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the Kay Effector: onboard effects madness!

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theKayEffector:onboardeffectsmadness!

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Updated:gohere[http://inspireformation.blogspot.ca/2012/11/thekayeffectorpt2.html] tocheck outareviewandvideo/demoofthisguitar! AcoupleofyearsagomybrotherscoredaKayEffector(KoreanboltneckLesPaulcopywithfivebuiltin effects) off Craigslist for about a hundred bucks. When I first saw it I had to chuckle, but when I actually pluggeditinIhadtochuckleforadifferentreason:thisthingsoundsreallycool,particularlywhentheoutof phasepositionischosen. For the uninitiated, these Kays were manufactured in Korea and marketed through the SearsRoebuck cataloguesinNorthAmerica.Cortswithidenticaleffectsbaysweresoldthroughthemidtolateeighties.

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The guitars shipped with two humbucking pickups that are both always on the only tonal option is to put them out of phase or use the tone knob. The effects are echo, tremelo, wah, whirlwind and fuzz, and are operated by slider switches mounted on the switch plate and a speed knob for setting the rate of the "modulation" effects. Although the effects in this particular axe aren't working, a little online research suggeststhattheecho,trem,wahandwhirlwindareallslightlymodifiedversionsoftremelo. WhomeverhadtheguitarprevioustomybrotherreplacedthepickupswithapairofWashburns:aShaman '70neckp/uandaHeadhunter'69bridgep/u.UnfortunatelytherewirejobwasprettyMickeyMouse,and currently the effects are not working. There are a few loose wires, and I have every reason to believe the Effectorcomponentsareessentiallysound,butit'shardtofindaschematiconline. Ireallywanttogetthisguitargoingagainit'sgroovylooking,soundsreallycool(sanseffects),playswell, hasanicechunkyneckanddecentaction.Anyonehaveanyideas?Schematics?Aperversedesiretohear whatwhirlwindandfuzzsoundlikethroughoutofphasepickups.
Pleasehelp!Itriedtopostaschematicthatpanthersentme,butitkeepsdisappearing?They'restillworkingoutsome ofthebugsinBlogger...

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Backsideoftheswitchplate.Notecardboardandtinfoilshieldingscheme!

In the meantime, for the edification of gearobsessed netizens, here are some photos of the axe and it's guts.

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Posted20thSeptemberbyDaveDykhuizen Labels:echo,LesPaul,Kay,Cort,schematic,circuitdiagram,fuzz,guitar,pix,photos,onboard,effector
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