PLUS! a nice "Touch Wah" TW-1 arrived last night, cosmetically very clean. It's the single chip 2nd issue with black switch inside, 9600 serial irrc.
a.k.a TW-1B
Serial 9100-0300
Marking of PCB: 052-287B
Switch: Black
Silver screw
OP-AMP: RC3403A
Permanent LED

MINUS: I was told it had a "weak" wah signal by the seller, and indeed, it has NO wah whatsoever! It simply has a muffled bassy tone or a treble top tone depending on where the toggle switch is set, alas!

So before I go round the twist debugging it..
- Any of our esteemed knowledgeable members had the same problem with the same mustard coloured box...and fixed the issue?
Or...is there a nifty thread detailing some checks and service tips.
I do have two more T-wahs in my possession as reference points, so that's useful.
I had little time last night to delve properly into it but I did:
- tweak the trimpot - to no effect.- noticed there are resistors soldered across the blue toggle switch and the input jack. Are they stock?
- I also plugged into the std 9v and the ACA adaptors, LED was bright on both occasions, it's not a momentary switch pedal it's the on/off variant (or at least the one I have is!).
- Noticed no unusual soldering or mods to the PCB underside, looks very clean and stock.
Thank you all!
FBF