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Memphis Auto Wah gut pic's & issues. help please

Started by alexander.x, March 25, 2013, 11:53:22 PM

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alexander.x

Hi all. I was hoping that somebody might be able to help me.
I aquired an old (70's?) Mephis (Coron?) Auto Wah and it has issues. It did not seem to work at first. I replaced the battery lead but the blue wire came off something...not sure what. If I touch the blue wire in various places around the trimmer I can hear it oscilate when guitar plugged in and played. I should have taken a picture first.
The brown wire came off the one pot...volume I believe.
Any advice would be great. I have some really good pic's.
I thought someone may be interested in them too.
Sorry for my noobiness.
http://m1301.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/Dogman_123/image_zps4889b7a6.jpg.html

http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/Dogman_123/media/image_zps4889b7a6.jpg.html
http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/Dogman_123/media/image_zps47890502.jpg.html

http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/Dogman_123/media/image_zpsb5a79e7b.jpg.html
http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/Dogman_123/media/image_zpsc5bc6250.jpg.html

Yes I have posted  this question on another site, but no results.
Thnx
Looking for ways to find my own sound and improve my tone, one glob of solder at at time.

stecykmi

i can only get the pics to show up really small so it's hard to make out anything.

have you checked the power rails for voltage? fixing this without (at least) a multimeter is mostly just stabbing in the dark.

since the pots and switch are board mounted, you may want to try re-flowing the solder around those connections as the mechanical vibration from the switching action can cause breaks in the solder.

alexander.x

I took the pic's with an iPad and they came out perfect. I could read the values and everything.
I guess they don't translate well to Photo bucket.
I thank you for your help though.
I have a DMM...I guess i will need to figure out how to use it now.
Looking for ways to find my own sound and improve my tone, one glob of solder at at time.