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Thanks, yeah, I found that too - it really does help.  My issue is with posting a simple pic 

Ok, lemme work on that...

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Got mine done this past weekend. I really like this thing!  You get plenty of over-the-top phasing if that's what you're after, but you can also make it a more subtle effect that sits really nice in the background.  Still learning all the knobs & switches, tho...

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Thanks for another nice gutshot, peAk.  Still waiting on parts from Mouser, but I'm going to leave that 4th wire from the selector switch off.

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Gordo:

Thank you so much for the gutshot & other pics!!!  Still waiting on some parts, but that is a massive help!

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I built this one too & love it.  A few tips for getting more pronounced effect: keep guitar volume up, hit the strings with some degree of force & set the resonance fairly high (you can reduce once you start hearing more of the effect).

Sensitivity knob is a bit odd - for me at least, setting it lower (9:00 say) means MORE sensitivity.  Maybe I wired it backwards... Setting the bias trimmer in the middle or so wound up being a little darker so I went a little higher.  I agree with putting the bias outside the enclosure, but it's not a dealbreaker.  You really have to set this while playing.

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Just wondering - has anyone else here actually built this beast?  I just love it.  The diode/tone toggles give a lot of flexibility but take some time to actually understand.  I had to keep going back to the documentation...

I built mine to spec according to the Aion instructions & generally play it into something clean, like a Blues Jr., with the 'vintage' settings & just play it loud. 

Really cool pedal.

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And yet that Uber Tuber is calling me...

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Yeah, still doesn't work.  There were some postings on GGG facebook page, but it hasn't been fixed.  Oh well  - someone's telling me I don't need more pedals right now...

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Just wondering - has anyone been able to but anything with that discount code?  I tried & entered the code, but I keep getting an 'invalid code' error and no discount.  No big deal, I certainly don't need anything, but I was wondering if others saw the same thing.

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FWIW I've ordered enclosures from them recently & gotten them pretty quickly.  Didn't know this was going on, but it didn't seem to affect delivery.

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I put 2 4.7uF caps in parallel (didn't have 10uF) between the output wire & the pad on the 3pdt board (at switch) and this did the trick.  This time for real.  Seems to pop a little at first, then go away completely.  I tested voltage at switch side of newly installed caps & it seems to be high (as high as 1.4v with volume full up), but then it drops over a few minutes.  Again, while playing, I have a little pop at first, then it goes away.  Many thanks again, MB!

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Great, thank you again.  Another rookie mistake: I had the volume low, but not off. If volume is full down I measure 0 volts, all the way up, about 1.4v, whether in bypass or not.  (I'm not a rookie, I promise).

Anyway, thank you for helping me zero in on this - I'll probably try the cap at the switch before removing one of those other 2, but narrowing it down like that really helps.

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Tried a 2M resistor at the output to ground.  I measured about .3 volts at output before putting in the resistor, then about .1 after.  No change on the popping.  Is there any way at all to isolate the offending cap? 

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Well, my bad...  Didn't work after all - turns out I had basically just dialed down the volume on the Harbinger which reduced the pop, but it's still there, just as bad.  Here's what I have done:

• 1M resistor connected at harbinger (board) input and connected to ground
• 3M resistor across outside legs of chorus/vibe toggle

I took voltages at R49 - zero on both sides.  Also at the C/V toggle.  Looking down at the inside of the pedal, left leg reads about .870 volts, right leg about 1.4 volts.  If I move the toggle the left sides goes down slightly while the right leg goes up to about 2.3 volts.

So I seem to have a leaking cap somewhere.  My guess is that the best solution is to find & replace the leaking cap, but I really no idea where/how to begin the search.  Any help would be very much appreciated.

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