SOLVED Dream Fuzz Background Hissing

Guitar65

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I built the dream fuzz pedal and I’m I am having an unbelievably high amount of background “noise”. The hissing sound can be controlled (louder and softer) with the use of volume and sustain. It also will change timbre with the use of the tone know. All of that leads me to believe the circuit is functioning properly, but I do not know enough to troubleshoot where hissing could be coming from. Unfortunately I can not bring the sustain up high enough to get the fuzz without too high of hissing.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated! IMG_2516.jpeg IMG_2517.jpeg IMG_2518.jpeg @Robert
Edited with photos. I can take out of box if needed. There are two larger physical size resistors as I ordered incorrect. All solder points have been redone.
 
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I built the dream fuzz pedal and I’m I am having an unbelievably high amount of background “noise”. The hissing sound can be controlled (louder and softer) with the use of volume and sustain. It also will change timbre with the use of the tone know. All of that leads me to believe the circuit is functioning properly, but I do not know enough to troubleshoot where hissing could be coming from. Unfortunately I can not bring the sustain up high enough to get the fuzz without too high of hissing.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated!View attachment 90096View attachment 90098View attachment 90099@Robert
Edited with photos. I can take out of box if needed. There are two larger physical size resistors as I ordered incorrect. All solder points have been redone.
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I built the dream fuzz pedal and I’m I am having an unbelievably high amount of background “noise”. The hissing sound can be controlled (louder and softer) with the use of volume and sustain. It also will change timbre with the use of the tone know. All of that leads me to believe the circuit is functioning properly, but I do not know enough to troubleshoot where hissing could be coming from. Unfortunately I can not bring the sustain up high enough to get the fuzz without too high of hissing.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated!View attachment 90096View attachment 90098View attachment 90099@Robert
Edited with photos. I can take out of box if needed. There are two larger physical size resistors as I ordered incorrect. All solder points have been redone.
I want to save anyone from spending time on this. Solved. I said to myself that’s what a bad ground on a guitar sounds like. Bad ground wire.
On the positive side I have learned a bit about how to use the app.
Thanks
 
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Awesome!

You might want to get that out of there before it breaks loose and starts flopping around inside.

You can probably just hit it with your soldering iron and flow it into the pad for that diode.

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