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HorseyBoy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:01 pm ^ Right, so that little part is actually hard plastic and kind of ingenious, connecting the potentiometer to the treadle. It's very different to the teethed rack and gear setup of a Vox/Dunlop wah, but it does the same thing.

All my Colorsound variants have them, but oddly, they're all different colours: the one in my Colorsound wah is blue, the one in my Musonic wah is white, and the one in my Vox-branded one is black and - like yours - broken. The top of the plastic has completely come away, but - weirdly enough - it still works just fine.

Years ago I was able to get a replacement part from Ant at Macari's, who I think had a small stash of them squirrelled away. At one point Stu Castledine was making Colorsound wahs for Macari's (he may still do so), so he's probably got some lying around as well.

I always wondered whether a 3D printer would be able to produce an accurate copy of one of these. The only tricky bit would be on the other side of the loop, where there's a little grub screw that tightens over the shaft of the pot.

HorseyBoy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:01 pm I always wondered whether a 3D printer would be able to produce an accurate copy of one of these.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:02 pm This. On the offsetguitars forum a couple of people have gotten into this game. It seems that its really just model building and you dont need to have printer because there are online services that can do it with superior printers to most home models, and can even do metal printing. There's a site called shapeways.com that does this and even has a marketplace where you can buy print-to-order parts from someone else's uploaded file. So if one were to model this part, Joe or whoever could order them as needed to repair wahs.

joegagan wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:51 pm hi Sean.
I don't stock that part, but I'd be happy to repair yours, no charge if you pay the postage.
(in case no replacement can be located)

Dr Tony Balls wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 4:02 pm

HorseyBoy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:01 pm I always wondered whether a 3D printer would be able to produce an accurate copy of one of these.

This. On the offsetguitars forum a couple of people have gotten into this game. It seems that its really just model building and you dont need to have printer because there are online services that can do it with superior printers to most home models, and can even do metal printing. There's a site called shapeways.com that does this and even has a marketplace where you can buy print-to-order parts from someone else's uploaded file. So if one were to model this part, Joe or whoever could order them as needed to repair wahs.

As an example....need to put mini-humbuckers in your jazzmaster? Need it to be YELLOW? Boom: https://www.shapeways.com/product/8FBU3 ... arketplace

Need a string retainer for a Fender XII build? https://www.shapeways.com/product/VWYXZ ... arketplace

You cant print screw threads, I believe, but a tapping them shouldn't be that difficult.