the capacitors all replaced? They look modern. Especially the yellow box hanging off the input jack.

borislavgajic · Post by **borislavgajic** » 15 Jan 2011, 20:41

celadine wrote:Were the capacitors all replaced? They look modern. Especially the yellow box hanging off the input jack.

that one is replaced...yellow.....and side switch looks different .......but else is original

boris

Mich P · Post by **Mich P** » 16 Jan 2011, 17:23

I have one too since lot of years now.
The schematic is how it's coming.
You can see the modifications i have done.
The buffer is a foxrox wha retrofit, the pcb
is from DimebuGG.
Mich P.

borislavgajic · Post by **borislavgajic** » 16 Jan 2011, 18:53

Thanks for schem...! nice build.......

Boris

solder_blob · Post by **solder_blob** » 18 Jan 2011, 00:49

Wow! i really like your wiring job

warsavius · Post by **warsavius** » 03 Dec 2020, 20:53

Hallo, I've just found for very few € three very old wah pedals here in Italy. One of them is the Hofner No.1 Guitar Effect Pedal (the wah of this topic) of 1967. More info in this page http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/factfile ... edals.html

In the next week I'll proceed to draw the schematic and bring the thing to life. Maybe this could be interesting for those who like old wah gears, if there's any.

warsavius · Post by **warsavius** » 17 Dec 2020, 20:21

Here's the schematic. The components are 100% original.

Rebuilder · Post by **Rebuilder** » 08 Mar 2022, 19:43

Hi guys,
A friend of mine gave me a house of one of this pedals, without the internal circuit...
Do you thing it worts to make a new circuit for this pedal?

warsavius · Post by **warsavius** » 08 Mar 2022, 20:22

Rebuilder wrote: ↑08 Mar 2022, 19:43 Hi guys,
A friend of mine gave me a house of one of this pedals, without the internal circuit...
Do you thing it worts to make a new circuit for this pedal?

It's not a hard circuit to rebuild, the most expensive part is probably the pot. But you can also build volume pedal... Sure the case is really cool, looks vintagey and different from cry babies...

Rebuilder · Post by **Rebuilder** » 08 Mar 2022, 21:15

warsavius wrote: ↑08 Mar 2022, 20:22 It's not a hard circuit to rebuild, the most expensive part is probably the pot. But you can also build volume pedal... Sure the case is really cool, looks vintagey and different from cry babies...

I have the original Pot and both original jacks.

Thats all i have, i need to build the circuit and the back plate. Also i would like to disassemble the top pedal, from the case, to give a proper paint job and replace the rubbers, but i don't know how to take off the main shaft...

Rebuilder · Post by **Rebuilder** » 09 Mar 2022, 08:17

@warsavius in the first picture that you post, looks like you removed the pedal from the bottom enclosure, can you please share a picture of the rod, i need to know if to remove, its with preassure or unbursing, and if it is a one piece rod.

Rebuilder · Post by **Rebuilder** » 17 Mar 2022, 00:04

@Warsavius you have the Gerber's file of that diagram?

Can you share it with me please?

warsavius · Post by **warsavius** » 17 Mar 2022, 19:58

Rebuilder wrote: ↑17 Mar 2022, 00:04 @Warsavius you have the Gerber's file of that diagram?

Can you share it with me please?

No sorry i've never did a gerber file

Rebuilder · Post by **Rebuilder** » 18 Mar 2022, 09:48

And a picture of the pedal rod or the two moving parts disassembled do you have?

warsavius · Post by **warsavius** » 19 Mar 2022, 08:55

: Hofner wah disassembled

Rebuilder · Post by **Rebuilder** » 19 Mar 2022, 08:59

warsavius wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 08:55 1647680039733_copy_1044x2320.jpg

Thank you....that rod has some threads or it's just a pressing rod?

Rebuilder · Post by **Rebuilder** » 19 Mar 2022, 23:00

@Warsavius thanks for the tips on pressing the Rod...i made it...

Now it needs a good srip and paint....

sonicvi · Post by **sonicvi** » 09 May 2022, 16:18

I just got one of these recently except it’s Halifax instead of Höfner. Other than the name it looks nearly identical to the one Boris posted above. The serial number is 13. I was tracing the circuit and it’s almost the same as the classic Vox circuit, but there’s a 1M resistor connected between the collector of Q2 and the positive side of the 5uF electrolytic cap, one of the 470K resistors is connected between the collector and base of Q2, and the other 470K resistors is absent. I absolutely love the sound of this wah, even more than my Italian Vox Cry Baby. The only thing I don’t like about it is the bypass switch being under the heel rather than the toe.

Rebuilder · Post by **Rebuilder** » 11 May 2022, 08:37

sonicvi wrote: ↑09 May 2022, 16:18 I just got one of these recently except it’s Halifax instead of Höfner. Other than the name it looks nearly identical to the one Boris posted above. The serial number is 13. I was tracing the circuit and it’s almost the same as the classic Vox circuit, but there’s a 1M resistor connected between the collector of Q2 and the positive side of the 5uF electrolytic cap, one of the 470K resistors is connected between the collector and base of Q2, and the other 470K resistors is absent. I absolutely love the sound of this wah, even more than my Italian Vox Cry Baby. The only thing I don’t like about it is the bypass switch being under the heel rather than the toe.

Do you have the file to print a PCB ?
i Restored my enclosure, but now i need a pcb circuit to print...i just don't have knoladge to do it myself...:S

Höfner - Wah Wah [schematic]