SOLVED Pedal works, sounds great. Bypass does not.

[DAJE]

Aion Azure, a CE2 clone.

All I get when bypassed is a nasty hum. Other than that, it's a fine pedal and I'm very happy with it. Pity it's useless if I ever wanted to, you know, turn it off.

I've checked continuity with my multimeter and the switch connects where it should and not where it shouldn't, but beyond that I don't really know what else to check. I had to take the switch off the board and reattach it the right way around, and I may well have ruined something on the breakout board.

This is why I hate breakout boards for footswitches. If I ruin a footswitch, I can easily replace it. If I ruin a footswitch that's attached to a breakout board that has bunch of other items on it, only some of which I understand, then the whole pedal is basically an expensive paperweight.

No pictures because I don't wish to share my shame, and I'm not asking for help. Just venting. Unless anyone has a bright idea that doesn't involve an audio probe, because I don't have one.

 

[DAJE]

The above is meant to be funny, by the way. I may have overdone the pathos. And building an audio probe is certainly on the agenda.

 

[DAJE]

FIXED IT!

I used my multimeter to identify where it wasn't connecting, using another Aion pedal with a similar breakout board as my working model for comparison. Once I knew where the problem was, I worked out that I could run a jumper wire between the prongs of the footswitch AND IT WORKED!

Pedal now works well and sounds great, and it also bypasses.

My fix looks terrible, and the wiring of the breakout board is highly embarrassing, but IT WORKS.

 

[BuddytheReow]

When you box it up you won't see the mess. Glad you got it working