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powerpopguy

Post subject: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:23 am

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So a friend of mine bought himself a little present.. a rare vintage Wurlitzer Electric Piano (student model, with speaker cabinet). The only thing was, it didn't come with the usual Wurlitzer 'vibrato' feature, which you may better know as tremolo :wink:

So he commissioned me to build him a foot pedal that would add the vibrato feature back to this cool keyboard instrument, with the speed preset to 'standard Wurli speed'.

However, he would also like to be able to change the speed, but wanted to be able to jump back to the 'standard' speed quickly.

The rest was kind of up to me, but he was hoping the end product would look like it was Wurlitzer made, or resembled a Wurlitzer in some way..

So with a vintage Shoot The Moon PCB, one of GuitarPCB's pot switching boards and some purchased Wurlitzer replacement parts, I put together this:

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sjaustin

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:31 am

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That is a SUPER COOL project. Love a Wurlitzer.

Who TF is Chad?! LOL :mrgreen:

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powerpopguy

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:55 am

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sjaustin wrote:

That is a SUPER COOL project. Love a Wurlitzer.

Who TF is Chad?! LOL :mrgreen:

Chad is my QA Supervisor / Wine Glass marker :lol:

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duhvoodooman

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:16 pm

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Big thumbs up on the Wurlitzer pedal!

Not so much on Chad. BTW, the one on the rim of the wine glass--would that be what they call a "hanging Chad??" :roll:

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sjaustin

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:26 pm

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duhvoodooman wrote:

"hanging Chad??"

Too soon.

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duhvoodooman

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:20 pm

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sjaustin wrote:

duhvoodooman wrote:

"hanging Chad??"

Too soon.

The 2000 presidential election is "too soon??"

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/20 ... ging-chads

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sjaustin

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 3:15 pm

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With recent electoral events in Florida, yes.

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geekmacdaddy

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:44 pm

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Impressive! clip?

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powerpopguy

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:26 am

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geekmacdaddy wrote:

Impressive! clip?

No clip.. mailed it out already :roll:

But you know, basically a Shoot The Moon Tremolo with two speeds on tap :wink:

So it sounds good. I did try it on a poor man's Wurlitzer keyboard though, and results were promising..

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Knight of Cups

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:04 am

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Gorgeous.

Wonder if they make a board to switch Chad’s??

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TNblueshawk

Post subject: Re: Wurlitzer "Vibrato"

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 2:16 pm

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duhvoodooman wrote:

sjaustin wrote:

duhvoodooman wrote:

"hanging Chad??"

Too soon.

The 2000 presidential election is "too soon??"

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/20 ... ging-chads

It is for Al Gore

Awesome pedal too PPG

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warm places theory sounds plausible. Occasionally, I wake up and think my snake is missing too, but it turns out it's just a chilly morning.

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