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Topic: Odd Fender Pedal |
Jon Light (deceased)
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 9 May 2002 5:17 pm |
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I just literally found (in the garbage room of my co-op building) this pedal. Let me describe it. It is a typical vintage Fender chrome pedal. It is heavy as a Sherman tank. It takes a 9v battery. It has a swivel like a standard volume/tone pedal. It has two pods that stick out, one on the left and one on the right with stomp switches. One says fuzz, one says wah.
The battery wiring has been messed up so I can't try this until I have some time to mess with it. Anybody recognize this thing?
And yes, whatever it is, may you all find something cool in your trash rooms tonite too! |
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 9 May 2002 5:18 pm
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| Jody Carver talked about this pedal a while back. Yes it is a Fender Fuzz-Wah pedal. He can tell you more about it. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 9 May 2002 5:28 pm
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| Fender's "Fuzz-Wah" was made in the early '70s (after "Shaft", everyone wanted a wah-pedal). I have only seen one of these, and it was just a reworked volume-tone pedal. I think they probably sold a few hundred before the Issac Hayes fad passed. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Buck Dilly
From:
Branchville, NJ, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 11 May 2002 8:27 am
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| Jon- this pedal is valuable if you find the right buyer. The fuzz, as I reacall is very fuzzy, and the wah is sort of wimpy. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 11 May 2002 12:50 pm
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Well--I soldered on a (missing) battery connector and fired it up. Au contrare! It has a wild, ice-pick>underwater>ice-pick wah! Really funky and strong as all hell! And expressive. And yes, the fuzz is strong. With no controls besides on/off. The swivel controls volume and it works but is very stiff combined with the fact that this box is missing feet so it won't grip the floor well enough to use the swivel. I'll find some rubber feet and do whatever lubing it needs to slide better. Man, the chrome looks like new too.
I agree that this could be worth something to someone but right now it's worth something to me. Between the sound and the coolness, I'm one bewildered, lucky sucker. |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 11 May 2002 1:04 pm
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Congrats Jon! Is this the one?
I've seen those selling for $100 -$200 US in the last year.
Here's a schematic http://www.joeyace.netfirms.com/fuzwah.gif
One Man's Trash is Another Man's Girlfriend. [This message was edited by Joey Ace on 11 May 2002 at 02:26 PM.] |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 11 May 2002 1:27 pm
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Kickin' schemo, Joey! However that photo is not my girlfriend  . I'll put a photo up soon. This is a different animal. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 11 May 2002 1:58 pm
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Here she is------
HERE |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 11 May 2002 3:18 pm
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Wow! That's a beauty! Looks like new.
The photo I have is (I think) a 78 Fender Fuzz-Wah. I wonder if the Electronics are the same in both.
I'll ask Jody Carver to comment.
HEY JODY!!![This message was edited by Joey Ace on 11 May 2002 at 04:19 PM.] |
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 12 May 2002 8:55 am
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Joey Most everything is status quo as far as
specs,,,,there are a few changes,,,,,that I have schematics for,,but I dont know where they are at this moment,
Hey Jon,,,,,where do you live??? I'd like to go through the garbage cans in your neighborhood.
You know,,I always wanted to be a "sanitary engineer" I knew a guy who found a legit Mans
Rolex 18kt gold President model in a garbage
pail,,,,problem was,,,there was a wrist attached to it,, That was a "Big Hit".
Cant disclose the neighborhood,,but it was in Brooklyn/ Queens area. My urologist wore a watch like that,,,I couldnt tell from the wrist,,but the "finger looked familiar
Jody "The Knight Of Tweed" PS Jon careful who you tell about that pedal,,,,I heard the word was out,,,something about a "contract"
Hide that pedal and Hide with it. The owner was a guy by the initials of J.G. ya know what I mean??? FUGGDEDABOUDIT. bady bing bady boom" [This message was edited by Jody Carver on 12 May 2002 at 10:00 AM.] |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 12 May 2002 9:42 am
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| Hey Jon,,,,,where do you live??? I'd like to go through the garbage cans in your neighborhood |
man, you ain't kidding! and I'm not telling. It's mine, all mine.
I'm not worried about JG. He was the Teflon Don. It's the Steel Don I'd worry about. Hmmm...Steely Don?
I must be doing something right. I picked up a TransTubeFex at Manny's last year, used, for $85. And now this.
Yeah, the urologist sure gives a new meaning to "going digital". |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Jody Carver
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KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 12 May 2002 3:03 pm
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Jon
You are a greedy hog...why dont you share your wealth with others? I'll find out where
those garbage pails are...Im not stupid you know. As for JG,,??? who is he?? teflon Don?
I never hoid of him,,FUGGEABOUDIT....Joey The
Bull Carver.
Joey,,,,you are welcome,,anything you need e mail me,,If I have it,,,,its yours,
I once told my mother in law that when she was living with us years ago,,,I said Mom make yourself at home,,,,the house is yours.
So She sold it. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 14 May 2002 6:14 pm
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That older model (the one in the orange box in Joey's post) is the one I'm familiar with. The newer model pictured (the one with the pushbuttons on the pedal surface) makes a little more sense, and would probably be easier to use. I've never even seen one of those...but then, I quit shopping Fender when they stopped making the pedal steels and hard-wired amps.  Guess that makes me an old "fossil" with an attitude? 
Oh yeah, I did buy a Stage 112SE in a moment of stupor...which I'm still modifying so it will suit me! |
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Kenny Forbess
From:
peckerwood point, w. tn.
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Posted 19 May 2002 11:08 am
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I have one of the fuzz-wah pedals like the one Joey shows, with the push switches on the top of the pedal ,and control knobs,it has a black wrinkle finish.
I also have one that looks like the one in the "blue" box,
I can't tell for sure ,as mine is only 2"s measured at the pivot screw(middle of pedal)from the top of the pedal to the floor, very low pedal.were these a common size pedal ?
I also have the one that swivels, tone & vol.
Kenny
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