Yes, apologies, very hectic here, quite a stressful month alas.
Pics to follow later in the week.
The layout however, is identical to Pepe’s pictured above.
You will see the wire leftmost soldered to the wah potentiometer (brown purple) threads down and is soldered directly to the input jack live/tip. (the remaining wires in the ream head to the circuit board and elsewhere).
New (broken) pedal day!
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Re: New (broken) pedal day!
Righto ... schematic is (allegedly) this one:
https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=25794
The pedal is a volume pedal when the wah is disengaged, so yes, it does appear that the pot connects to the output socket.
The crackling could be many things, but my money would be on the pot (even though it is new). First thing I'd do if it was on my bench would be try cleaning the pot with some Deoxit.
https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=25794
The pedal is a volume pedal when the wah is disengaged, so yes, it does appear that the pot connects to the output socket.
The crackling could be many things, but my money would be on the pot (even though it is new). First thing I'd do if it was on my bench would be try cleaning the pot with some Deoxit.
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Re: New (broken) pedal day!
That's right, forgot to mention its a Volume too.
Yes, when I picked it up it was scratchy, hence a pot change. I've used Contact cleaner liberally but as yet no change.
Yes, when I picked it up it was scratchy, hence a pot change. I've used Contact cleaner liberally but as yet no change.
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Re: New (broken) pedal day!
Output - yep, thanks for the correction.laurie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 12:01 amRighto ... schematic is (allegedly) this one:
https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?t=25794
The pedal is a volume pedal when the wah is disengaged, so yes, it does appear that the pot connects to the output socket.
The crackling could be many things, but my money would be on the pot (even though it is new). First thing I'd do if it was on my bench would be try cleaning the pot with some Deoxit.

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Re: New (broken) pedal day!
Roger that.fuzzbuzzfuzz wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:37 amYes, when I picked it up it was scratchy, hence a pot change. I've used Contact cleaner liberally but as yet no change.
I'll have a think about it and see if anything else stands out to check in the schematic.