Hello this is my first time posting on this forum. I have a protone haunted delay. In bypass everything is fine signal goes from guitar to amp. When engaged light goes on but no sound gets through. I took off the back cover and multimetered the dc in and it is getting 9 volts. I don’t have much in the way of trouble shooting chops and any assistance would be appreciated. I was multimetering all the components but don’t really know what I’m looking for.
Update and question: Protone haunted delay non-op Q
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DailyDovetails
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Can you take a clearer picture here? It looks like something might not be right.
DailyDovetails
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I think that part might actually be OK and just wired a little different than I am used to seeing. typically the small piece of bare wire only goes to 2 terminals and not 3 but I think it technically works this way also. I unfortunately don't have any info to help you with this particular pedal. I think this pedal https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/pcb026/ is likely very similar to what you have and it may help you somewhat to trouble shoot it. I think my best advice would be to take the pedal apart if you feel comfortable doing so. Then look for any solder connections that might be broken, components that looked damaged, wires or components touching the case that shouldn't. You could likely fix that pedal if you spend a bit of time learning the basics of pedal building but it would be up to you if that is an interest you have. Nothing else immediately jumps out at me about it.
update and bump for any advice: I reflowed some of the solder and now a signal goes through when pedal is engaged. But the volume is really dropped, and I think I am only getting the delay effect rather than the guitar attack. If the mix is all the way left there is hardly any sound and if all the way right the delay effect is more prominent. Any help appreciated I hope to rescue this pedal.
It sounds as if the main problem is the clean signal from after it goes to the delay chip but before it goes to the mix pot. You probably need to make an audio probe and probe the clean signal and see where it dies. You may need to trace out some of the traces to work that out.