Hello all,
First off, I greatly apologize for coming here again for the same board.
1- History: I bought 4 original boards to build. I built one and had issues. So I came here for help but eventually gave up on the build ( I will detail the issues later ). The three left were graciously replaced with new 2020 ones by the PedalPCB folks. Thanks! The thing is that I had 3 nice enclosures drilled out for the early ones already. I figured I had to give them a try. I built all 3 in tandem with all the care I can muster.
2- Now: When I finally turned on the first one I had wired in the case (yes, hopeful, I even put knobs on jinxing it) it demonstrated the EXACT same issue the other initial build did. The issues are
a: All the LEDs work, individually or all together.
b: The bypass sound works.
c: The boost works alone or with the octave
d: The octave allows the sound through but has no effect.
e: When you turn on the distortion everything stops. No sound. Doesn't matter the state of the 2 previous footswitches.
f: You can hear the sound of light unused distortion very lightly that changes in volume when you turn up the distortion knob. None of this reacts to any guitar playing.
I would really hate to give up on all this time, money, and hardware. If anyone has any insight I appreciate it.
The reason the diodes are backwards on this one is that I saw somewhere here that the diodes were backwards and swapped them and everything is the same. I can easily put them back though. If there was a show I would be begging Jon Taffer to have me on PCB Rescue!
Seriously thanks for any help. This is a total thorn in my side.
PS: Yep, I have the LED in the right direction as I understand it. The cathode is in the square pad previously labeled A (which is markered out).
First off, I greatly apologize for coming here again for the same board.
1- History: I bought 4 original boards to build. I built one and had issues. So I came here for help but eventually gave up on the build ( I will detail the issues later ). The three left were graciously replaced with new 2020 ones by the PedalPCB folks. Thanks! The thing is that I had 3 nice enclosures drilled out for the early ones already. I figured I had to give them a try. I built all 3 in tandem with all the care I can muster.
2- Now: When I finally turned on the first one I had wired in the case (yes, hopeful, I even put knobs on jinxing it) it demonstrated the EXACT same issue the other initial build did. The issues are
a: All the LEDs work, individually or all together.
b: The bypass sound works.
c: The boost works alone or with the octave
d: The octave allows the sound through but has no effect.
e: When you turn on the distortion everything stops. No sound. Doesn't matter the state of the 2 previous footswitches.
f: You can hear the sound of light unused distortion very lightly that changes in volume when you turn up the distortion knob. None of this reacts to any guitar playing.
I would really hate to give up on all this time, money, and hardware. If anyone has any insight I appreciate it.
The reason the diodes are backwards on this one is that I saw somewhere here that the diodes were backwards and swapped them and everything is the same. I can easily put them back though. If there was a show I would be begging Jon Taffer to have me on PCB Rescue!
Seriously thanks for any help. This is a total thorn in my side.
PS: Yep, I have the LED in the right direction as I understand it. The cathode is in the square pad previously labeled A (which is markered out).
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