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Bingo! DMM was also partially to blame. Went to the store and got another one and R5 worked right away. Got it to 12.07. My ear had it a little bit too hot. thanks for the help guys... now on to Q2 + Q3. Hopefully Ill get those much easier.

That makes sense... My DMM must be a POS. 2K, 20K, 200K nothing changes but the decimal place... no reading. If I go to 2M I get a reading.. 1.235 nothing changes when I adjust the TRIM.

Built a Son of Ben 2 years ago. Biased it by ear. The thing sounds great! It's been on and off my board... of late back on. Now curiousity has the best of me and I'm wondering if this great pedal will sound even better if I actually bias the thing to spec. Problem is I don't really know what Im...

solved: switch problem. the right bottom pole was pulled up out of contact. a little heat and it sat back down. good to go!

Built this guy up today. Sounds friggin great! However, no sound in bypass mode. So my issue is in the switch or switch wiring. I've wired it exactly per the build schematic. What could be the issue?

Ah ha. just tried that. Got me over the hump past the grounding out issue. Of course found a new one. I should hopefully be able to diagnose with the audio probe. thanks.

newb and unfortunately nothing else on hand. I guess ill learn to stockpile some things. thanks.

ok wow... you are correct! i am an idiot. wrong resistors ordered and installed. Don't have any 1M on hand so will have to wait a bit to swap. thank you!

hi there. I've built up the son of ben twice now. both times i've had the same issue. signal passes thru just fine in bypass. No sound when on. I've read a few threads on here about bad jfets. My first time i got some off of eBay... 2nd time bought from mouser. Same results no mater the...