Well, add me to the list of people having issues with this build. I've had a number of problems (dead led's, enclosure mis-labeling, broken cables, BS170 legs breaking inside of its socket, etc) but my main problem is the boost.
When I first tested the pedal it all worked. Even the boost kind of worked. The problem was when I would engage the boost, the signal would go completely silent for a few seconds before fading in and seemingly work fine. Until I disengaged the boost, then the signal would go silent for a few seconds again before fading back in and coming back.
So, I tried some basic troubleshooting like reflowing solder, verifying resistor values, swapping BS170's, etc. This eventually lead to many of the other issues I mentioned earlier (broken transistor legs, broken cables, etc.). I then had to do a bunch of desoldering and resoldering. Fired up the pedal again and....same momentary signal loss issue but now the boost volume is extremely low (can barely hear any signal with the boost volume maxed).
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Any idea what the problem might be?
When I first tested the pedal it all worked. Even the boost kind of worked. The problem was when I would engage the boost, the signal would go completely silent for a few seconds before fading in and seemingly work fine. Until I disengaged the boost, then the signal would go silent for a few seconds again before fading back in and coming back.
So, I tried some basic troubleshooting like reflowing solder, verifying resistor values, swapping BS170's, etc. This eventually lead to many of the other issues I mentioned earlier (broken transistor legs, broken cables, etc.). I then had to do a bunch of desoldering and resoldering. Fired up the pedal again and....same momentary signal loss issue but now the boost volume is extremely low (can barely hear any signal with the boost volume maxed).
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Any idea what the problem might be?