Andrion
Active member
I built two Thermionic Deluxe:
- the first one was from this post, and god, you guys have no ideia how much I struggled to find the problem, but still no success
- since my friend paid the material so I could built a Thermionic Deluxe for him and the first one didn't worked, I bought new PCB + parts (re-using just the same enclosure and knobs than the previous) with my own money to build a new one and end this problem;
- I built the second one perfectly and carefully; tested with it above my amp and everything went perfectly; and at the second I put it on the ground the problem showed again; a loud hum even when the pedal is bypassed, but when the pedal is turned on, it turns apocalyptic; I tried put it over a towel or on the pedalboard to see if the hum persists, but it only stops when the pedal is about 1meter above the floor;
some considerations:
- I even tested connecting the in and out jacks directly instead of passing through the 3pdt's pcb on the first pedal and the problem persists.
- I tested it with different guitars, cables, power supply, amps and everything two times in 3 different places: my house, my friend's house and my friend's studio (so the problem is not with my house's electrical system)
- I already made a Dirty Sanchez that went perfectly and don't have this problem; I'm considering building two of them in one enclosure, but damn...
the following paragraph is not about the problem itself, but just about frustration:
I guess you guys from USA or Europe have no ideia of how expensive is to import one these PCB + components + shipping to Brazil; it's literally a 1/4 of the minimum wage (and as a muay thai trainer, I make even less than the minimum wage) because of the shitty abusive taxes, shitty money that worth nothing and shitty corrupt government of this shitty country;
and I can't say that spending 2 times this amount for nothing is the best feeling in the world; I really don't want the make it for the 3rd time, specially because on the second one I couldn't really pay for it and just threw in my credit card
PLEASE help me
- the first one was from this post, and god, you guys have no ideia how much I struggled to find the problem, but still no success
- since my friend paid the material so I could built a Thermionic Deluxe for him and the first one didn't worked, I bought new PCB + parts (re-using just the same enclosure and knobs than the previous) with my own money to build a new one and end this problem;
- I built the second one perfectly and carefully; tested with it above my amp and everything went perfectly; and at the second I put it on the ground the problem showed again; a loud hum even when the pedal is bypassed, but when the pedal is turned on, it turns apocalyptic; I tried put it over a towel or on the pedalboard to see if the hum persists, but it only stops when the pedal is about 1meter above the floor;
some considerations:
- I even tested connecting the in and out jacks directly instead of passing through the 3pdt's pcb on the first pedal and the problem persists.
- I tested it with different guitars, cables, power supply, amps and everything two times in 3 different places: my house, my friend's house and my friend's studio (so the problem is not with my house's electrical system)
- I already made a Dirty Sanchez that went perfectly and don't have this problem; I'm considering building two of them in one enclosure, but damn...
the following paragraph is not about the problem itself, but just about frustration:
I guess you guys from USA or Europe have no ideia of how expensive is to import one these PCB + components + shipping to Brazil; it's literally a 1/4 of the minimum wage (and as a muay thai trainer, I make even less than the minimum wage) because of the shitty abusive taxes, shitty money that worth nothing and shitty corrupt government of this shitty country;
and I can't say that spending 2 times this amount for nothing is the best feeling in the world; I really don't want the make it for the 3rd time, specially because on the second one I couldn't really pay for it and just threw in my credit card
![Disappointed face :disappointed: 😞](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/7.0/png/unicode/64/1f61e.png)
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