aon
Well-Known Member
One night I was reading about stuff online and discovered that the I revision GCB-95 comes with the Red Fasel inductor (as advertised) but also possibly with a DPDT switch from the factory (but not wired for true bypass). As I didn't have a wah this sparked my interest.
So off to the classifieds I went. The third one I inquired about wasn't sold and the guy was willing to entertain my stupid questions about the revision, so I bought it. Being almost unused also hinted to it being a rather recent one, and sure enough, after unpacking it and opening it up today, there it was practically laughing in my face:
Nice. So I modified it for true bypass using the stinkfoot instructions. Removed the buffer circuitry too.
Tested it and it worked like a charm. Rotated the pot one notch to the "bassier" side since it was a bit too shrill, and since I already had busted out the tools, I also did the "vocal mod" by swapping R5 with a 68k resistor instead of the stock 33k. Here's the last look at the guts:
As I'm not horribly ashamed of how it turned out I figured I probably should document what I did (also so that I will remember the next time I open it...)
I've certainly had worse evenings. Now all I need to find is a Boss OD-3 and then I'll have all the pedals I originally had as a teenager (GCB-95, OD-3, CH-1).
So off to the classifieds I went. The third one I inquired about wasn't sold and the guy was willing to entertain my stupid questions about the revision, so I bought it. Being almost unused also hinted to it being a rather recent one, and sure enough, after unpacking it and opening it up today, there it was practically laughing in my face:
Nice. So I modified it for true bypass using the stinkfoot instructions. Removed the buffer circuitry too.
Tested it and it worked like a charm. Rotated the pot one notch to the "bassier" side since it was a bit too shrill, and since I already had busted out the tools, I also did the "vocal mod" by swapping R5 with a 68k resistor instead of the stock 33k. Here's the last look at the guts:
As I'm not horribly ashamed of how it turned out I figured I probably should document what I did (also so that I will remember the next time I open it...)
I've certainly had worse evenings. Now all I need to find is a Boss OD-3 and then I'll have all the pedals I originally had as a teenager (GCB-95, OD-3, CH-1).
