Ok, What Have I Done Wrong?
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KR Sound
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This works well:
Misc > Audio Probe : DIY Fever – Building my own guitars, amps and pedals
[DIY Fever] Audio Probe - very simple contraption that helps with debugging audio circuits
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Sorry, that wasn’t me being actually helpful, but more a jest on the typical debugging procedure for pedals. Although, you could use it to trace your hot leads from the pickup to the pots, to the jack to see where your sound is dying out. Would also help to know which are your hot leads, it is a bit of spaghetti in there and I’m having a hard time tracing the connections
joelorigo
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Ha, no worries. Yeah it looks pretty messy. Eek!
As I understand it, the 2 silver shielded wires coming from the right are the pickup wires. Both of those are connected to the lowest lug on the 2 right pots, the volume pots. They are also soldered to the pots at the start of the silver braid’s, which I assume is grounding. I believe the red and white are from the switch and connected to the middle lugs of those pots. The black and green I believe are also from the switch and are connected to the lugs on the tower in the center of the ground plate, just as they were before I started. The silver shielded wire from the left is to the jack and connected to the center just as it was before I started.
As I understand it, the 2 silver shielded wires coming from the right are the pickup wires. Both of those are connected to the lowest lug on the 2 right pots, the volume pots. They are also soldered to the pots at the start of the silver braid’s, which I assume is grounding. I believe the red and white are from the switch and connected to the middle lugs of those pots. The black and green I believe are also from the switch and are connected to the lugs on the tower in the center of the ground plate, just as they were before I started. The silver shielded wire from the left is to the jack and connected to the center just as it was before I started.
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Bricksnbeatles
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For one thing it looks like you have a whole lot of bare wires that could be shorting against stuff. Check the various signal points to make sure there isn’t continuity to ground. If there is, you’ve found the problem
joelorigo
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I see.
ok. Yes, there is an upper lug and a lower hole; the black is connected to the upper and the core of the braided to the lower hole. Then there is another upper lug and lower hole. The green is on that upper lug and the braided to that lower hole. So the braided goes through one lower hole and the core connects to the other. But now that I am thinking about it, the core might be connected to both the lower holes. Originally it had black cloth insulation going through the other lower one hole and just the core connected to where it is now, if that makes sense. But I couldn’t get the insulation through because it was so frayed, so I cut it off.
joelorigo
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That was it. The core of the braided jack wire was probably touching that and it shouldn't have. I pulled it out and re-soldered it so the core was only touching the hole below the black (hot) wire and it works.
However, I want the pots to turn the opposite way. So that would be changing the wire from the pickups from the bottom lugs of the volume pots to the top lugs (referencing the diagram above), right?
If so, does that mean the capacitors on the tone pots should also move from the bottom lugs to the top lugs?
However, I want the pots to turn the opposite way. So that would be changing the wire from the pickups from the bottom lugs of the volume pots to the top lugs (referencing the diagram above), right?
If so, does that mean the capacitors on the tone pots should also move from the bottom lugs to the top lugs?
