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Production is finally moving forward on the custom taper pots. My hands are tired from all the troubleshooting but it is a relief to know these pedals will be playable again. Keeping the WH10 alive took more than I expected and I appreciate you sticking with me through the silence.

March 17, 2013

Ibanez WH10 Replacement Pot Clone Petition

Ibanez WH10 Replacement Pot Clone Petition

🏆 Won — 115 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 6 months ago
For anyone trying to find an Ibanez WH10 replacement pot then you may by now have discovered, after trying various similar pots and trying to mix and match, that they just don't exist! The original WH10 pot has a custom taper which, along with its own unique filter (as far as wah pedals go), make this pedal sound like no other wah out there and in my opinion it's the best! The reason you can't find another pot with the same taper as a WH10 pot is because the WH10 is the only piece of gear that uses it. For all you would be WH10 restorers the only way for you to find a replacement pot would be if some music electronics company were to clone the taper of the original. Otherwise, these pedals are just going to become more and more scarce until they no longer exist. Why Ibanez won't give us the Ibanez WH10 reissue in a metal case we'll never know but one thing's for sure, I've never found a replacement wah that sounded as good as my WH10! I am very interested to see how many other dead pot WH10 owners there are out there, oblivious to the task that lays ahead, when assuming that finding a replacement pot will be easy. With no positive information on the web about the prospect of repairing the WH10 or any successful repair stories, it seems that the best wah pedal in the world is deemed to become something of the past, I am aware at this point I sound like a save the Chinese Panda campaign, but it would be a great shame! There is however a music electronics company I know of, that have the original pot samples and intend to produce a clone. Unfortunately it's a project that remains on their waiting list. I'm hoping to prove that there is a great demand for an 'Ibanez WH10 Pot Replacement' and that there are loads of people out there willing to purchase them. I'd buy 10 for safe keeping! I hope that if you're one of many people out there who's typed 'Ibanez WH10 replacement pot' into your search engine, then along with the forums of no hope, you have also found the opportunity to leave your signature and comments on this petition. Even if your pedal works now you'll be looking for a new pot sooner or later. If there are enough people out there to sign this petition, then there's a very real and good chance we can keep our precious vintage WH10's going for many more years to come!

Updates

February 20, 2013

I have been spending my nights digging through old schematics and reaching out to manufacturers who might actually have the tooling for a custom taper. It is a slow and frustrating process because most companies do not want to bother with a niche component for a discontinued pedal. I am still pushing forward even though it feels like a wall of silence.

Reached 100 supporters

February 20, 2013

13 Comments

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Nicholas Combest
7 months ago Featured

Heck yeah. I’m all about replacement parts..more companies can take notes from Dunlop in that department.

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alex
9 years ago Featured

same with mine!!and im looking for a clone "boutique"(in french)because of this pot

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Dave Banerjee
17 years ago Featured

PLEASE. i will pay double for a quality replacement. just want my tone back.

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Sarah Lund
17 years ago Featured

seriously need this. tried soldering a standard wah pot in there and it sounded like garbage. totally different taper.

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Mike Chavez
17 years ago Featured

my wh10 has been sitting in a box for 3 years because of this stupid pot. fix it already!!

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Ruslan
4 years ago

I'm looking for pot also. From Ukraine

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Eric gonz
9 years ago

We need this pot..

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Adam Kukielewski
11 years ago

I've got bunch of WH10 pots with custom taper from old polish electro-audio factory. Feel welcomed! https://www.facebook.com/WH10.store

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