DIY guides

Crybaby Wah Pedal True Bypass

2006-03-12T18:16:00.000-05:00

After seeing the guide from http://homepage.ntlworld.com/s.castledine/greenfuz/tb4.html, I thought it would be a real good idea to do it. My wah pedal sucks out so much of my tone, and after doing the mod, there was a HUGE noticeable difference.

A note before you see the wiring diagram:

The colors of the wiring match the exact ones, you only need to add an addition 3 wires: the RED wire, which goes from the bottom left plug where the green wire connects, to the upper right plug. The green wire from the circuit board to the top middle plug, and then the black wire which connects to the ground on the pot (the ground on the pot is the one where the black wire is connected there)

So here it is:

This is the kind of replacement switch you need. It's a "push on-push off" DPDT switch. I found it on eBay, I haven't found it at RadioShack, so it might take some looking around, but you'll find it.

So, open up the bottom.

Desolder the switch (outlines in green), and remove all the compenents CLEANLY that are circled in red. Be careful not to strip the track on the bottom, I almost did accidently.

Now take a wire, and stick it into the spot the green arrow is pointing to, and solder it down on the bottom as shown in the next picture

You can see it's soldiered in nice and easy.

Solder the other end of the wire to that upper middle lug on the switch.

Then connect up the other wires as are in the wiring diagram. It'll look something like this:

And that's pretty much it! Plus it in and sing away!

Installing LEDs into your car's footwells.

2006-03-05T12:48:00.000-05:00

I wanted to install LEDs in the footwells because it looks pretty good, and it accented by car's stereo pretty well. The wiring itself can be used for anything, either LEDs or or Neon tubes. I installed it so that the LEDs will turn on when the interior lights are on, and there is also a switch to turn the LEDs off manually.

Things Needed:

A buncha LEDs and resistors
Wiring
Inline fuse with 10A fuse
Simple switch (I used a rocker switch)
Wire strippers
Electrical tape

Here's the basic wiring diagram:

First, take off the bottom shifter peice.

Disconnect the cigarette lighter and the other little connector

The green wire is the one you want to tap into, so split the wire. , and take it to the switch

Make sure it works...it should get about 12v power

Now wire the fuse into the switch. I used a 10amp fuse.

Now from the fuse, branch off 2 wires, one for the left side and one for the right side.

Now I wanted a nice, flush spot to mount the switch so it wouldnt look bad but won't be in the way. I chose to mount it right under the emergency brake.

Run the wires down so they goto that general area.

Take out the little part and bring the wires up. This is also a good spot because the fuse is quickly accessable.

Dremels are the best thing invented, ever
Mount the switch in so it's nice and flush.

The white-black one, and splice into that for ground, also 2 wires and extend those so they come out the sides. (Sorry I didn't get a picture of that, I forgot, but it should be pretty self-explanitory if you got this far ;)

Now that that is done, now to wire up the LEDs
Soldered on the resistors, and then soldered the wires on and then electrical taped it

It wasn't night time when I took this pic, but at night, it looks much better. Now do the same thing for the other side (I havent finished it yet..) and then you're done! =)

DIY Guide

2006-03-05T12:23:00.000-05:00

Since I'm a bum and I do alot of DIY projects, I decided that it would be good to post them at the rate of (hopefully) once a week, no matter how twidly or stupid they are.