Digitech Whammy 4 • Cleaning, Calibrating, Reviving
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2023
- 0:00 Opening
0:19 Why I Did this
1:03 What I Used
1:32 Taking The Pedal Apart
4:33 Cleaning The Components
6:08 Putting The Pedal Back Together
11:49 Calibrating the Pedal
12:13 Testing The Pedal
13:32 End Credits
13:41 Song Credit
In this video I take apart, clean, re-assemble, calibrate, and attempt to fix a Digitech Whammy 4 Pedal that was not responsive.
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Thank you! Been looking for videos on the whammy 4 forever
Sweet! Glad it helped. Other videos didn't help me, and Digitech was non-responsive, so I took matters into my own hands.
Helpful video here. My Whammy was being really difficult when attempting to open it, so your walkthrough let me know for sure what had to be removed to open it. Thank you!
Pro tip here from an electrical engineer: unless there’s a reason I don’t understand, I would not spray a populated PCB with DeoxIT. Parts that deal with some sort of mechanical movement like connectors, pots and switches, yes. Spots where you want to clean off rust or specific oxidation, yes. Otherwise, use a small clean paint brush and compressed air to blow away dust and use 99+% isopropyl alcohol to clean off parts and PCBs. DeoxIT does leave a lubricating residue on things, which is perfect for mechanical parts, but I wouldn’t want that all over my PCB. Plus the alcohol is way cheaper than DeoxIT and is used in industry for cleaning off components and PCBs.
Very much appreciated. I was in a desperate situation and just went for it with the Deoxit. So far so good, but will be more careful if I have to go back in. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Thank you very much!
I got one of these, fancy chrome edition, used. I got the full range of the pot back after spraying it with dioxide, but the heel position was never 0% which caused the guitar "to not be in tune".
Just took it apart and put it back together, good as new!
Awesome! Glad you got it back up and running.
If it happens to you that the expression of the whammy pedal becomes very reduced, or that the octaves are a little out of tune, be careful, your pedal is not giving up the ghost! you just have to recalibrate it.
For that :
- disconnect the power
- reconnect the power supply by pressing the on/off button.
- normally the LED flashes. Then move the pedal all the way up then all the way down twice.
- press the on/off button again.
Normally the expression pedal has rebalanced!
@@Lolo.13 Thanks for adding this to the comments. If there's any Whammy issue, this is a great thing to try first, and even do again after taking it apart.
My rotary knob is the only thing I need to clean out. Is it still necessary to take the whole thing apart, or could I just remove the black knob and spray some Deoxit in there?
@JoshBeavers Unfortunately the Deoxit would not penetrate to the parts that really need the cleaning. But I suppose if you just take the 2 casing pieces apart, you could hit the inner workings from the side and spin the knob to spread the Deoxit around.
I got whammy 4 and i might have to replace the "potentiometer"..? 🤔 few stupid questions: what is the real name of that part and could i replace it "wrong"? Like 180° way? Thanks for great video and gimme answers? 😊🤘
@somniferumshine Not a stupid question. What you're looking for is an "Alpha 16mm Rotary Encoder for Digitech Whammy IV". From the looks of it you can't replace it wrong. I found a video to talk you through it. It's for a Whammy 5 but I when I compared the parts, they look identical to the 4.
ua-cam.com/video/ytOxfsLDnJM/v-deo.html
@@bentfishrecordingsgreat tips, I wish more people were are helpful as you 👍💯
@@michaelreyes9997 Appreciate the support and kind words.👍
make another video like this about the proco rat 2 please!!!!
What's going on with your RAT?
@@bentfishrecordings it's been a while now since it started to be too noisy... i don't know if it's dust or anything like that and i didn't open it because i'm afraid to make it worse hahaha
@@seisemromanos Ah, gotcha. I do have some ideas but will need time to take it apart and make suggestions for tools and cleaning.
@VI_seisemromanos Sorry for the delay, I had a big project for work that stole a big chunk of my time recently. Hope this helps!!! ua-cam.com/video/Rqpe5XBDJ7o/v-deo.html
Ever have the problem of the pedal reading the effect full on no matter how you move the expression pedal? And how to fix that?
I have not encountered that problem. Do any followers have a suggestion? Mine would be to reset it, and give it a proper cleaning. I never thought mine would be useable again but an electronics clean helped.
@@bentfishrecordings sounds right to me
How long should I wait before I plug it in after using the deoxit, anyone know?
If it's just from cleaning the inputs you could use it immediately. If it's internal, I usually wait until it visually appears dry. The time that it takes to put it back together should be enough.
My pedal is giving me issues, when you plug the adapter it lights up for a second, and than goes out, any thoughts?
Same here. Bought mine used… Any luck getting it to work?
Hmm, not sure. Are you able to try a different power supply?
If you let go of the foot switch as SOON as you possibly can after the light starts blinking, it should work.
Make sure you're using a 9V AC rather than your usual neg DC.
Mine won’t stay down.
Share more details if you can. What won't stay down? The footpedal?
Didn't get the 2oct up operation..
Dang, sorry to hear that. Would need to know more. How long has it been non-functioning? Might need a second clean. I haven't had any issues with using too much Deoxit. Just might take longer to dry. This version of the Whammy has proved temperamental.