1. Called up Dunlop (Crybaby – Factory in Benicia, California), they said most likely it was the Fasel Inductor, which they said I could buy from them ($25). Optionally, I could pay them $50 to troubleshoot and fix, and they would ship back to me (shipping included) and give a warranty on the work – which is a decent deal.
2. My electronics guru friend Mark Comer took a look at it and replaced Inductor (he had a spare), it didn’t fix issue. He then looked at schematics (available from manufacturer, all wah pedals are essentially the same), found a capacitor that appeared suspect and replaced the capacitor (he had extras). That fixed it!
3. He did not need to take the board off, he was able to unsolder the bad capacitor. Cleaned residue (acetone), and bent capacitor leads to fit into board and soldered in the new capacitor. (shown in video)
4. Additionally – a routine cleaning task is to remove the potentiometer (“pot”), take off plastic cap on it, spray electronics cleaner (best deal for this is Home Depot) through it, and rinse with compressed air. (available at Home Depot/ Walmart)
Materials Used:
Capacitor: Amazon.com : 4.7 uf capacitor 9 volt
Compressed Air: Amazon.com : compressed air electronics duster
Electronics Cleaner: Amazon.com: CRC 05103 QD Electronic Cleaner -11 Wt Oz : Health & Household
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