StewMac FAN TREMOLO, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...FAN TREMOLO PEDAL KIT INSTRUCTION GUIDE 22J63 1J63 1J63 IN GND SW OUT ...

Page 2: ...to speedy envelope like weirdness PARTS LIST TOOLS AND SUPPLIES REQUIRED REQUIRED POWER This pedal requires a standard 9V DC center negative power supply not included and consumes less than 100mA There s no battery option Soldering Iron 0502 Solder Wick 0504 Solder 0505 Wire Cutter 1607 Wire Stripper 1606 Guitar Nutdrivers 5890 Guitar Tech Screwdriver and Wrench Set 3696 ...

Page 3: ...Yellow Purple Black Red Brown Red Red Black Orange Brown 1M resistor 1 7367 22K resistor 1 7379 2 2K resistor 2 7376 27K resistor 1 7398 12K resistor 1 7392 47K resistor 2 7369 220K resistor 1 7381 Yellow Purple Black Black Brown 470Ω resistor 2 7355 Yellow Purple Black Brown Brown 4 7K resistor 1 7359 Brown Black Black Black Brown 100Ω resistor 1 7352 PARTS LIST TOOLS AND SUPPLIES HELPFUL Not pic...

Page 4: ...08 1J63 1uF 10uF 1J63 5mm white LED 1 7422 PARTS LIST CONT 3PDT latching footswitch 1 1611 3 way toggle switch 1 7465 B10K linear taper pot 1 7532 B100K linear taper pot 2 7453 24 of lead wire 1 5960 Adhesive foam tape square 4 7560 Control knob 3 7501 5mm LED mounting bezel 1 7432 PF5102 transistor 1 7518 2N5089 transistor 1 7514 FKH09 PF 5102 CEN 2N5 089 2N6027 transistor 1 7515 2N 6027 C45 2 1m...

Page 5: ...very small and too much heat can damage the board The idea is to make joints quickly without scorching the eyelets 1 Hold components in place for soldering by threading the leads through the board and bending them apart on the reverse side You will be making your solder joints on the reverse side of the board 2 Melt a small amount of solder onto the tip of the iron tinning the iron 3 Insert the ti...

Page 6: ...OLET 7 7 7 10M 1 GRAY 8 8 8 01 SILVER WHITE 9 9 9 1 GOLD 0 Resistors and capacitors may also be referred to with shorthand notation on the printed circuit board when there is a decimal in the value For example the place on the board for the 4 7K resistor will read 4K7 and the spot for a 2 2nF capacitor will read 2n2 This is done to save space on the board and make the labels as clear as possible S...

Page 7: ...C resistance will change There are three lugs or soldering terminals on a conventional potentiometer The outside two are the ends of the resistive strip and the center lug is connected to the sweeper The sweeper allows you to vary the DC resistance relative to its position along the resistive strip or relative to the outer two lugs Potentiometers come in two varieties linear taper and audio taper ...

Page 8: ... printed outline of the diodes also shows this stripe Install the diode to match the direction shown Similarly the transistors are directional and must be installed in a specific orientation Match the flat side of the transistors to the outline printed on the PCB 1 To minimize redoing steps make sure you have a solid idea of the look and feel you re going for 2 Lightly sand housing with a 220 grit...

Page 9: ...K resistor 2 7376 12K resistor 1 7392 Yellow Purple Black Black Brown 470Ω resistor 2 7355 Yellow Purple Black Brown Brown 4 7K resistor 1 7359 Brown Black Black Black Brown 100Ω resistor 1 7352 Resistors have a low profile sitting closer to the board than taller components so installing these now will make installing other parts easier later on Brown Black Black Yellow Brown Red Red Black Red Bro...

Page 10: ...ized caps of this type there s a second way to identify the negative lead it is the shorter of the two leads 1uF 1uF 10uF 10µF capacitor 1 7338 100µF capacitor 2 7312 10 uF 1µF capacitor 2 7337 1uF 10 0 uF 4 7µF capacitor 1 7316 4 7uF 2 2µF capacitor 2 7315 2 2uF 1uF 10uF 22J63 1J63 1J63 220nF capacitor 1 7305 100nF capacitor 1 7304 22J63 1µF capacitor 1 7308 1J63 1J63 INSTALL3 CAPACITORS 5 The re...

Page 11: ... the switch in its hole you don t even need to fasten it with a nut from the back if you don t want to INSTALL 1 SWITCH 6 22J63 1J63 1J63 The kit comes with 24 of lead wire Cut the wire into eight 2 sections and two 4 pieces Strip around 3 32 off both ends of all wires Solder the eight 2 leads on to main board in the locations shown in the diagram INSTALL 8 LEAD WIRES 7 We find it easiest to feed ...

Page 12: ...ers to gently bend the lugs of the footswitch until the breakout board will slide over the lugs IN GND SW OUT IN G ND SW OUT Just like the toggle switch and the PCB you can use the pedal enclosure as a mount for the footswitch while you solder the breakout board to it 9 ATTACH 6 WIRES TO BREAKOUT BOARD 22J 1J63 1J6 IN GND SW OUT Solder the four wires from the bottom of the main board to their corr...

Page 13: ...he foam tape to the back of each pot use the pedal enclosure as a mount for the control pots while you solder the PCB to them Just lay the enclosure face up and arrange the pots in their holes you don t even need to fasten them with a nut from the back if you don t want to Use the adhesive foam tape to insulate the back of the pots from the soldered leads of the other parts on the circuit board Th...

Page 14: ...ion The negative lead of the diode has a flat edge and is shorter than the positive 22J63 1J63 1J63 IN GND SW OUT The circuit board is held in place by the control pots but the LED leads need to pass through their eyelets in the PCB before the pots will pass through the enclosure Pass the longer positive lead through the hole marked A and the shorter negative lead through the hole marked K Once th...

Page 15: ...te freely You may need to rotate the jack to provide easier access to setting the solder joints Solder the left most wire at the top of the board to the input jack lug that corresponds with the sleeve connection The sleeve connection lug should be the one closest to the DC jack Solder the 4 wire on the left side of the footswitch board to the lug of the input jack that corresponds with the tip con...

Page 16: ... DC jack Solder the 4 wire on the right side of the breakout board to the lug of the output jack that corresponds with the tip connection The tip connection lug should be the one closest to the outside wall of the enclosure Once the solder has cooled orient the jack as shown in the diagram make sure none of the connections on the jack are shorting to any other components and tighten the nut on the...

Page 17: ...S HOW THE CONTROLS WORK INPUT OUTPUT 9V DC BYPASS DEPTH RATE 13 2 LEVEL NOTES MODE This 3 way toggle switch selects which type of oscillation you would like All the way left is a subtle early 60 s style oscillation All the way right is a slightly faster and heavier opto isolator style tremolo more like the effect found in amps in the late 60 s and 70 s The middle position is a very modern almost d...

Page 18: ...TL072 PT2399 IN GND SW OUT NOTES THE STEWMAC FAN TREMOLO ...

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