Satch Boogie
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First pedal build, and it's been a learning experience. I've got to the stage where the pedal will engage, and sounds as I'd expect it to. The issue is when I engage the boost side which should be then controlled by the single pot. The sound doesn't change at all, and turning the pot makes no difference. The LED engages though.
I've tested the footswitches and they're OK, as is the cabling between the footswitch to the board. The connections to the power and jacks all seem to be correct when I use a multimeter. I think I've got all of the components the right way around, so I suspect it's a cold solder joint. I did this using a $10 soldering iron that I had bought years ago from the likes of an Aliexpress. I managed to pretty much melt that during this build, so I have decided to treat myself to a Hakko FX888d which should arrive in a few days. Happy early Father's Day to me. That should make the soldering a lot more reliable going forward. If I do have to resolder some components, it would help to know which ones to focus my attention on. Can anybody advise which ones to pay special attention to, I can't work out what the path would be once the boost switch is engaged. I'm assuming I've got the switch wired up correctly, I used multiple colours to help me differentiate which wire went where. There still aren't any build docs so I've based my build off some gutshots of other people who've successfully built a pedal using this PCB.
I don't come from an electronics background, just giving this a go as a hobby and to prevent me dropping obscene amounts of money on pedals again. Once I've got this thing working properly I'll post my trials and tribulations in the build forum. Any pointers would be appreciated![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I've tested the footswitches and they're OK, as is the cabling between the footswitch to the board. The connections to the power and jacks all seem to be correct when I use a multimeter. I think I've got all of the components the right way around, so I suspect it's a cold solder joint. I did this using a $10 soldering iron that I had bought years ago from the likes of an Aliexpress. I managed to pretty much melt that during this build, so I have decided to treat myself to a Hakko FX888d which should arrive in a few days. Happy early Father's Day to me. That should make the soldering a lot more reliable going forward. If I do have to resolder some components, it would help to know which ones to focus my attention on. Can anybody advise which ones to pay special attention to, I can't work out what the path would be once the boost switch is engaged. I'm assuming I've got the switch wired up correctly, I used multiple colours to help me differentiate which wire went where. There still aren't any build docs so I've based my build off some gutshots of other people who've successfully built a pedal using this PCB.
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I don't come from an electronics background, just giving this a go as a hobby and to prevent me dropping obscene amounts of money on pedals again. Once I've got this thing working properly I'll post my trials and tribulations in the build forum. Any pointers would be appreciated