hi there. I've built up the son of ben twice now. both times i've had the same issue. signal passes thru just fine in bypass. No sound when on. I've read a few threads on here about bad jfets. My first time i got some off of eBay... 2nd time bought from mouser. Same results no mater the transistors. I do get a little bit of scratchy sound when moving the trim pots, but no signal output. I've tried an audio probe, but I get nothing at the input jack as soon as the pedal is on. that tells me something is grounding out the input feed on the board but I can't for anything find what it could be. All the solder joints look good.. no stray wires. I've triple checked polarity on capacitors, diode, etc... Any ideas? (FYI, yes im a noob. please take it easy on me. The B1M solders look a little rough cause i've removed that pot a couple times troubleshooting) I have wrapped the back of the B1M pot with electric tape. shouldn't be the issue. Thanks in advance.
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