Just finished off this Cleric Fuzz build and I'm having a few issues. On my initial bench test when I first plugged the pedal in and engaged the switch, the LED flickered unusually and then I noticed the circled 4k7 resistor (it's the LED current limiting resistor in this build) had blown and gave off a small bit of smoke. This happened before I could test for any sound.
I immediately replaced the resistor and this time around on testing when engaged, the LED is lighting up but there is no sound. Otherwise, when not engaged there is a nice clean through-signal. Is there a chance that original blown resistor cooked the op amps or other components? I'm still pretty new to pedal builds, but hoping someone can maybe spot something I might've done backwards or make a suggestion on how to troubleshoot.
As you can probably see from the photos I've used wire leads for one of the potentiometers & the 3 way switch so I can sort of customize the placement of those two components. I don't think this would be the issue, but who knows!
I immediately replaced the resistor and this time around on testing when engaged, the LED is lighting up but there is no sound. Otherwise, when not engaged there is a nice clean through-signal. Is there a chance that original blown resistor cooked the op amps or other components? I'm still pretty new to pedal builds, but hoping someone can maybe spot something I might've done backwards or make a suggestion on how to troubleshoot.
As you can probably see from the photos I've used wire leads for one of the potentiometers & the 3 way switch so I can sort of customize the placement of those two components. I don't think this would be the issue, but who knows!



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