Hello, I am interested to know more about how you modded the original crybaby to make it a controller (I have four or five lying in my cellar and I’d like to try that).
What pot value did you use ( I assume 10/20/100K lin or 250k Log ?) and could you elaborate on the reversing the spring plate bit. Thanks !
I guess that question was aimed at me, so there it is:
I disassembled then sanded the pedal, then re-assembled it that way:
The tension bar circled in red on the pic originally is reversed, assembling it that way makes the pedal go back to heel position as soon as you release it. It takes some patience assembling it (as you have to squeeze the bar between the main thread and the top of the pedal and then tighten it in place).
The pot is a Dunlop 10k linear, exact same one they use in their expression pedals. The I wired it as follow:
CW ------ Sleeve
Wiper — Tip
CCW ----- Ring
Then once reassembled, it looks like this:
Feels just like my trusty analog 95Q CryBaby, and since they added the CryBaby From Hell, it sounds like the original too. Super happy with it.
As mentioned above I’m currently using the Dunlop Volume(X) 8 as it fits on a Pedaltrain Metro 20, but I’m thinking of moving to a slightly bigger board so I can use this expression pedal just for wah and whammy (and keep the DVP for expression/volume).
Hope that helps…