SOLVED El Sol no sound

[drgonzo1969]

Ive been trying to troubleshoot this El Sol PCB. The LED lights up when the effect is on but no signal. I get signal when the pedal is bypassed. Here are some photos of the pcb. The IC's are LM386N

 

[drgonzo1969]

Here’s a photo

 

[music6000]

Huh looks like i bought these LM386n from BOJACK on amazon.com in 2020

Agh!!, can you pull them & see if you have around 8.94v on pin 6 of both sockets?

 

[drgonzo1969]

9.09v without ic's in pcb

 

[Fama]

I didn't completely follow the discussion, but if it's the IC's that are the issue and you're going to order new ones, I suggest you order LM386N-3's, LM386N-4's or LM386L's based on my experience (and for example discussion on the tagboardeffects acapulco gold post). Some people get N-1's to work too, but apparently you might have to try multiple ones, and mine sounded broken with those. Worked fine with LM386L's.

 

[drgonzo1969]

Im going to try all of the Lm386n's i have on hand tomorrow and if they dont work then i will grab some new ones. I think these amazon ones are bogus.

 

[music6000]

I didn't completely follow the discussion, but if it's the IC's that are the issue and you're going to order new ones, I suggest you order LM386N-3's, LM386N-4's or LM386L's based on my experience (and for example discussion on the tagboardeffects acapulco gold post). Some people get N-1's to work too, but apparently you might have to try multiple ones, and mine sounded broken with those. Worked fine with LM386L's.

Yep, N3's & N4's from my experience with them also!

 

[fig]

Moral: Don't get jacked by Bo.

I hope you have some pieces that work well, and your build sounds as it should. It's loud, really loud.

 

[Laundryroom David]

Moral: Don't get jacked by Bo.

I hope you have some pieces that work well, and your build sounds as it should. It's loud, really loud.

Bo does not know lm386s

 

[drgonzo1969]

Just got DHL package from Tayda. Popped in the new lm386l’s and it works and sounds awesome. Thanks for helping me figure this one out!

 

[fig]

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