SOLVED Plugging into input jack shorting LED and circuit? Mercurial Q-Boost

[PangeaDestructor]

Hi All, I am having a weird issue I've never encountered before on a build. Plug in power, looks good. LED goes on and off. Same with the output into the amp. Plug my guitar input cable into the pedal and the LED lights up dimly. If I press the footswitch, it gets brighter, and the effect kinda sorta works. No bypass signal at all. I'm wondering if I just have a busted jack or something, so am going to try replacing that later, but is there a simple answer to this that I'm not aware of?

 

[giovanni]

I doubt it’s a jack. It sounds like it could be a short somewhere. Can you post pictures?

 

[Robert]

The jack shouldn't affect the LED, busted or not.

This sounds like an offboard wiring issue or a short some sort. This sort of thing is usually caused by a solder splash or stray wire strand around the IN/GND/SW/OUT pads at the bottom of the PCB.

Like @giovanni said, pics would be helpful.

 

[PangeaDestructor]

Sure thing, bottom and top here. Let me know if I need to get clearer pics, I have trouble getting macro shots with my phone lately for some reason.

 

[Robert]

That's an order switcher breakout board. It's meant to swap the order of effects in a 2-in-1 build.

You need this one, or just remove the breakout board and hard wire the 3PDT using the wiring diagram in the build doc.

 

[PangeaDestructor]

That's an order switcher breakout board. It's meant to swap the order of effects in a 2-in-1 build.

You need this one, or just remove the breakout board and hard wire the 3PDT using the wiring diagram in the build doc.

I should really label my stuff better, I never would have caught this. Thank you, I have the correct ones in my stash.