No LED and no bypassed sound but Captain Bit working

[Dali]

Hello,

I have a strange case of a Bit Commander pedal producing no sound (no bypassed clean sound when off) but if I change the switch to "on" the LED stays off but pedal seems 100% working.

I wrote "seems" because those noise makers aren't that predictable but frankly, when I watch EQD demo (

) I got the same.

I tried a different LED but same result. I didn't change the 9 pin switch yet...

Any hint/idea?

 

[tdukes]

3$ 3pdts from tayda looks like the 16$ switch from lovemyswitches

The $16 switch does feel different and weights different than the $3 switch. I bought one because I was curious. I wasn't curious to tear it apart to see if the insides were different. I am happy with the $2.49 A-331 from tayda for most builds. They are also at LMS for $2.48 in a couple of different colors.

I have posted a few pictures I took when I got the super premium switch to compare with the Tayda A-331. I think this is not a necessary upgrade, and I don't normally use or recommend these; but they are not the same switch.

Some people may also prefer the hard click of the A-331 over the soft click of the Super premium. These super premiums may be available somewhere else as well. I haven't looked.

Fulltone used to sell a premium switch for about $15 or so too. I have never tried one of these.

Last switches I bought were a batch of 50 from LMS to get the $2.35 price.

 

[Dali]

Mystery solved !

I'm happy to report that once I change all the pots and switch from Aliexpress/China to those from Tayda and use the PedalPCB 3PDT Breakout Boardb, everything works as expected !

 

[Dali]

Guts of the Captain Bit here: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/chela-od-talons-captain-bit-bit-commander.1664/#post-12350