SOLVED No Gain - Kliche Mini

[Lewage]

Just finished building a Kliche Mini and I’m getting no gain. Output and tone are fully functional. Hopefully one of you can see something I’m missing.
I just finished the original Kliche and it sounds great. Thus, I boxed this without testing.

 

[Lewage]

Apparently my original pic didn’t attach

 

[fig]

Check the charge pump output voltage (#5 pin).

 

[Lewage]

Check the charge pump output voltage (#5 pin).

I’m getting a negative voltage reading on pin 5 of IC3. -8.53
IC1: 4.49
IC2: 4.48

 

[MichaelW]

When you say "no gain" do you mean no clipping? or the gain control does nothing?

 

[Lewage]

When you say "no gain" do you mean no clipping? or the gain control does nothing?

Gain pot does absolutely nothing

 

[Lewage]

Well, you know the old saying, mind your P’s and N’s. Or pf’s and nf’s.
C8 was totally the wrong cap.
Working like a charm now. I opened up the big Kliche and it was super obvious.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

My work here is done.

Mark it solved!

 

[allsmoke]

Well, you know the old saying, mind your P’s and N’s. Or pf’s and nf’s.
C8 was totally the wrong cap.
Working like a charm now. I opened up the big Kliche and it was super obvious.

Anytime my brother and I thought we got one over on our mother as kids, we'd say "Great minds think alike". To which she'd reply "yes, and fools seldom differ".

I don't know if we're great minds or fools, but I did a search for Mini Kliche here because I had this exact issue, and had put NF where the PF should be!!!