SOLVED Germanium fuzz not working

Johnnyorange500

Johnnyorange500

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Hi,



I’m having a bit of trouble with my Germanium fuzz face build. I seem to think I’ve soldered every wire correctly but I’m not getting any fuzz through the pedal. There’s just a dry guitar signal coming through the bypass and it also switches it off too. So I’m guessing the foot switch and input and output jacks are fine. I’ve just bought a new 9v battery too. All the capacitors and transistors are giving off an electric reading so they haven't burned out. I’m completely baffled as to why it’s not working. Would be very great full for some advice.



Johnny
 
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EGRENIER said:
OK, so the 7.19 where were your probe ? Black on the boar and and red on the jack ?
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Hi, I’ve swapped my multimeter as it was faulty found another one. And I got a reading of 9.20 from the wires from the battery into the input jack and from the wire going into the board (positive into the input jack (negative into the board.
 
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BTW, you have to set your fuzz put to the mid point that's the 500K pot.

This is a list of voltage you should get with the pot set about in the middle. It may vary, as long as we are close....

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I may not be able to stay on longer, so you could use this chart to approximate your voltages.

Also, you should do a double check on all your wires, just to be sure.

And as stupid as this may sound, when you tested the pedal, are you sure you had you guitar cable in the input and the output cable to your amp. I do that mistake all the time when I work on an open pedal (upside down).... Just making sure...
 
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EGRENIER said:
BTW, you have to set your fuzz put to the mid point that's the 500K pot.

This is a list of voltage you should get with the pot set about in the middle. It may vary, as long as we are close....

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I may not be able to stay on longer, so you could use this chart to approximate your voltages.

Also, you should do a double check on all your wires, just to be sure.

And as stupid as this may sound, when you tested the pedal, are you sure you had you guitar cable in the input and the output cable to your amp. I do that mistake all the time when I work on an open pedal (upside down).... Just making sure...
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Cheers mate. thanks for your help, it’s greatly appreciated. I think I’m getting all bogged down with it all, it’s a shame it’s not working guess sometimes it’s trail and error. Hopefully, I should get to the bottom of it. It’s just acting wired everything looks right! Anyways I’m gonna have to get some sleep. Take it easy thanks again!
 
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Johnnyorange500 said:
Cheers mate. thanks for your help, it’s greatly appreciated. I think I’m getting all bogged down with it all, it’s a shame it’s not working guess sometimes it’s trail and error. Hopefully, I should get to the bottom of it. It’s just acting wired everything looks right! Anyways I’m gonna have to get some sleep. Take it easy thanks again!
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No problem, you got some good info here to start troubleshooting. Go slow, be methodical, make sure that you have your jack in, that the pedal is engaged, and that you take you time to properly document your voltage.

Other member here can help you when you get back on it if I'm not around...

You will succeed !!!
 
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