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No worries. It happens to all of us along the way. I've done my share of desoldering 😂.

Did you use pot covers on the bottom pots under the PCB? Your wiring looks ok and the LED working means there's voltage coming into the PCB.

Unfortunately All of the transistors need to be flipped the other direction. The flat side of the transistor should match the flat side on the footprint on the PCB. I'd probably just clip them all off and start over if it were mine but maybe someone else has a better fix? I'd just clip the...

I did the same thing at first too when I checked 😂

The ICs in his pedal are correct and the build doc looks ok too.

Yeah all those transistors need to be flipped 180 degrees. Everything else looks ok from the pics. Pretty sure Robert always arranges them so they're all the same direction.

I think I see 4 backward transistors.

Is that little black treadle secured to the pot shaft good? Sometimes certain ones can come loose and it will spin without turning the pot shaft. If it's not that I'd check the wiring to the pot again. Sounds like the switch and switch wiring is ok. If everything looks perfect it could possibly...

Thank you for adding this to the discussion. I searched but couldn't find it. It really helped a lot.

IC3 is being powered from from the same point on the pcb as IC4. Power comes down from D4 to C32 and then to R69. On top there's a trace that goes from R69 to IC3 and on bottom of R69 is the trace that connects over to C41. From there it powers the left side of the board. I'm not sure how it...

I only had one defective Low Tide board. I know of someone else who had 2 though. No idea if it was the same issue as this though. Could definitely be something unrelated. The other defective board I had was the Dirt Dauber. Both had the same kind of issue. Frustrating but both an easy fix so no...

Sorry I already fixed it and boxed it back up before seeing this. It’s a very small connecting trace.

Yeah it did help me learn something. Just glad I got it out of my box of shame. Although I feel no shame with this one after the PCB itself was bad 😂

In this case the LED not lighting told me there was some kind of voltage problem after I eliminated the wiring, foot switch and a defective LED. I do agree In most cases it's useless but in this case it helped lead me back to where the voltage was being lost at the broken trace. Either way...

So I realized I wasn't getting any voltage in the LM258 (IC4). Pin 8 was reading at zero volts. I jumped the 9v power to pin 8 and it everything worked. Pretty sure I got another PCB with a bad trace. The trace from R69 to C41 on the bottom of the board seems to be broken underneath the layer...

I agree that it might not be of value in most cases. That's what I was getting at when I said I had seen pedals not work but the led still did. In this case the LED not working at all when I give it ground must mean it's not getting voltage. It seems like part of the pcb isn't getting any. Gonna...

Footswitch and wiring is good. It seems like part of the PCB isn't getting voltage.

Yeah the foot switch is good too.

Thanks to everyone for the replys. All ICs came from reputable suppliers. Either Mouser, Small Bear or Stomp box parts. The LED not working is throwing me off a bit. I've seen pedals not work before but the LED still turned on.

A builder I follow on instagram built two of these and neither worked. Starting to think I'm having the same issue as the other defective PCB I got with the bad trace. Or maybe something is up with the included randomizer IC? I feel like the bypass LED would still work even if there were an...