Dunlop CryBaby into tansformer

Just for giggles, have you tried reversing the plug polarity?

Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

Just for giggles, have you tried reversing the plug polarity?

Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

No,I thought as it is transformer and ground isolated it shouldn't matter.

Gareth.

Just for giggles, have you tried reversing the plug polarity?

Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

No,I thought as it is transformer and ground isolated it shouldn't matter.

Gareth.

The output goes into an inductor, the CryBaby doesn't seem to like it.

Gareth.

If you have the typical "Hot-Neutral" configuration, it does - well - better stated, it can. It does not matter only with hot-hot configurations such as US 240V single-phase connections. Try reversing, and please let us know.

Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

If you have the typical "Hot-Neutral" configuration, it does - well - better stated, it can. It does not matter only with hot-hot configurations such as US 240V single-phase connections. Try reversing, and please let us know.

Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

Hi Peter, I think you have the wrong end of the stick.

This is a guitar effects pedal, a "Wah Wah". It is a resonant circuit that emphasises mid frequencies to produce vowel like sounds when played with a guitar.

The "problem" I have always had is that you cannot connect this to a transformer based pre-amp, as it would seem the inductive load affects the circuitry in a way that seems to make the resonant circuit resonate like crazy. This unit is intended to plug into a guitar amplifier, not a transformer based test bed, where it misbehaves.

Gareth.

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Maybe you could add 48V phantom for it to one of the XLRs with two 6.8kohms.

...... Phil ..... Phil

Gareth:

I know what it is - I have repaired a number similar devices for my neighbor. I suggest what I suggest due to (limited) direct experience with such devices.

If you try this suggestion and it works, good. If not, no loss.

Next thing to look for would be cold-solders or poor connections - most of what I fixed for my neighbor.

Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

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Maybe you could add 48V phantom for it to one of the XLRs with two

...... Phil

I always just put it through a guitar amplifier, there is usually one around.

Oh, I checked today and my bench doesn't actually have Neve transformers, I used them for another project and got confused/forgot. They are indeed the orangey coloured toroids with potting in the middle, with a threaded insert for mounting.

The ones I used on my bench are pretty much the ones BSS used in their AR116 DI boxes.

Gareth.

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You are an expert at ambiguous posting.

Made by OEP and sold by Farnell ?

..... Phil

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You are an expert at ambiguous posting.

Made by OEP and sold by Farnell ?

..... Phil

Sounds pretty likely, I bought them a long time ago.

Gareth.

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.... Phil

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Probably decided at the time I didn't really need the mu-metal casing, but yes, this is the type I got. Don't know what impedance, but got 1:1 versions.

The 4 Neve donuts went into a couple of isolator boxes at live gigs. Still use one box between the live system and the recording laptop / soundcard.

Gareth.

Gareth