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Converting a wah-wah pedal into a volume pedal

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longjawlongjaw Frets: 428
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I've got a 30 year old John Hornby Skewes wah pedal gathering dust and thought it might be a good idea to make it into a volume pedal - is it easy to do?
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 74470
    No - it doesn't work properly because a wah pedal usually doesn't operate the pot through the full resistance range - so you get a volume pedal which either doesn't go to full up or full down, depending on how you set the gear.

    Volume pedals have a slightly different mechanism with a bit of give in the linkage - usually either a cord with a spring to tension it at one end, or a flexible spring-steel strip - so the physical travel of the pedal can be slightly greater than the pot and drive it fully to both ends.

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  • longjawlongjaw Frets: 428
    Bugger! Never mind, cheers ICBM.
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