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Thanks for the response. Upon further review, I discovered that one of the leads from the "volume" pot wasn't making a good connection - problem solved!

Hi everybody, currently in the process of troubleshooting a Cherrybomb / Colorsound Overdriver. This is my second build.  When I engage the effect, there is a significant volume drop - I have to crank my amp to even hear the effect. What might be causing this problem? Thanks in advance for the help.

That's a super-cool looking cab, too.

I dig the hammered finishes.

Very cool, nice job!

Really cool graphic!

The decal font on the Warhead is extremely cool!

I'm digging that blue fabric covering - beautiful.

Absolutely awesome! And those gold P90s are beyond rad. Really cool!

Really cool looking! I haven't build a trem pedal yet; can this pedal do a "hard-chop" effect (almost like a helicopter)?

That looks super cool! Question: Did you use waterslide decals for the labeling?

Aside from some grounding issues that took a while to solve (pots shorting out against the board, or against the side of the enclosure and being totally baffled), this was really fun.

Since the Mangler is a copy of a Fuzz Face, I decided the enclosure should pay a little homage. Special shoutout to "Mgwhit" who responded to, like 99% of my questions when I was troubleshooting. Thanks!




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Hey everybody, thanks for the help - the Mangler is now "mangling" as it should!

I soldered the wobbly leg of the transistor into the socket. I put padding in the back of the enclosure, placed a small strip of poster board between the pots and the board, and put two strips of poster board in the upper corners of the enclosure to keep the pots from touching the enclosure. I'm not sure where the original problem was, but all of these changes resulted in perfect operation! I'll be sure to post a pic of the completed build when I get a chance later today.

Despite crimping the leads on the transistors and put some padding in the back of the enclosure, the problem isn't solved.

I think there might be some sort of grounding issue or that I made some huge mistake somewhere. What I noticed is that I can get the effect to work by jiggling Q1, but if I touch the enclosure (or any other part of the guts for that matter) with a screwdriver, the effect instantly cuts off. If I jiggle Q1, it comes back on. If I try to screw on the backplate of the enclosure, the effect cuts out as soon as I touch the screwdriver to the metal of said enclosure. What gives?

Killer paint job!