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    <p>Actually pot cores have been used by Dunlop in their pre 1990s
      crybaby.</p>
    <p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.electrosmash.com/crybaby-gcb-95">https://www.electrosmash.com/crybaby-gcb-95</a></p>
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    <p>Best,</p>
    <p> René<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 18.06.2024 um 01:36 schrieb
      BrightBoy via Synth-diy:<br>
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          been some companies that have offered mu-metal shielding kits</p>
        <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">for wahs BUT I
          have no idea if any of them still do these days.</p>
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        <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Let Google be
          your guide.</p>
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        <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Cheers,</p>
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        <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Jeff</p>
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          From: Paul Perry <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pfperry@melbpc.org.au"><pfperry@melbpc.org.au></a><br>
          Sent: Jun 14, 2024 6:26 PM<br>
          Cc: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org"><synth-diy@synth-diy.org></a><br>
          Subject: Re: [sdiy] Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Wah-Wah.. 500mH
          inductor replacement with an inductor simulator circuit..
          Feasable ?? follow up..</p>
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        <div dir="ltr">This may be heresy, but replacing the original
          inductor by a toroidal wound one would prevent picking up
          external fields.
          <div>There are also ferrite pot cores (that's pot as in shaped
            like a pot) if you feel experimental.</div>
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          <div>paul perry Melbourne Australia</div>
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          <div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at
            5:18 AM Tom Wiltshire <<a
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            <div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Yes, exactly!
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                <div>Tom</div>
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                      <div>On 14 Jun 2024, at 19:29, Jean-Pierre
                        Desrochers <<a
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                        wrote:</div>
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                            schematic is a later generation… with input
                            buffering :</div>
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                                      lang="FR">De :</span></strong><span
                                    lang="FR"> Tom Wiltshire <<a
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                                    <strong>Envoyé :</strong> 14 juin
                                    2024 13:52<br>
                                    <strong>À :</strong> Jean-Pierre
                                    Desrochers <<a
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                                    <strong>Cc :</strong> <a
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                                    <strong>Objet :</strong> Re: [sdiy]
                                    Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Wah-Wah.. 500mH
                                    inductor replacement with an
                                    inductor simulator circuit..
                                    Feasable ?? follow up..</span></div>
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                            <div
style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Ok,
                              so it's clear that yours is one of the
                              original old-school Crybabies. Nice.</div>
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                                may not sort out your current issue, but
                                you should really try putting a buffer
                                between the guitar and the wah. At the
                                moment, that input transistor with its
                                low impedance is hanging off your input
                                signal and killing the treble, even when
                                the wah is switched out of circuit (the
                                switch only switches the output). That
                                will affect the whole rest of the pedal
                                chain.</div>
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                                      14 Jun 2024, at 15:54, Jean-Pierre
                                      Desrochers via Synth-diy <<a
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style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">To
                                          answer some questions :</div>
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                                                style="color: #558ed5;">….. With
                                                so many power sources,
                                                you may be hearing a
                                                ground loop.  Never
                                                assume that the common
                                                return of multiple power
                                                sources are all the same
                                                potential.</span></em></strong></div>
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style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">There
                                          are no ground loops in my
                                          pedal board. Unselecting the
                                          Wha makes the 60hz hum
                                          completely go away.</div>
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                                        <div
style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">And
                                          placing the inductor in a
                                          specific way in the Wha metal
                                          box almost kill completely the
                                          hum.. so no ground loop for
                                          sure.</div>
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                                        <div
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                                                style="color: #558ed5;">….. I'd
                                                start by looking at some
                                                of the *other* pedals to
                                                see how many could be
                                                converted to standard 9V
                                                centre-negative, and
                                                then reduce the number
                                                of transformers to
                                                reduce the noise.</span></em></strong></div>
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                                        <div
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                                          4 of these pedals are powered
                                          with there separate AC
                                          supplies (9VAC, 9VAC, 7.5VAC
                                          & 22VAC).<br>
                                          > The other pedals are
                                          powered using 9VDC standard
                                          BOSS supplies</div>
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                                              style="color: red;">The 4
                                              x AC powered pedals :</span></strong></div>
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                                        <div
style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><strong><span
                                              style="color: red;">2 x
                                              LINE6 modelers that could
                                              be run using 6VDC supplies
                                              (they can run on 4 x
                                              1.5vdc C cells)
                                              eliminating two
                                              transformers..</span></strong></div>
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                                        <div
style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><strong><span
                                              style="color: red;">1 x
                                              Blackstar DS2 powered by
                                              16VAC (no possible DC
                                              powering):</span></strong></div>
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                                        <div
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                                              style="color: red;">1 x
                                              Electro Harmonix Hum
                                              Debugger pedal powered by
                                              7.5VAC (no schematic
                                              available)</span></strong></div>
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style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The
                                          following pictures shows the
                                          real actual schematic of my
                                          Wha.</div>
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                                        <div
style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">It’s
                                          an Italian Jen Cry Baby with a
                                          FASEL branded inductor.</div>
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                                        <div
style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The
                                          bottom picture shows what I’ve
                                          done to ‘place’ the inductor
                                          at the ‘sweet spot’ to get the
                                          less hum possible. Not bad..<br>
                                          But a shielded inductor could
                                          be fine (but expensives..) </div>
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                                        <div
style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">And
                                          again, this is not a ground
                                          loop problem..</div>
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                                                      On Jun 13, 2024,
                                                      at 4:46 PM,
                                                      Jean-Pierre
                                                      Desrochers wrote:<br>
                                                      > I have a
                                                      guitar pedal board
                                                      that uses 8
                                                      pedals.<br>
                                                      > The first
                                                      pedal (receiving
                                                      the guitar) is a
                                                      Jim Dunlop Cry
                                                      Baby Wah-Wah.<br>
                                                      > The following
                                                      pedal is a
                                                      switchable 
                                                      overdrive with
                                                      high gain.<br>
                                                      > Then the
                                                      pedal chain goes
                                                      on with 6 other
                                                      pedals to a final
                                                      tuner that drives
                                                      a guitar
                                                      amplifier. Ok.<br>
                                                      > 4 of these
                                                      pedals are powered
                                                      with there
                                                      separate AC
                                                      supplies (9VAC,
                                                      9VAC, 7.5VAC &
                                                      22VAC).<br>
                                                      > The other
                                                      pedals are powered
                                                      using 9VDC
                                                      standard BOSS
                                                      supplies.<br>
                                                      > Here is my
                                                      problem :<br>
                                                      > Since the
                                                      Wah-Wah is
                                                      connected at the
                                                      ‘head’ of the
                                                      pedal chain and
                                                      uses an internal
                                                      500mH inductor in
                                                      its circuit<br>
                                                      > it acts like
                                                      the secondary of a
                                                      transformer
                                                      picking up 60Hz<br>
                                                      > from all the
                                                      nearby
                                                      transformers of
                                                      the board.<br>
                                                      > I had to
                                                      unsolder the
                                                      inductor from the
                                                      inside PCB and,<br>
                                                      > using short
                                                      lenghts of wires
                                                      connected to it …
                                                      place it in the
                                                      Wah-Wah housing<br>
                                                      > at a
                                                      ‘specific’ place
                                                      and angle to get
                                                      the less 60Hz
                                                      pickup.<br>
                                                      > This is
                                                      annoying.. <br>
                                                      > Now I can
                                                      play with a little
                                                      back ground hum
                                                      when the Wah-Wah
                                                      is activated..<br>
                                                      > I  was
                                                      wondering if I
                                                      could use an
                                                      active inductor
                                                      simulator circuit<br>
                                                      > In place of
                                                      the 500mH passive
                                                      inductor.. (??)<br>
                                                      > Feasable ??<br>
                                                      <br>
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