Pork Barrel - LFO ticking in bypass and engaged?

[Bret608]

Hi all,

So, the Pork Barrel I built two years ago is having a small issue. I can hear some faint, rhythmic popping that changes rate when I adjust the rate knob. It goes away when I'm playing and the effect still sounds great.

I can sometimes hear it in bypass too, though. Then if I turn the pedal on or off a time or two, it will stop. This would speak to a grounding issue, correct? Could it just be that I need to tighten the footswitch nut or something?

I used a 1776 3PDT board, so pretty much everything is grounded to the switch. My build is just a v3207. It doesn't sound like I need to post voltages as the effect still sounds good. Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction!

[blearyeyes]

Mine doesn't make a peep, so I would think it is the LFO leaking somehow..

just a WAG.

[Bret608]

Thanks for the reply! I did manage to fix this. All I had to do was tighten a couple of things that came loose (nuts on the footswitch and the depth pot). Modulation effects do some strange things when not grounded right!

[blearyeyes]

Good info to know...twitchy things those LFOs...

Oh how poetic!