Wah to volume switch

[greiswig]

Wondering if anyone here has tried to make it so that their wah pedal, when not on the wah setting, acted as a volume pedal? It'd sure be nice to have that second use for it...

[davent]

There's a schematic and pcb for adapting a Crybaby to a wah/volume pedal at Tonepad. I haven't tried this but with the treadle's limited travel i would think the volume function would be pretty compromised.

http://www.tonepad.com/getFile.asp?id=59

dave

[jjman]

Many inventions are the combination of 2 things. In this case I think the ohm value of the pot could be an issue. Get a dual pot with 2 different values (custom made ?) and it seems very possible to me.

[selloutrr]

with dual pots it's no more then wiring the pot.

the downside would be the volume loss of increase you would get when switching from effect to effect.

[greiswig]

Thanks guys! The dual pot idea is one thing I had thought of. I've done that before: remove the element from one of the two pots and replace it with a different value to make my own custom. I might try that in my Teese.

Guess I was hoping that someone else was already selling something that did both well. I know there was one manufacturer who did, but I don't think it was very well thought of.

[selloutrr]

morley made a volume wah back in the 70's / 80's the big silver style. but you had to select between them via a footswitch on the deck.