SOLVED Germanium fuzz not working

Johnnyorange500

Johnnyorange500

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Hi,



I’m having a bit of trouble with my Germanium fuzz face build. I seem to think I’ve soldered every wire correctly but I’m not getting any fuzz through the pedal. There’s just a dry guitar signal coming through the bypass and it also switches it off too. So I’m guessing the foot switch and input and output jacks are fine. I’ve just bought a new 9v battery too. All the capacitors and transistors are giving off an electric reading so they haven't burned out. I’m completely baffled as to why it’s not working. Would be very great full for some advice.



Johnny
 
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It's already been said but, make sure you have an input plugged in, that battery power need an input cable plugged for the power to go through.
 
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Johnnyorange500 said:
100k = -0.18

2u2 = can’t get a reading?

22uf= can’t get a reading?

Q1 = -0.30

Q2= -6.92

33k= -8.96

470= -0.11

8.2k= -1.99

10nf= -7.31
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We will need to be more precise. When you give just the value of a component, we don’t know which side you measured.

That’s why I use specific point with colors so we know exactly what you read.

Can you reply to my message with the color and your result ?

Also when reporting a transistor, give us the pin, D,E or C…. I assume your 6.92V on Q2 is C, but it should match your 8.2k reading, so can go with that.
 
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EGRENIER said:
We will need to be more precise. When you give just the value of a component, we don’t know which side you measured.

That’s why I use specific point with colors so we know exactly what you read.

Can you reply to my message with the color and your result ?

Also when reporting a transistor, give us the pin, D,E or C…. I assume your 6.92V on Q2 is C, but it should match your 8.2k reading, so can go with that.
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I’ve managed to get it working!!! Thanks for all the help and suggestions. And the time taken to help me out. Much appreciated.👍🏻
 
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EGRENIER said:
Excellent, what was your issue ?

Also, you can mark the thread solved now
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EGRENIER said:
Excellent, what was your issue ?

Also, you can mark the thread solved now…
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Ha! I’m not too sure..to be quite honest. I took the whole wiring and parts out of the enclosure and touched up some joints with the soldering gun on the pcb and also the tone pots and jacks. The cv7007 transistors sound really good too. Really happy with the way they’ve turned out. 👍🏻 How do I mark it as solved?
 
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Johnnyorange500 said:
Ha! I’m not too sure..to be quite honest. I took the whole wiring and parts out of the enclosure and touched up some joints with the soldering gun on the pcb and also the tone pots and jacks. The cv7007 transistors sound really good too. Really happy with the way they’ve turned out. 👍🏻 How do I mark it as solved?
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Edit the thread title and select the pull down…
 
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