great drop in kit for the common dunlop wah shell


inspired by the classic, unique, vocal & musical sweep of the 70s colorsound / musonic wahs.

note- we have upgraded this kit to superior chassis mount power jack. you must drill to enlarge the power jack hole to 1/2" to fit power jack. (quality step bit supplied, free bonus!)

a couple hundred people have told us that their favorite vintage wah they ever owned was a 70s colorsound. and for good reason. they have a unique throaty sound and bright 'squish' in the top end that is unlike any other wah, due to interesting circuit differences.

colosrounds were NOT JUST a crybaby or vox clone, the engineers used a nylon hoop mechanism and linear taper pot, which accelerates at the treble end of sweep for a funky quack. the circuit itself was heavily altered to accommodate this sweep factor. attempts to clone this classic have always had limitations, TIL NOW!

PROBLEM! a lot of the originals are very worn out. the shell was a tin can, the axle holes get gored beyond any hope of precision, and the original weak pots are usually worn and scratchy.

solution! now, we have duplicated and improved this circuit for present day RELIABLE use in any modern wah shell*

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colorsounds are famous for their awesome musical sweep. a '70s  bonanza of wah delight! this kit has it.

forget soldering and wading through all the online instructions and wondering if you are gonna mess up your board.

note: wah shell not included, only shown in photos to display how clean the wiring looks when installed.

features:

- new, proprietary design, high quality PCB, populated, soldered, and tested by Gagan.

-red fasel inductor (differs from photos) 

-trubypass 

-QUALITY mini dpdt tru-bypass switch (differs from photos).

-HOTPOTZ1 new old stock clasisc 100k wah pot. the real carbon tone.

-4 trimpots:
1. input volume, (vol 1)
2. out volume ( vol 2)
3.bias
4. BODY (mids)

-these make the wah fully adjustable for volume matching and full growl. this allows you to tailor the response to any pickups or guitar, bass ,etc.    ~~~anything from stock colorsound  sweetness  all the way to funkified nasty growl ( and many in between!) , all available in the settings.

-special transistors specially selected for correct '70s low gain- no more harsh highs or crazy hiss.

-expensive metallized poly and other high quality caps in key tone path locations.

- Superior chassis mount 9V power jack for use with power supply (this kit requires you to drill Dunlop's power jack hole to 1/2“ using supplied step bit ).
also can use 9v battery with high quality clip.


- LED OPTION , only $20-- just message us at checkout for the LED/3pdt add-on: clear lens superbright 3mm orange LED mounted firmly within millimeters of switch. you will need to drill a 1/8" hole. please send a message at checkout to add this option- we will invoice the $20 add-on.

- note, some of the caps and resistors in your kit may not match the photo components exactly.  HOWEVER, we never substitute a lesser quality part than the ones pictured.

fits all 1990 and newer dunlops with the circuit-board mounted jacks, and later dunlop made voxes with same type board. as long as your board looks like the one in our picture, it WILL fit. please contact us with any questions ,we are always happy to help.

no risk trial, 30 DAYS! return for a full refund less shipping. no hard feelings, we do not want you to keep it if you don't LOVE it.

want the full wah? contact us for the link to the full joe-sonic wah auctions.

note- due to high demand, we are currently taking up to 5 days to fill these orders.

tuning notes:
set controls in this order:
1. bias. should be near full CW for vintage colorsound tones. adds low end when fully CW.
2. body, external knob ( this sets the mids. stock is 1/3 up from full CCW )
3. Vol 2. this adds a lot of low end near the last 1/4 of CW.
4. vol 1. match your bypass tone , or set a little higher like some players prefer.

dipswitches are progressive,
stock is # 1 only
a little deeper is 1 & 3 on, next deep is 1 & 2 on, deepest is 1,2,3 all on.
thinner than stock is 2 & 3 on, super thin is # 2 only.
the above is good if the growl factor is already where you like it.
if you want more or less growl than my stock tuning, set the BIAS before changing the dipswitches.
set gain AFTER Bias, and VOL last for overall volume setting.