Hello all,
Years of soldering experience but I'm what you'd call a first-time builder around here. Wanted to build this amentum boost as it features a very simple circuit and I want a really good boost on my pedalboard haha. I've finished assembling the pedal in a 1590B enclosure.
The first time I plugged the pedal into a power supply and pressed the footswitch, the LED burnt out instantly. My understanding of the circuit was that there is no need to put a resistor in between the pcb and the LED, because the 4K7 resistor is already mounted to the PCB and directly precedes the LED in the circuit. I've never had a problem blowing LEDs so I'm not sure how best to troubleshoot. It's not wired backward.
The other issue is that I seemed to have soldered the pot upside-down! Oops. All part of the learning process I suppose. I think that I should probably just resolder the pot right-side up, though I'm concerned that the pcb will get in the way of my output jack once it's flipped. Maybe I should just replace the pot with a normal pot with lugs rather than a pcb-mounted one. Any tips?
I desoldered the burnt out LED and tested the pedal without an LED. The pedal sounds pretty great, though a little noisy when turned up, I think that's normal though. Maybe the enclosure could use some shielding? I think that I may have to experiment. Bypass works perfectly and no additional noise seems to be coming from the pedal or anything. Anyway, I'm so close to finishing this build but troubleshooting has taken the wind out of my sails a little bit. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, help me finish this pedal and I will share finished photos of the enclosure! It's ice-cream themed.
Years of soldering experience but I'm what you'd call a first-time builder around here. Wanted to build this amentum boost as it features a very simple circuit and I want a really good boost on my pedalboard haha. I've finished assembling the pedal in a 1590B enclosure.
The first time I plugged the pedal into a power supply and pressed the footswitch, the LED burnt out instantly. My understanding of the circuit was that there is no need to put a resistor in between the pcb and the LED, because the 4K7 resistor is already mounted to the PCB and directly precedes the LED in the circuit. I've never had a problem blowing LEDs so I'm not sure how best to troubleshoot. It's not wired backward.
The other issue is that I seemed to have soldered the pot upside-down! Oops. All part of the learning process I suppose. I think that I should probably just resolder the pot right-side up, though I'm concerned that the pcb will get in the way of my output jack once it's flipped. Maybe I should just replace the pot with a normal pot with lugs rather than a pcb-mounted one. Any tips?
I desoldered the burnt out LED and tested the pedal without an LED. The pedal sounds pretty great, though a little noisy when turned up, I think that's normal though. Maybe the enclosure could use some shielding? I think that I may have to experiment. Bypass works perfectly and no additional noise seems to be coming from the pedal or anything. Anyway, I'm so close to finishing this build but troubleshooting has taken the wind out of my sails a little bit. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, help me finish this pedal and I will share finished photos of the enclosure! It's ice-cream themed.
