Apparently the plastic parts come greased from the factory. Seems like an odd choice to me, but I suppose it reduces wear. Thanks for the clarification everyone
It's white lithium grease. It's the only thing you should use to lubricate plastic parts. Petroleum based lubricants will break down the plastic over time, and can also cause it to swell somewhat. Never use switch contact cleaner to clean a potentiometer. It will dissolve the carbon traces in the potentiometer, and do more damage than good. ONLY use a cleaner specifically for cleaning / flushing potentiometers, and once it has flashed off or dried, lubricate the pot lightly with a lubricant for potentiometers such as Deoxit F5 fader lube. The best choice would actually be to replace the worm pot whenever possible, as that's the only thing that will hold up. You can get all the original replacement parts for Cry Baby Wahs from Antique Electronic Supplies or others like them. (tubesandmore dot com) Kudos for diving in. Take care.
@@gatekeeper65 Is “ pot “ cleaner the same as tuner cleaner...your opening my eyes .. to the differences .. how does one best access the trouble spot to get rid of the static I have an old Ampeg Rocket that when running right kicks butt but when it warms up it starts acting wacky and humming .. Any advise would be gratefully accepted!!
Caleb .. that’s the factory lube and should be on the gears to make them smoother ! , and if you go back to the 9 volt battery with another battery connector , black negative red positive . They are really cheap or take one from a old pedal that doesn’t work . Another trick is to put the hook side of Velcro on the bottom plate if you play on carpet . It won’t move . Or rubber pads for hard floors . Felt will slide on you .
Caleb great job!!! There is always some people out there to critique and judge just try to remember THAT THE majority of your viewers really enjoy watching you work God bless you young man keep it up!!!
The grease looked like the white grease used in the motor industry for door locks and so on. Its good for use on plastics like nylon that go sticky when lubricated with mineral oils. The gear is called a pinion and the straight part is a rack, the two parts together are a rack and pinion mechanism.
Hey Caleb, good job! Amazing what a bit of cleaning can do to remove scratchy-ness on used gear like that. Hope you enjoy the Wah pedal! I would suggest getting some white lithium grease and adding it to the gear on the potentiometer though. That grease was most likely from the factory. It serves the purpose of reducing plastic on plastic friction and increases the lifespan of the plastic components. The grease on the metal tension spring was also from the factory, and served a similar purpose, but I don't think that missing is going to hurt much.
I have no idea how anyone can give a thumbs down, except that they do it for every video on Rosa Stringworks.... Thanks Caleb for something different. I enjoy all the videos..
It's a rack and pinion actuator. I have an old Marshal Supawah from the 70's, and it has the same sort of setup. and it had a dirty pot in it too. Sounds great.
That pot is nothing but a tone control ...........which was the base of the 1st wah peddle..years ago when I played Hendrix and Cream Rock I used a 1st gen Roland Wah peddle always love the sound from them ........also used their volume peddle ..........hard to find these days..good one to play is Voodoo childe..................thumbs up for this Caleb at 65 it brought me back to when I was young and Rock ruled
The white stuff was silicon grease - it helps the pedal travel a bit smother and saves wear on the rack and pinion. There shouldn't have been any in the pot as those dunlop ones are sealed - which I've always found a pain cos usually once they go scratchy they are usually bin fodder. Great job though dude, mucking about with wah's is great fun!
@@MillsGuitars My only guess would be just to lubricate them against wearing out or so? There are better materials for that (POM / Delrin), but I guess to expensive. I have fixed and modified quite some wah pedals in the past, they all came with that white greasy stuff.
@@MillsGuitars It’s lithium grease, so it stays put. As with any potentiometer, if the pedal sits for awhile in the middle of the resistance track, it’s going to get scratchy. You can get a replacement pot if needed.
Right, Jen. As an aside, rack and pinion steering was first introduced to the automotive world by BMW way back in the 1930s, but its application predates that by some 300 years. Evidently a Turkish firearms manufacturer in the 1620s used a rack and pinion design in the firing mechanism of one of their muskets, oddly enough.
Very, very nice, Caleb! And congrats to your awesome new axe! :) I know this wonderful feeling very well. ;) Your playing is developing pretty quickly! You are very talented! Cheers!
Amazing what you can do with a systematic approach, a little time and a bit of soapy water! As the guy who taught me how to rebuild bike engines when I was 13 said, "as long as you have a few functioning brain cells, once you understand the basic principles, every job is simply another box of nuts and bolts, just in a different order. Nice work dude and . . . nice to see the smile on your face at another job done well. You're fast becoming a great craftsman
Yup, lithium grease, ‘standard fitment’. Picks up all the dust, carpet fluff and crap, though! Also note: The ‘length of the’ rotation of the pot in a CryBaby (or a Vox and most analogue Wahs) is GREATER than the length of the rack (and therefore the pedal travel). So you can, effectively, adjust the ‘sweep’ of the wah by changing the initial point of contact of the rack, with the pinion, when you reassemble.
That's lithium grease (white grease you cleaned off) applied by the factory. You can purchase a spray bottle at your local auto parts, and reapply it to help protect the gears and help them move easier. Nice job Caleb !!
Caleb, you might consider adding some shielding to the electronics. A friend had a re-issue model (like yours) and in a certain on position, it picked up a local Spanish language AM radio station.
Used to have the same problem with a home made Wah. As you say, in certain positions it acted like a radio receiver and picked up passing Taxi transmissions, or alternatively radio stations. kind of a novel effect, and the audience used to love it. :-)
I have one of those too! .. an original. I have had mine since the late 60s. Interesting to see the new version, same look outside, but radically different inside.
Caleb, you can install a bypass switch for that pedal that will reduce guitar signal loss while it's plugged in but not in use. You can buy just the switch and follow online directions, or pick up the kit from Stewmac. www.stewmac.com/kits-and-projects/pedal-and-mod-kits/cry-baby-true-bypass-pedal-mod.html. Also, the grease quiets down plastic gear noise.
Very cool Caleb. Very different from the Rosa String Works Workshop. Better hide all the effects and pedals before Jerry gets back !! HAHA. Maybe convince Jerry to hook up a mandolin to that pedal and rock out..
Hay caleb ..watch ....The Riff w Nik Sevigny .... he is Cry baby/ wah wah expert Cool guitar player as well with some Amazing guitars and amps and top tips on buying secondhand And fixing stuff,, Thanks for the cool video keep on rocking,, JB
I'd recommend a replacement splooge of grease, will keep it from getting crazy squeaky. Another observation, the depth of treble to bass roll is physically adjustable by lifting the teeth and placing either further in the treble AAAH range, or in the bass WWW range. i had mine a bit more trebly. Thanks for the tour. It is a cool product, i loved it. I either left it in San Luis Obispo, or it is buried in my garage somewhere. Peace.
Caleb. Great job. I've tossed out multiple wah-wah pedals over the years. Even a few "cry babys". I hear a little Jimi and Clapton there. Keep up the good work.
I had my first wah, a cry baby like this, in 1968. Absolutely essential for Clapton and Hendrix of the time! Sadly it was stolen in under a year :( Nice work cleaning it up Caleb. I tend to use solvents like naptha (old fashioned cigarette lighter fluid) for all stuff near circuits and wiring.
The white lithium grease is used to make the gear more quiet ... the missing 9v battery connector is for the "active" tone circuit built into the electronics ... battery power can allow the pedal to work without the power adapter ... on my wah pedals I often clip out the buffer circuit but of course that is just my preference if they end up on a pedal board
Hi Caleb; the rectangular piece with gear teeth in it is called a rack and the gear is a pinion gear. the set is called a rack and pinion. interesting clean-up project.
It comes from the factory with grease, you'll be better off in the long run to replace it. Use a dielectric grease so it doesn't affect the electronics.
the grease that was on the pot is factory its called dielectric grease. its to help lube electronic pots and switches and ect. an since the pot isnt an open pot then u need to spray the contact cleaner through the end shaft to get any inside and since it is a close case pot u cannot re lube the inside with dielectric grease like it is from factory so only stray cleaner in the pot if it for sure is scratchy and not going away cause it will wear the trace quicker once u spray the dielectric grease out of the pot.
Jerry, Where are you? Behind the camera, holding cue cards, or taking that well deserved sabbatical? Your array of skills is impressive , now including talent search. I can't imagine where Caleb came from, but his work ethic and maturity of thought and comment are years beyond his age. Congratulations! Caleb, great job! Jerry, can the old boar handle his changing role?
I use dielectric grease for everything electric. It acts as an insulator against water or moisture and will not conduct. A little goes a long way. I actually use it on all the connection points on my motorcycles to protect from moisture and in light sockets. A touch of blue Loctite would work well to hold to nuts in place. Thanks for the video Caleb.
Caleb, many have mentioned the grease you found (I didn't read them all). Putting grease on plastic parts of appliances is normal, even on nylon and Corian (HDPE) parts. A good lube for that would be dielectric grease. I am sure Jerry has some of that laying around. It is silicone based, so keep it AWAY from your instruments tools and work surfaces. It would be good to put some on the gear and also on the back of the gear post, where it rides on the, white, "springy thing". The "springy thing" is actually a wire retainer found in millions of appliances, in various sizes. This is a very interesting application. PS: Looks like Jerry is turning you into a talker. Don't worry, it's not a bad thing.
You should think about entering next years Great Guitar Build Off, between you & Jerry you 2 could come up with something awesome. Jerry might even have fun.
Probably need the battery connector to function... If a pot is "scratchy" my guitar teacher used to rotate it 50 to 100, etc. times and the volume or tone knob became noiseless. Odd to hear the Hendrix chord on Rosa String Works! Rock on!
I'm thinking the battery powers a pre-amp that amps the incoming signal from the guitar -- stronger signal=better effect. If he could find an compatible 9V AC adapter, he could bypass the battery altogether, the only problem being it having the correctly configured male plug. He should consult Jerry in that since I remember him swapping plugs on an adapter to use on some device he was working on, in one of his videos. In fact, I remember Jerry saying he saved all his no longer used AC adapters "for just such an emergency," and he might have one Caleb could use. Blow up to full screen @ 22:05 and you can read the instructions on the bottom cover concerning battery and AC adapter use.
I have no idea why they think they need the grease, but everyone I've ever taken apart has had it. I dunno maybe there's someone out there that plays it fast enough to burn the teeth off the gears!?! LOL.
Jerry must be... what is all that infernal noise... and its coming from my workshop! LOL Great video Caleb. What is the progress on the guitar you are building?
Nice job Caleb. I have found that the plastic tooth piece does not turn the potentiometer the whole way. You should experiment with where it sits in the sweep. You could perhaps make the pedal sound brighter or darker depending on how the pot is adjusted.
@@MillsGuitars That really isn't that much, it's just spread around over the years of being turned. It's really probably just a small spot when it goes on. As to why, they clearly noticed some issues with not doing it. Possibly after a little while, the plastic wears and starts to stick. Lubing it would at least slow that down. Those two pieces are under tension once assembled, so that probably has something to do with it, too. Maybe just keeping it from wearing and getting loose. They really are a pain to get properly tightened. Electronics is a lot of fun, I started playing with them back in the 70's and built plenty of things, over the years, including the odd amplifier. Very cool that you're not intimidated by circuitry. It's a lot of fun once you figure out some basics.
That’s quite a modern Cry Baby compared with mine which I bought in a junk sale around 35 years ago, it was on a homemade pedal board along with 3 other pedals and the whole lot cost me around £15! Mine hasn’t got an external dc input so works on battery only, the circuit board looks a little different, it also has the “famous “ Fasel inductor. Despite all that it sounds remarkably like your newer pedal and the mechanical parts are just about identical.
Great video, sir! Nice guitar and good for you! Love the pedalboard. Next present you get yourself really should be a new amp. That Gorilla amp brought back a lot of memories....none of them good.
@Jerry MooreWe have all been spell-checked with weird results. I had a good laugh picturing George Jefferson trying to put together a mechanism like that. Weezie would convince him in the end to pay someone to do it right.
dielectric grease protects from corrosion. Usually if i want little rubber pads like that I find a piece of metal pipe the same size I need the pads, then i sharpen the outside edge of the pipe and use that as a punch to make new ones. Old floor mats work good, or if you know someone who works for the power company you could get them to get you a few rubber may\ts they use to protect them from electricty.
Caleb!! Nice work bud! Tho you should replace that lithium grease on the rack and pinion gears (use a q-tip for precise control) it stops the plastic from binding on itself under play/usage, cuz plastic on plastic heats up (surface) then warps and binds/catches on itself. The factory workers used a “spray” of lithium back in the day and weren’t all that careful.😉 P.S. I love that you took the time to break it down and REALLY give it some well deserved TLC! >> Happy Birthday Jerry!
Suggestion: Make all three feet rubber, don't use felt feet. The rubber will have better grip if you are using it on a hard floor. The felt feet will make the pedal move around when using it on a hard floor (experience speaking).
I have had that same pedal for 35 years. The lube is factory, but overdone. Clean the lube and the whole unit and the old lube away. Then clean the pot with a good contact cleaner not wd-40. Then just before reassembly use a q tip an spread some vasaline on just the rack of the mechanism where it acually touches the gear it doesnot need much. The scratciness is from the pot and if it is clean will dissappear. The last thing is a personal preferance, The pedal will respond smootly in use but has a "hump" where it changes signal dynamics very quickly. This is movable on the pedal position by changing the gear tooth position of engagement with the rack. It can be further refined by changing the position of the pot shaft to the gear shaft. This makes the pedal feel better and more intuitive.....
Hey Caleb great video have you ever thought about getting your your own channel excellent work on the cry baby say happy birthday to Jerry for me by the way did you check out the 🎸 est I told you about ? Stay safe by the way how long have you been playing for???
It only runs on a 9V battery so you NEED to install a new one. Spray out the pot and switch with contact cleaner. This is pretty much a 10 minute job to get it back in working order.
No, the newer ones run off of a wall wart as well. No battery needed. If it had to be a battery, it would be a ROYAL pain in the butt for pedal board use. Wall wart or big power supply like all pedal boards have is a necessity.
Think I bought mine in 1980,model 95-910511. Mine doesn't have the DC power just battery. I should try the cleaner as mine has a lot of static or scratchy sound when using.
Good job Buddy. Thats sure a beautiful Strat. Ive got to get me a better one. Ive just got a Squier Bullet Strat. I do have a beautiful Fender Telecaster that I took all the modern hardware off and replaced with American vintage hardware. With locking tuners and a custom set of Peter Florance TE-59 "Brad Paisley" pickups. May put a G Bender in it one of these days.
I see Caleb has an Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff π Guitar Effects Pedal. I have a 1970s version I bought in a guitar shop in Key West Fl in the mid 1970s and a couple newer versions I bought a couple years ago (the old one no longer functions 😢).
Apparently the plastic parts come greased from the factory. Seems like an odd choice to me, but I suppose it reduces wear. Thanks for the clarification everyone
The two cry babies that I have purchased have been greased there.
It's white lithium grease. It's the only thing you should use to lubricate plastic parts. Petroleum based lubricants will break down the plastic over time, and can also cause it to swell somewhat.
Never use switch contact cleaner to clean a potentiometer. It will dissolve the carbon traces in the potentiometer, and do more damage than good. ONLY use a cleaner specifically for cleaning / flushing potentiometers, and once it has flashed off or dried, lubricate the pot lightly with a lubricant for potentiometers such as Deoxit F5 fader lube.
The best choice would actually be to replace the worm pot whenever possible, as that's the only thing that will hold up. You can get all the original replacement parts for Cry Baby Wahs from Antique Electronic Supplies or others like them. (tubesandmore dot com) Kudos for diving in. Take care.
IIRC it’s white lithium grease. I use it for old wah wah’s that come to me for repair.
@@gatekeeper65 Is “ pot “ cleaner the same as tuner cleaner...your opening my eyes .. to the differences .. how does one best access the trouble spot to get rid of the static I have an old Ampeg Rocket that when running right kicks butt but when it warms up it starts acting wacky and humming .. Any advise would be gratefully accepted!!
Caleb .. that’s the factory lube and should be on the gears to make them smoother ! , and if you go back to the 9 volt battery with another battery connector , black negative red positive . They are really cheap or take one from a old pedal that doesn’t work . Another trick is to put the hook side of Velcro on the bottom plate if you play on carpet . It won’t move . Or rubber pads for hard floors . Felt will slide on you .
Thank you Melissa, Caleb, and Jerry for all your hard, masterful, and entertaining work. Happy Birthday Jerry and keep up the fantastic videos!
Caleb great job!!! There is always some people out there to critique and judge just try to remember THAT THE majority of your viewers really enjoy watching you work God bless you young man keep it up!!!
The grease looked like the white grease used in the motor industry for door locks and so on. Its good for use on plastics like nylon that go sticky when lubricated with mineral oils.
The gear is called a pinion and the straight part is a rack, the two parts together are a rack and pinion mechanism.
Hey Caleb, good job! Amazing what a bit of cleaning can do to remove scratchy-ness on used gear like that. Hope you enjoy the Wah pedal!
I would suggest getting some white lithium grease and adding it to the gear on the potentiometer though. That grease was most likely from the factory. It serves the purpose of reducing plastic on plastic friction and increases the lifespan of the plastic components. The grease on the metal tension spring was also from the factory, and served a similar purpose, but I don't think that missing is going to hurt much.
Nice change of pace and content for a Rosa Video, Well done Caleb.
Sounds awesome. I agree you should get some snap ring pliers. Great job!
Awesome, Caleb! Saved a good deal of cash and with a little elbow grease, restored it to fully functional.
Great video...im a pedal guy and love it....cheers
i enjoy these! keep them coming Caleb....
Nice! I love the mechanism in these, it's got such a cobbled-together type feeling to it. Nice playing (Big Muffs are awesome).
I have no idea how anyone can give a thumbs down, except that they do it for every video on Rosa Stringworks....
Thanks Caleb for something different. I enjoy all the videos..
Nicely done. Nice playing too.
It's a rack and pinion actuator. I have an old Marshal Supawah from the 70's, and it has the same sort of setup. and it had a dirty pot in it too. Sounds great.
Also used in telescope and microscope focussers.
Good Job Caleb. I haven't messed with a wah wah in like 40 odd years. Sounded good as well.
Hey Caleb, love your stuff. In the case of the gear grease, that is factory. I used to have one, may still have it somewhere.
That pot is nothing but a tone control ...........which was the base of the 1st wah peddle..years ago when I played Hendrix and Cream Rock I used a 1st gen Roland Wah peddle always love the sound from them ........also used their volume peddle ..........hard to find these days..good one to play is Voodoo childe..................thumbs up for this Caleb at 65 it brought me back to
when I was young and Rock ruled
The white stuff was silicon grease - it helps the pedal travel a bit smother and saves wear on the rack and pinion. There shouldn't have been any in the pot as those dunlop ones are sealed - which I've always found a pain cos usually once they go scratchy they are usually bin fodder. Great job though dude, mucking about with wah's is great fun!
Sorry - White lithium grease, not silicon!
@@mrcuthbertgriswald White Lithium or Silicon is plastic safe. The stuff on the plastic gears in printers and the the like is White Silicon.
My wah also came out the factory with that grease on the pot like that.
So apparently they did come greased, but why grease plastic parts? And why put so much grease near that pot?
@@MillsGuitars My only guess would be just to lubricate them against wearing out or so?
There are better materials for that (POM / Delrin), but I guess to expensive.
I have fixed and modified quite some wah pedals in the past, they all came with that white greasy stuff.
@@p_mouse8676 Well thanks for the clarification
@@MillsGuitars
It’s lithium grease, so it stays put. As with any potentiometer, if the pedal sits for awhile in the middle of the resistance track, it’s going to get scratchy. You can get a replacement pot if needed.
Yup...factory grease
Keep up the videos Caleb, I really enjoy them.
Snap ring pliers will work for your "retainer" as you call it.
Nice Strat, Caleb! Keep that newfangled equipment away from Jerry! LOL. Great to see you fiddlin’ with electronics.
The straight gear tooth piece is called a RACK, and the mating part on the pot is called a PINION.
Right, Jen. As an aside, rack and pinion steering was first introduced to the automotive world by BMW way back in the 1930s, but its application predates that by some 300 years. Evidently a Turkish firearms manufacturer in the 1620s used a rack and pinion design in the firing mechanism of one of their muskets, oddly enough.
Very, very nice, Caleb! And congrats to your awesome new axe! :) I know this wonderful feeling very well. ;) Your playing is developing pretty quickly! You are very talented! Cheers!
good job Caleb.. your videos are getting better all the time and I enjoyed this one..
Amazing what you can do with a systematic approach, a little time and a bit of soapy water! As the guy who taught me how to rebuild bike engines when I was 13 said, "as long as you have a few functioning brain cells, once you understand the basic principles, every job is simply another box of nuts and bolts, just in a different order. Nice work dude and . . . nice to see the smile on your face at another job done well. You're fast becoming a great craftsman
Good job Caleb I have the same pedal I bought it in the 80's so its quite old
Yup, lithium grease, ‘standard fitment’. Picks up all the dust, carpet fluff and crap, though!
Also note: The ‘length of the’ rotation of the pot in a CryBaby (or a Vox and most analogue Wahs) is GREATER than the length of the rack (and therefore the pedal travel). So you can, effectively, adjust the ‘sweep’ of the wah by changing the initial point of contact of the rack, with the pinion, when you reassemble.
That wha sounds clean! Great job!
That's lithium grease (white grease you cleaned off) applied by the factory. You can purchase a spray bottle at your local auto parts, and reapply it to help protect the gears and help them move easier. Nice job Caleb !!
Caleb, you might consider adding some shielding to the electronics. A friend had a
re-issue model (like yours) and in a certain on position, it picked up a local Spanish language AM radio station.
Used to have the same problem with a home made Wah. As you say, in certain positions it acted like a radio receiver and picked up passing Taxi transmissions, or alternatively radio stations. kind of a novel effect, and the audience used to love it. :-)
"Caleb After Hours" can be your video series. I appreciate you showing me what I might be in for If I buy a second hand pedal. Thanks for posting!
I have one of those too! .. an original. I have had mine since the late 60s. Interesting to see the new version, same look outside, but radically different inside.
Let´s rock and roll guys! Kaleb is playing better and better all the time.
Good video Caleb
Caleb, you can install a bypass switch for that pedal that will reduce guitar signal loss while it's plugged in but not in use. You can buy just the switch and follow online directions, or pick up the kit from Stewmac. www.stewmac.com/kits-and-projects/pedal-and-mod-kits/cry-baby-true-bypass-pedal-mod.html. Also, the grease quiets down plastic gear noise.
Very cool Caleb. Very different from the Rosa String Works Workshop. Better hide all the effects and pedals before Jerry gets back !! HAHA. Maybe convince Jerry to hook up a mandolin to that pedal and rock out..
As someone who has built from scratch a tube circuit tremolo/overdrive box, I completely approve of this episode!
Hay caleb ..watch ....The Riff w Nik Sevigny .... he is Cry baby/ wah wah expert Cool guitar player as well with some Amazing guitars and amps and top tips on buying secondhand And fixing stuff,, Thanks for the cool video keep on rocking,, JB
I'd recommend a replacement splooge of grease, will keep it from getting crazy squeaky. Another observation, the depth of treble to bass roll is physically adjustable by lifting the teeth and placing either further in the treble AAAH range, or in the bass WWW range. i had mine a bit more trebly. Thanks for the tour. It is a cool product, i loved it. I either left it in San Luis Obispo, or it is buried in my garage somewhere. Peace.
Caleb. Great job. I've tossed out multiple wah-wah pedals over the years. Even a few "cry babys". I hear a little Jimi and Clapton there. Keep up the good work.
I had my first wah, a cry baby like this, in 1968. Absolutely essential for Clapton and Hendrix of the time! Sadly it was stolen in under a year :( Nice work cleaning it up Caleb. I tend to use solvents like naptha (old fashioned cigarette lighter fluid) for all stuff near circuits and wiring.
The white lithium grease is used to make the gear more quiet ...
the missing 9v battery connector is for the "active" tone circuit built into the electronics ...
battery power can allow the pedal to work without the power adapter ...
on my wah pedals I often clip out the buffer circuit but of course that is just my preference if they end up on a pedal board
Hi Caleb;
the rectangular piece with gear teeth in it is called a rack and the gear is a pinion gear. the set is called a rack and pinion. interesting clean-up project.
It comes from the factory with grease, you'll be better off in the long run to replace it. Use a dielectric grease so it doesn't affect the electronics.
Use white lithium grease so it's not petroleum which will rot the plastic.
the grease that was on the pot is factory its called dielectric grease. its to help lube electronic pots and switches and ect. an since the pot isnt an open pot then u need to spray the contact cleaner through the end shaft to get any inside and since it is a close case pot u cannot re lube the inside with dielectric grease like it is from factory so only stray cleaner in the pot if it for sure is scratchy and not going away cause it will wear the trace quicker once u spray the dielectric grease out of the pot.
Jerry, Where are you? Behind the camera, holding cue cards, or taking that well deserved sabbatical? Your array of skills is impressive , now including talent search. I can't imagine where Caleb came from, but his work ethic and maturity of thought and comment are years beyond his age. Congratulations! Caleb, great job!
Jerry, can the old boar handle his changing role?
Good job my friend. Thought I would hear some Eagles or Clapton!!! The white grease is so the 2 pieces slide easy!
I can kinda see Jerry's look of pain at the sounds?? heehe
I use dielectric grease for everything electric. It acts as an insulator against water or moisture and will not conduct. A little goes a long way. I actually use it on all the connection points on my motorcycles to protect from moisture and in light sockets. A touch of blue Loctite would work well to hold to nuts in place.
Thanks for the video Caleb.
I love your problem solving skills
Next they’ll be calling him “Caleb the Guitologist”
Now there’s a collaboration I’d love to see
Someone has to fix Jerry's mandolins 50 years hence...
Caleb, many have mentioned the grease you found (I didn't read them all).
Putting grease on plastic parts of appliances is normal, even on nylon and
Corian (HDPE) parts.
A good lube for that would be dielectric grease. I am sure Jerry has some of that laying around.
It is silicone based, so keep it AWAY from your instruments tools and work surfaces.
It would be good to put some on the gear and also on the back of the gear post, where it
rides on the, white, "springy thing".
The "springy thing" is actually a wire retainer found in millions of appliances, in various sizes.
This is a very interesting application.
PS: Looks like Jerry is turning you into a talker. Don't worry, it's not a bad thing.
Nice one Caleb,lets have some more from you.
Congratulations Caleb on your graduation and new guitar ! 👏
What could be more fitting for testing a newly repaired wah-wah pedal than those Hendrix licks!
I am very interested to see and hear Mr Jerry's response to this one.
You should think about entering next years Great Guitar Build Off, between you & Jerry you 2 could come up with something awesome. Jerry might even have fun.
Caleb, is that song you played called the "Wah wah wood Flower?"
LOL 🤓
I don’t know if that Jim Stafford Wildwood Flower reference will make any sense to someone under 60, but I liked it.
@@fenderstratguy 60 is i
Great job Caleb.
So does Rosa's string work as is claimed in the channel name?
Happy Birthday Jerry!
Probably need the battery connector to function... If a pot is "scratchy" my guitar teacher used to rotate it 50 to 100, etc. times and the volume or tone knob became noiseless.
Odd to hear the Hendrix chord on Rosa String Works! Rock on!
Power jack on the side.
I'm thinking the battery powers a pre-amp that amps the incoming signal from the guitar -- stronger signal=better effect. If he could find an compatible 9V AC adapter, he could bypass the battery altogether, the only problem being it having the correctly configured male plug. He should consult Jerry in that since I remember him swapping plugs on an adapter to use on some device he was working on, in one of his videos. In fact, I remember Jerry saying he saved all his no longer used AC adapters "for just such an emergency," and he might have one Caleb could use.
Blow up to full screen @ 22:05 and you can read the instructions on the bottom cover concerning battery and AC adapter use.
It seems to work well, nice work Caleb!
A Caleb pedal run through would be nice. JHS pedals seems to be a favourite and why not, it's the best. Take care.
I have no idea why they think they need the grease, but everyone I've ever taken apart has had it. I dunno maybe there's someone out there that plays it fast enough to burn the teeth off the gears!?! LOL.
Great job Caleb! Very much worth watching!
Jerry must be... what is all that infernal noise... and its coming from my workshop! LOL Great video Caleb. What is the progress on the guitar you are building?
You did a great job in you cleaning of the unit, I don’t care too much for the electric guitar.
Very interesting! Caleb
Caleb’s gone electric! Great video.
Rock on! Nice Fender too.
Nice job Caleb. I have found that the plastic tooth piece does not turn the potentiometer the whole way. You should experiment with where it sits in the sweep. You could perhaps make the pedal sound brighter or darker depending on how the pot is adjusted.
Good to do your own thing Caleb - another branch to the RSW tree :-)
Nice Line 6 Helix Stomp!
My wah wah came greased like that from the factory, so i think its supposed to be greased.
So apparently they did come greased, but why grease plastic parts? And why put so much grease near that pot?
@@MillsGuitars I'm not sure, i remember opening my wah wah for the first time and being surprised at the amount of grease they used.
@@stephenwatt33 Definitely seemed excessive, anyway thanks for the clarification.
My wah had no lube so I got rid of her 😜
@@MillsGuitars That really isn't that much, it's just spread around over the years of being turned. It's really probably just a small spot when it goes on. As to why, they clearly noticed some issues with not doing it. Possibly after a little while, the plastic wears and starts to stick. Lubing it would at least slow that down. Those two pieces are under tension once assembled, so that probably has something to do with it, too. Maybe just keeping it from wearing and getting loose. They really are a pain to get properly tightened.
Electronics is a lot of fun, I started playing with them back in the 70's and built plenty of things, over the years, including the odd amplifier. Very cool that you're not intimidated by circuitry. It's a lot of fun once you figure out some basics.
Good job kalib some band is going to be looking for a smart kid like you someday be safe and have fun
I was waiting for Jerry to come in and pretend to chew you out for using his desk to rock out, and then be impressed with your work. :-)
That gorilla amp was a bit small lol
Lend it Jerry for his electric Mandolin....
That’s quite a modern Cry Baby compared with mine which I bought in a junk sale around 35 years ago, it was on a homemade pedal board along with 3 other pedals and the whole lot cost me around £15! Mine hasn’t got an external dc input so works on battery only, the circuit board looks a little different, it also has the “famous “ Fasel inductor. Despite all that it sounds remarkably like your newer pedal and the mechanical parts are just about identical.
Great video, sir! Nice guitar and good for you! Love the pedalboard. Next present you get yourself really should be a new amp. That Gorilla amp brought back a lot of memories....none of them good.
technology somewhere between Fred Flintstone and George Jefferson used in the building of CryBabys. Good Job Caleb
I think you mean George Jetson
@@timnell207 Maybe it is somewhere between Fred Flintstone, George Jefferson, and George Jetson.
@Jerry MooreWe have all been spell-checked with weird results. I had a good laugh picturing George Jefferson trying to put together a mechanism like that. Weezie would convince him in the end to pay someone to do it right.
dielectric grease protects from corrosion. Usually if i want little rubber pads like that I find a piece of metal pipe the same size I need the pads, then i sharpen the outside edge of the pipe and use that as a punch to make new ones. Old floor mats work good, or if you know someone who works for the power company you could get them to get you a few rubber may\ts they use to protect them from electricty.
Caleb!! Nice work bud! Tho you should replace that lithium grease on the rack and pinion gears (use a q-tip for precise control) it stops the plastic from binding on itself under play/usage, cuz plastic on plastic heats up (surface) then warps and binds/catches on itself. The factory workers used a “spray” of lithium back in the day and weren’t all that careful.😉 P.S. I love that you took the time to break it down and REALLY give it some well deserved TLC!
>> Happy Birthday Jerry!
Suggestion: Make all three feet rubber, don't use felt feet. The rubber will have better grip if you are using it on a hard floor. The felt feet will make the pedal move around when using it on a hard floor (experience speaking).
those were pads between the pedal parts. there were rubber feet on the bottom.
They’re not feet. They’re where the two halves of the pedal contact each other while the pedal is in use.
Well done. ! Cheers. !
I have had that same pedal for 35 years. The lube is factory, but overdone. Clean the lube and the whole unit and the old lube away. Then clean the pot with a good contact cleaner not wd-40. Then just before reassembly use a q tip an spread some vasaline on just the rack of the mechanism where it acually touches the gear it doesnot need much. The scratciness is from the pot and if it is clean will dissappear. The last thing is a personal preferance, The pedal will respond smootly in use but has a "hump" where it changes signal dynamics very quickly. This is movable on the pedal position by changing the gear tooth position of engagement with the rack. It can be further refined by changing the position of the pot shaft to the gear shaft. This makes the pedal feel better and more intuitive.....
Hey Caleb great video have you ever thought about getting your your own channel excellent work on the cry baby say happy birthday to Jerry for me by the way did you check out the 🎸 est I told you about ? Stay safe by the way how long have you been playing for???
It only runs on a 9V battery so you NEED to install a new one. Spray out the pot and switch with contact cleaner. This is pretty much a 10 minute job to get it back in working order.
No, the newer ones run off of a wall wart as well. No battery needed. If it had to be a battery, it would be a ROYAL pain in the butt for pedal board use. Wall wart or big power supply like all pedal boards have is a necessity.
Think I bought mine in 1980,model 95-910511. Mine doesn't have the DC power just battery. I should try the cleaner as mine has a lot of static or scratchy sound when using.
Good job Buddy. Thats sure a beautiful Strat. Ive got to get me a better one. Ive just got a Squier Bullet Strat. I do have a beautiful Fender Telecaster that I took all the modern hardware off and replaced with American vintage hardware. With locking tuners and a custom set of Peter Florance TE-59 "Brad Paisley" pickups. May put a G Bender in it one of these days.
I'm with you. Respect the classics man, it's Hendrix. Lol.
Well-wah done!
If your using that hx stomp get a frfr instead of that amp. Headrush is pretty decent price and sounds great
That looked like white lithium grease which is meant to lubricate plastic. I could be wrong.
But you'd be right.
I see Caleb has an Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff π Guitar Effects Pedal. I have a 1970s version I bought in a guitar shop in Key West Fl in the mid 1970s and a couple newer versions I bought a couple years ago (the old one no longer functions 😢).
Where's the other wrench? Oh... story of my life
For me, It's usually in my brothers toolbox, he never returns anything.
It ain’t bluegrass, but it’s certainly fiddly. Thanks, Caleb.
Cry Baby Cry.... Great Job Caleb... 👍👍👍