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Thanks for your reply. R4 (10k) and R5 (3.3k) are on the emitters of Q1 and Q2, what will their effect be on the sound or the behavior of the transistors? I already have a trimmer on R7, do you mean R8 perhaps? I know germanium transistors are finicky, which makes them very interesting to work...

I saw your post and replied to it above, the diode is in the right way, so that should not be a problem. Edit: I measured the diode, and presumably it's indeed backwards. I will try to flip it today and report back.

So thanks everyone! Tonight I replaced R6 and R7 with B50K trimpots, I don't have the fancy daughterboard: I set up R6 at 3.5K, with the collectors of Q1 and Q2 at -6.41V. R7 is set at 30K with the collector of Q3 at -2.08V. The gated sound is almost gone, it's only there when "Dirt" is maxed...

I can't see it clearly, but it seems Q1 is put in backwards, could that be the problem?

This is a great tip, thank you very much! I think the transistors are firmly in their sockets though, I checked the voltages on the legs too.

Thanks! The back was off the pedal, and I’ll try again. I inserted the legs of the transistors with pliers, one leg at a time.

Thanks for your replies. The D9E has the stripe on the cathode, so it should have the right direction. The D9E’s I put in other builds (King Centaur) also work like this.

There is a pad on the pot, so no shortage there.

This is a common way of wiring the switch, with the input (orange) on the left:

Thank you for these responses. I made some photos of the underside of the board, after cleaning out the flux: I think I did a pretty good job soldering here, but if you think otherwise: please let me know! I could try swapping R6 (10k, feeding the collectors of Q1 and Q2 and R7 (18k, feeding...

Could you post a photo of the pedal in its current state? This sounds (un intended) like a short in the input, but it could be a whole lot of other things.

Hi everybody, I'm quite new to pedal building, the Soul Vendor is my 8th endeavour. The behaviour of the pedal is not as I expected, so I would like to ask you for help. You can watch and hear the pedal on Youtube: I recorded the video with a Strat in the bridge position running into a...