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Can't remember part values ...this was taken two years ago ...sorry

I gig one all the time, anyone want values let me know.

I like that the PCB clearly retains the "Dunlop" label on it .

Dunlop owns Budda?
Or is it just a reskin of the a modded Crybaby?

soulsonic wrote:Dunlop owns Budda?
Or is it just a reskin of the a modded Crybaby?

Not sure...Budda probably has a deal to buy the parts...I just thought the "Dunlop" on the PCB was funny.

thanks for the showing the "dunlop" printed on the buddah
is the schematic known or traced out yet? I can't remember..

I believe those wah shells are made by dunlop, or at the very least they have them made somewhere. With the way a lot of these larger companies work they very well may actually make the wah for them.

Brian M wrote:I believe those wah shells are made by dunlop, or at the very least they have them made somewhere. With the way a lot of these larger companies work they very well may actually make the wah for them.

Well, the circuit board is DEFINITELY made by Dunlop !

As for the shell, parts, etc...hmmm ?

maybe it's a dunlop wah that dunlop sold to buddah

I would like values for this one if you have them.

Thanks very much.

The Budda wah is manufactured by Dunlop for, and to the "specs" of, Budda.

FYI - The N30 material used in the pictured inductor is reportedly the material used in the original Italian Fasel inductors. I cannot verify this although the info did come from a knowledgable source. All of the old Fasels I've looked at have had unmarked ferrite material, were not mine, and I could not have the material analyzed for verification. I didn't have an o-scope at that time and so I could not chart any properties of the Fasel.

What I love about the Budda is that it is excellent acroos the board style-wise.
Some other wahs are better than the Budda in certain styles, I loved my Picture wah and love all my Colorsounds but and they excel in certain areas whilst the Budda is such a great all-rounder.

from the picture i could read those values for the resistors:


to me it looks like a normale wahwah with a buffer in front of it, no special values. btw I hope i got'em right, some values look strange to me.

Yeah, it does look pretty standard. The only non-standard thing I see is the 390R on Q1s emitter. It'd be nice to know what the feedback cap is, and what the two caps around the pot are.

Thanks!

my bad, i didn't record down values when this came in for repairs.
Yes, i vaguely remember it having a much wider and smother sweep compared to a Dunlop wah.

My guess the 390R increases gain on Q1 thus giving it some muscle ....
I hope someone else who owns one will enlighten us

The 390R will increase the bass of the circuit compared to a normal crybaby.

tcobretti wrote:The 390R will increase the bass of the circuit compared to a normal crybaby.

The same 390 ohm resistor can be found on most of the Crybaby models. The Vox V847 uses a 510 there.

The caps are the standard 10n/220n.

I'll post values later or tommorrow

Notice the zero ohm resistor at R17 in your Budda pic?
This is actually better off as a jumper.

Oh my bad....one board is green and the other one is brown.
Also one says "Vox" and the other doesn't.

Man, at first I thought they were the same pedal.