issue with Shin-Ei Wah Fuzz

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Hello
I’m experiencing a rather strange behaviour with an old Shin-Ei Wah Fuzz i am servicing : The fuzz works fine, but the wah is verrrrry silent.

I didn’t know if the low volume (nearly silent) of the wah was caused by a faulty 2PDT (the unit features one switch for the fuzz effect, and one switch for the wah effect, and was covered by dust and dirt), a faulty wah pot, or a faulty component on the PCB. I made some investigations, so here is the situation :

- I unsoldered and rewired all the wires from the original 2PDT to a brand new 2DPT, the « silent wah » issue was still here (so i could tell that the old 2pdt is not the culprit).

- In order to make some tests, i then made different wirings on the wah’s 2PDT. With one of the wiring, i could get a decent volume out of the wah, and i could hear that the « wah pot » works fine, so it’s not the cause either.

- I investigated further, thinking that it might be a faulty transistor or an ageing capacitor… I changed again the 2PDT wiring : there, i managed to get both the fuzz and the wah working altogether at a decent volume… So, it seems that the silent wah issue is not a faulty component on the PCB (at least to my small knowledge), but i suspect it to be related to the wiring between the PCB, the wah 2PDT, the Fuzz 2PDT and the jacks… Could it be that, depending on both 2pdt position, the sound goes to the ground instead of going to the output ?

I am going to make wiring schematics and more detailled informations about the wiring i did, i will post it a bit later today.

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This is a first layout, i hope it can be useful (i didn't draw the whole schematic of course) :

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Ok,so, to me :
- yellow wire on top : input signal coming from the fuzz section;
- blue wire below : output signal (going to the output jack tip);
- orange wire on the left : let the signal pass without reaching the wah (= "bypass" position for the switch);
- green : go to the wah circuit (pcb);
- purple : go the wah pot...

First, i added two wires, in an attempt to connect the input (from the fuzz) to the "wah pot". The result was unexpected : no more fuzz at all, but the wah was rather ok (with a slight volume drop, but nothing as low as previously), and the dry signal was ok too.
Then, i removed one wire, and this time i could hear the combined effect of both fuzz and wah at a rather ok volume (and it sounds nice !).

What i would like to get is : no huge volume drop from the wah, and being able to bypass each effect independently (as expected).

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I don't have the schematics, but i have drawn the wiring, if it can be useful to anyone... and if it can help finding anything in my case

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Little bump
I processed further testing, recorded a few clips and made some measurements :

- when i feed the pedal a -18dB RMS dry signal ;
- i get a -23dB RMS fuzz signal (which is expected);
- when i enable the wah, the processed signal is -32dB RMS ;
- ... and when i combine fuzz+wah, the signal drops around -60dB RMS
So, there is a quite big volume drop with the wah alone, and a huge signal drop when playing wah+fuzz altogether, reaching barely audible levels.
(all the tests were made with the original 2PDT wiring)

Any idea what could be the cause ? A faulty component ? A bad wiring ?