Friday, September 23, 2011

JEN Wah...Take Two (up close and personal)

Now fitted with true-bypass switching

Additional wires and re-wiring





true-bypass switch with an indicator

bottom plate...top part

bottom plate...middle part
manufacturer's information... close up

bottom plate... lowest part

indicator beside the foot-switch when engaged to ON

indicator under low lights

classic PCB artwork.

PCB board with components

PCB board (close up)

Friday, September 16, 2011

Dissecting a JEN Wah (70's i guess)

Here is an authentic JEN Crybaby WAH that was made in Italy with the RED Fasel. Also known as JEN Super CRYBABY due to the all white skirting around the base plate...... Elvis thing....

Gut shots for restoration and modification.

Possible modifications are true-bypass and a DC input jack, and maybe a JFET buffer (more on this later).




Wah pot replacement is necessary, too.

Circuit tracing will take time but online sources will make it a breeze. Thanks to the world wide web :)





The anti-static foam was recently added to protect the board from shorting to the enclosure. Originally it had thick double tapes and what's not as spacers beneath it.


Lotsa work to do for this tone mojo. These will include rubber stops, cleaning, pampering and whole lotta love to make it sing! And yes it does sing, it wails .......it ROCKS! (well for one it has a rocker isn't it? enuf)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

A PedalGrill of a Bahraini Kid



Helping out a brother arranged his f/x to his newly acquired PedalGrill until midnight last 12 September 2011. That includes laying out the signal chain and making patch cables. Amphenol angled plugs and Neutrik straights. PocketPOD with bank,tap tempo, and bypass switches, etc. oh yeah!

Thanks Yohanne for dropping by....

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Zakk Wylde OD

MXR overdrive pedal version of a BOSS SD-1. The SD-1, BOSS' counterpart of the infamous Ibanez TS-808/TS-9 Tubescreamer pedals. Nothing fancy aside from having SMT components inside. A signature pedal (ahem)...

Line 6 Pocket Pod

World-class tones in the palm of your hand, indeed. Great for late night practicing thru headphones. The possibilities are endless once hooked up to a computer for more in-depth tone search.


Fender DICE Amp and BOSS PH-3

the BOSS PH-3 was eventually sold as of August 14, 2011

Effects, etc (for disposal)

SOLD already!

sold as of 22 September, 2011


Memphis Stratocaster by Tagima, etc...

















































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CS-3 Siblings (Stock and Modded)