debrad
Active member
I recently gave my Carcass build away and the new owner has experienced some odd behaviour. Unfortunately, he is now living several thousand miles away from me so I'm trying to troubleshoot "remotely" and I'm hoping some of you might be able to help me narrow the scope of potential causes.
What he tells me is that the pedal has been working fine for several weeks and then suddenly became VERY loud and the output control did little or nothing to reduce the level.
After making a few suggestions, I asked about the mode toggle to which he reported that he had been running it in the higher output mode (I think that's "Demhe" rather than "Hali") and after toggling it to the opposite setting, the pedal went back to working properly in both "Demhe" and "Hali" modes.
My first thoughts were:
1) Issue with the Output pot
2) Issue with the 3PDT switch
3) random piece of wire/solder etc. rattling around inside the enclosure making connections that shouldn't be connected
4) flaky mode toggle
Given that the output level became "uncontrollably" loud, am I right in assuming it's NOT the toggle (the output controls everything upstream so even if ALL the output is getting through/around upstream components, the output pot SHOULD still provide some adjustment if it's working properly, no?).
Anyway, apologies for the vague cry for help. Just hoping someone might be able to suggest the mostly likely areas of the circuit to focus my long distance troubleshooting.
Thanks!
What he tells me is that the pedal has been working fine for several weeks and then suddenly became VERY loud and the output control did little or nothing to reduce the level.
After making a few suggestions, I asked about the mode toggle to which he reported that he had been running it in the higher output mode (I think that's "Demhe" rather than "Hali") and after toggling it to the opposite setting, the pedal went back to working properly in both "Demhe" and "Hali" modes.
My first thoughts were:
1) Issue with the Output pot
2) Issue with the 3PDT switch
3) random piece of wire/solder etc. rattling around inside the enclosure making connections that shouldn't be connected
4) flaky mode toggle
Given that the output level became "uncontrollably" loud, am I right in assuming it's NOT the toggle (the output controls everything upstream so even if ALL the output is getting through/around upstream components, the output pot SHOULD still provide some adjustment if it's working properly, no?).
Anyway, apologies for the vague cry for help. Just hoping someone might be able to suggest the mostly likely areas of the circuit to focus my long distance troubleshooting.
Thanks!
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