Maestro Boomerang BG-2 Wah...

[Coda]

I never thought that I would start to consider the differences between wah pedals. And now I am very interested in the Maestro Boomerang Wah/Volume. Tone-wise, the effect is more expressive than the Vox Wah (closer to a Crybaby), but smoother than a Crybaby (closer to the Vox). It also functions as a volume pedal when the wah effect is bypassed (genius). Ideally the PPCB version would have a buffer to prevent tonesuck when used in volume mode.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

I've been working on trying to replicate the taper of the boomerang's pot. Fantastic sounding way, but the available reproduction boomerang pots are pricy and hard to find, and regular 25k A/B/C pots have a weird feeling taper, as does a 100k hotpotz with resistors in parallel to bring it to 25k.

Of course there are other ways of tweaking the circuit so that a typical was pot works fine, but I'm too lazy to do that, so I'm taking the hard way

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I was just discussing a wah project with a pal and your description sounds exactly like what he wants. He has a friedman nmt that nobody seems to like so might as well make it a boomerang. I was not familiar with this one. The volume function would be a huge bonus.

 

[Coda]

I was just discussing a wah project with a pal and your description sounds exactly like what he wants. He has a friedman nmt that nobody seems to like so might as well make it a boomerang. I was not familiar with this one. The volume function would be a huge bonus.

The volume control aspect blew my mind, honestly. I don’t understand how the Crybaby/Vox survived, and the Boomerang didn’t.

Also, here’s a suggestion for the name: the PPCB OK Boomer Wah…

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Maybe eventually a bass adjusted boneyard edition. The Bonerang?

 

[Robert]

Maybe eventually a bass adjusted boneyard edition. The Bonerang?

Not the "OK Boner"? ... Yeah probably not, good call.

 

[Coda]

I've been working on trying to replicate the taper of the boomerang's pot. Fantastic sounding way, but the available reproduction boomerang pots are pricy and hard to find, and regular 25k A/B/C pots have a weird feeling taper, as does a 100k hotpotz with resistors in parallel to bring it to 25k.

Of course there are other ways of tweaking the circuit so that a typical was pot works fine, but I'm too lazy to do that, so I'm taking the hard way

Is there a special taper for the OG circuit?..,

 

[andare]

Doesn't Joe Gagan make a version of this with a custom pot?
I'm also interested because this is Frank Zappa's wah and he always had a distinctive wah tone (but who knows what in the devil he was also using).

I used to have a Schaller fuzz wah from the 70s. IIRC it had BC183s.
The two effects were independently footswitchable - never could figure out the order since at the time I knew nothing of circuits. It had a switch and a (useless) fuzz knob on the front while the wah switch was under the heel. This was a stupid idea since it also doubled as a volume pedal when the wah was off so...you had to turn down the volume to zero to activate the wah

No true bypass so big tone suck. I used it to play my favorite improvised solo I've ever recorded. Pretty delicious tone if I say so myself.
Eventually I sold it because it was just too impractical.

 

[Coda]

I'm also interested because this is Frank Zappa's wah and he always had a distinctive wah tone (but who knows what in the devil he was also using).

That’s what led me to the BG-2…

 

[Feral Feline]

EMO-BOOMER

BABY-BOOMER CRYING-EMO

 

[Coda]

Bump because @MichaelW needs another Wah to build…