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  • June 1, 2010 at 10:30 pm in reply to: ’81 Soul Preacher acting up in pedal board #102983
    T Bone
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    It sounds like you have an intermittent connection somewhere in the pedal. A jar anywhere will make it cut in and out.

    You could open it up and check all the wire connections. If you don’t see anything, try playing through it while tapping on the circuit board.

    I’ll give that a try tomorrow and report back, thanks! Also plan to try omitting the power supply and going with a battery, to see if the problem is duplicated. This was the initial test of the powered board (power supply not even mounted yet) and when I pulled all the leads, I noticed the plug didn’t feel real tight in the jack.

    Does it hurt anything to have a battery installed while running off a power supply? (I didn’t, just wondering).

    May 14, 2010 at 6:30 pm in reply to: Soul Preacher (vintage) 80’s? Polarity? #105574
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    I have one as well, and I believe you are correct with the polarity. It’s actually a nice compressor; very Dyna Comp-ish. Any well seem to like the Dyna Comp, so what’s not to like about the Soul Preacher?

    Do you find that it sounds better with a battery than with a power supply? Not sure why mine does, but it seems very glitchy when I use a 9V 500mA adaptor. Sounds great with a battery.

    I know you were asking Ranjam, but to mention I’ve not tried mine with a power supply yet (not sure if something is wrong with my pedal, but I find it to be a very subtle effect, not at all like the Dunlop Dyna Comp demo on their site). I’ll be trying mine out next week as I test order of pedals for my pedal board (it’s due in any time). At that time, I’ll also check mine for powered vs. battery.

    May 11, 2010 at 5:31 pm in reply to: Soul Preacher (vintage) 80’s? Polarity? #104058
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    There should be a pot code starting w/ 137. The next 2 numbers are the week and the last 2 numbers is the year. That’ll give a good approximate date.

    Power supply is 9v, tip positive, 1/8″ plug.

    Thanks! I’m guessing the year and week are reversed in this case though (don’t think they were making these as early as 1944 ;) ). The code on the volume pot is 1378044. So Oct/Nov 1980 for that pot (Threshold pot would require too much disassembly that’s not need IMO). I figure it was likely built in 1981 then (not sure how long they’d have parts around, but it seems unlikely it wold be much more than the year back then, they were a fairly young company (but very hot!) at that point I think).

    This means it was basically a “vintage” pedal even when I bought it used in about ’93. Also a good match for my vintage Rat (circa 1982, bought new) and my ’83 Tube Screamer (bought around ’93). Way cool!

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