I built the Muffler noise gate as specified in the build doc, but the signal noise does not seem to be affected by the circuit much, if at all. I have confirmed the transistors and IC are correct by name, as well as capacitors. I checked all resistor carefully when installing. What could be the problem? Here are some shots of the build: Muffler Noise Gate
. When the pedal is active, I seem to get the same level of guitar noise throughout the range of the potentiometer, which is the same as normal signal volume.
Muffler Noise Gate, no effect
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Vildhjuggah
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I can't tell if the switch is wired correctly because all the wires being twisted and blocking view of some of it. Double check that if you haven't already.
morgandorfer5150
New member
Wanted to revive this thread because I'm having the same issue. The pedal works, values all seem correct, no shoulder bridges and still no effect. Did you ever get yours working?
I never did, basically gave up. It seems to not affect the signal noise in a significant way, when it's on it sounds almost exactly like when it's off. I was trying to use it to mitigate a noisy switch on my bass, it seems like it should work, but doesn't!
Danbieranowski
Well-known member
See this post!
SOLVED - MUFFLER NOISE GATE NOT WORKING
After quite a bit of troubleshooting I have solved the issue and the muffler noise gate works beautifully! IMPORTANT! Q3 is backward in the board and on the build diagram! Install it 180 degrees from it's shown state. All other components values and polarity are good. If your muffler build...
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