Recent content by JimmyS2

Thanks guys. I re confirmed the power cables are providing the correct polarity, replaced the power jack with a new one, no change. So I pulled the transistor (might have toasted a pad or two getting it out, hopefully not) and checked it out with a meter, looks to be all good. I suppose...

Well, anybody have a suggestion on what else I can check for this one? I didnt expect my first one to work without issue but I do hope it works eventually.

Interesting. Measuring the cables tip to tip and sleeve to sleeve, they are not polarity reversing. They're all the female to female cables, so that's exactly what they should be. Not sure why they seem to have the wrong symbol molded into the plastic but it seems like I can safely ignore that...

Hopefully these are fairly clear. It looks so much dirtier this close up, I had no idea! I checked out my power supply more closely, its an ehx S8, it came with 8 individual cords, one for each outlet, all the same. They all curiously show the tip positive marking, while the power supply...

So, I've ruled out reversed power I believe, I can measure about 9v between the sleeve lug of the power jack and any number of ground points. The diode is not reversed, as far as I can tell all of the wiring is in fact correct. Could I have just burned something in soldering? Ive removed it...

Ok, measuring at the cable shows about -9v, so tip negative I think. It seems I have power when the sleeve of the cable touches the sleeve of the jack, but not when plugged in. Perhaps I dont u derstand still, or perhaps the jack is faulty? I hesitate to blame the parts haha

Well, the longer (sleeve) lug is connected to positive on the board. I'm sure this is elementary stuff, but my power supply shows tip negative like I would expect But the cables have the opposite shown. I dont know if that symbol on the cable makes any difference at all, or exactly what's...

Good afternoon folks, ive found myself in the troubleshooting forum. My first thread here was about sourcing components as I am totally new to this, and several of you where extremely helpful. Now however, I've finally made my way through my first build and... nothin. I did pretty much...

Well, I think I have almost everything in order to build these 3 pedals. I had planned to start with the amentum, as the entire thing is pretty small and consists of relatively few parts. Thats why I chose it in fact. But  somewhere along the line I decided I really like the look of little...

That is exactly the kind of thing I needed to know, thank you! I imagine I'll have to learn this kind of thing at every turn at first, you guys are very helpful.

Well, my order showed up from Tayda finally, so it's time to see what I have to learn next. I think some of my caps might be a bit (way) to big so I'll have to look into that, I think I was just a little overwhelmed trying to order 3 pedals worth of parts for my first time, I'm sure I just...

Thats a good point, I'm sure for things that where in production a long time part availability for components probably shifted over time leaving the legends and lore of certain specific vintage things being superior for mysterious reasons. While I'm sure substituting components is probably...

Wow. I appreciate that, although I don't really know what I'm looking at yet. This is exactly the type of information I enjoy in other hobbies once I'm well down the rabbit hole. Hopefully I can get the first few builds working well and see how i feel, I do love a good graph/chart once I feel...

Here's one more question while im working my way through it. The increment overdrive specifies a couple of "2D503B" diodes, which i couldn't find on tayda, and the BOM includes a link for them to PPCBs listing. This is handy, but again with a strangely hard to find component I wonder if it's...

I wondered if that was the case, that should make it a lot easier to find something that will work. I appreciate it!