Members NinjaRaf Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 ok ok fixed... I am working and posting at the same time lol It just sounded funny. Like a giant cyclops was saying it or something lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RiffDaemon Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 Must be a plague. My Peterson Strobostomp bit the dust today. Damn thing only lasted 5 years. Say what you want about Boss pedals but I have never had one die.RIP Wah and tuner. Could it be zombiepedalpocalypse ? My CryBaby 95Q pedal died after 5 years. Hmmmmmmmmm ..... zombiepedalapocalypse indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShaneV2 Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 RIP old friend I've been really into Morley wahs lately. You ever try out the Tremonti Billy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike LX-R Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 It was your post a while back on the topic of wahs, discussing the faithfulness of your Bad Horsie and how it's been the last pedal standing on your board, that made me want to buy one.... ...not so sure about that anymore mojo that does suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Anomaly Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 Billy, FWIW, mine hums and has always hummed, when it's close to a power source. It's not loud enough for me to ditch it though. I have it on a Pedaltrain Jr, with a Voodoo Labs PP2+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 hmmm. rethinking the bad horsie purchase. not because of the longevity, thats pretty impressive, but because i get enough hummers from VC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted August 28, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 Billy, FWIW, mine hums and has always hummed, when it's close to a power source. It's not loud enough for me to ditch it though. I have it on a Pedaltrain Jr, with a Voodoo Labs PP2+ Yeah I will try to move it away from the ISO-5. Right now it's right next to it. I always noticed a small hum but now it's pretty loud, even if the pedal is not engaged, it sounds like I lost a ground or something. I will do some tests tonight though, maybe moving the pedal around will solve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=Pennywise=- Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 I don't know why or how this caught me in the mood I'm in, but I burst out laughing furiously hard..... thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShaneV2 Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 no, I'd love to try one. There is also a new pedal called Maverick, which is supposed to be the BH circuit in a small case. If I can't this fixed I will give them both a try. I really like the tremonti. It's brighter than the BH and has a touch of Crybaby character mixed with the usual Morley sound, some people think it's too shrill but I love the way it cuts. Never tried the Maverick- part of me feels like they'd be more prone to breaking down just from having to miniaturize everything to cram it in there but it's probably just a psychological thing. I really did not like the Lynch wahs at all FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 should be a easy fix.At least the schematic is available, posted on Morley's website. (Thank you, Morley!) The basic "wah" circuit is very similar to the classic Vox/Crybaby circuit, but there's a bunch of other electronic nonsense for buffers and to implement the "touchless" (electronic bypass) wah switching. And then there's the "contour" control, apparently some kind of EQ or boost function.It has a CMOS chip in it, is there any chance the pedal got zapped with static electricity? ...mine hums and has always hummed, when it's close to a power source.The wah inductor is prone to pick up magnetic interference...try moving the wah pedal away from the power supply or any transformers, that should help get rid of the hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sahlomonic Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 after 16 years of faithful service RIP Oddly enough, I just bought one yesterday, to replace my Lynch wah. Only reason I don't care for the Lynch wah too much is I have to keep resetting the "Loudness" knob at noon because my foot keeps accidentally hitting it, and also engaging the "wow!" button - which I do not use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted August 28, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 At least the schematic is available, posted on Morley's website. (Thank you, Morley!) The basic "wah" circuit is very similar to the classic Vox/Crybaby circuit, but there's a bunch of other electronic nonsense for buffers and to implement the "touchless" (electronic bypass) wah switching. And then there's the "contour" control, apparently some kind of EQ or boost function. It has a CMOS chip in it, is there any chance the pedal got zapped with static electricity? The wah inductor is prone to pick up magnetic interference...try moving the wah pedal away from the power supply or any transformers, that should help get rid of the hum. yes there is a chance this pedal was zapped with static electricity, beer, cigarette ashes, spit etc etc... I've been gigging it for years and it took a lot of abuse. I will try moving it away from power supplier though. I hope it is something this simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Anomaly Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 Yeah I will try to move it away from the ISO-5. Right now it's right next to it. I always noticed a small hum but now it's pretty loud, even if the pedal is not engaged, it sounds like I lost a ground or something. I will do some tests tonight though, maybe moving the pedal around will solve it. Hmmm, yeah then, it may be fried. I can't imagine why it would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike LX-R Posted August 28, 2012 Members Share Posted August 28, 2012 dude, I bought it in late '96 and played hundreds and hundreds of gigs with it. I can still vouch for it's reliability even if it's messed up now, not a bad record yeah, i'm still going to give it a shot. my only experience was years ago at a GC as a total noob plugged into one through one of their practice amps before I could think with my feet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Well I moved the ISO-5 to the other side of the board and the problem went away. False alarm. Here's to 16 more years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike LX-R Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Well I moved the ISO-5 to the other side of the board and the problem went away. False alarm. Here's to 16 more years! And here we were all giving the 21 chug salute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Anomaly Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Well I moved the ISO-5 to the other side of the board and the problem went away. False alarm. Here's to 16 more years! That's the problem with the Pedaltrains where you put the power supply underneath, they go in the middle, so, I can never rectify this sort of problem with that board Meh, I really don't use it much anymore anyway. Glad to see you got it straight brah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShaneV2 Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Weird that it would just start being a problem out of the blue like that. Least it's fixed though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Weird that it would just start being a problem out of the blue like that. Least it's fixed though I know. It is weird. I noticed that there is a small hum that wasn't there even with the other pedals. I hope my ISO-5 is not the culprit, it is 2 months old! I have to do some more testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ENdtime Posted August 29, 2012 Members Share Posted August 29, 2012 Well I moved the ISO-5 to the other side of the board and the problem went away. False alarm. Here's to 16 more years! Bummer. I just came in here to try and hock one of my Bad Horsie's off on ya.. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike LX-R Posted August 30, 2012 Members Share Posted August 30, 2012 Bummer. I just came in here to try and hock one of my Bad Horsie's off on ya.. Lol how much ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members '63-Strat Posted August 30, 2012 Members Share Posted August 30, 2012 yeah, except that this pedal was released 16 years ago, so the only way you can claim you have a 20 year old Bad Horsie is if you're.... you know, lying and {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PlayboyChris Posted August 30, 2012 Members Share Posted August 30, 2012 Morley wahs are great. I have a NSW (No Switch Wah) from '92 that was giving me problems. Fixed the trip point per the tech instructions on the Morley site, fixed an intermittent on/off problem by tightening the treadle bolts (per the advice of Scott at Morley), and while I was in there moved the LEDs to add more midrange to the tone (also per the tech instructions on the site). It's now performing and sounding better than ever. http://www.morleypedals.com/techtalk.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted August 30, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 30, 2012 Morley wahs are great. I have a NSW (No Switch Wah) from '92 that was giving me problems. Fixed the trip point per the tech instructions on the Morley site, fixed an intermittent on/off problem by tightening the treadle bolts (per the advice of Scott at Morley), and while I was in there moved the LEDs to add more midrange to the tone (also per the tech instructions on the site). It's now performing and sounding better than ever.http://www.morleypedals.com/techtalk.html Yeah I found this document the other day. I have to {censored} with the LEDs to see how it changes the tone. Although I like the tone in its stock form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PlayboyChris Posted August 30, 2012 Members Share Posted August 30, 2012 Yeah I found this document the other day. I have to {censored} with the LEDs to see how it changes the tone. Although I like the tone in its stock form. If you like it, don't mess with it. But I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to modify the sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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