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Wah and Buffer or Wah with buffered bypass

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:11 pm
by The4455
I have a 1972 Vox King Wah that does the typical feedback thing with fuzz. I tried the Boss pedal in between as a buffer which is okay, but I'm thinking I should just buy a buffer.

That being said I want to true bypass the wah and found a 3pdt mounted buffered bypass pcb that I'm considering using. Will this fix the problem or do I need a separate buffer?

Said PCB:
http://www.guitarpcb.com/apps/webstore/ ... ow/3436241

There is also this, also from Guitar PCB
http://www.guitarpcb.com/apps/webstore/ ... ow/5929809

Any other ideas would be much appreciated. :thumb:

Re: Wah and Buffer or Wah with buffered bypass

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:49 pm
by HorseyBoy
I think you need a buffer specifically designed for a wah, like this: http://www.foxroxelectronics.com/FoxroxWahRetrofit.html. Area 51 also does one.
Those old King Wahs are very cool and personally I'd leave it as is, but going true bypass is easy, as is adding a buffer, and both are reversible, so…

Re: Wah and Buffer or Wah with buffered bypass

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 7:06 pm
by The4455
I hear what you're saying, the pedal effects the tone even when off but is also part of the tone as well.

I also have radio interference sometimes coming through the wah pedal, grounding issue?

Re: Wah and Buffer or Wah with buffered bypass

Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:39 pm
by HorseyBoy
^ Sounds like it might be. Although some folks around here would KILL for a treadle-controlled radio interference pedal. :thumb: