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anyone? im right there i can feel it!

so im back after the holidays and want to get this thing working! So i changed out my mono jack to the stereo and before i screwed it in i tested and for just a brief moment i got my bypass signal and effected signal SO being that it was not in the box does it sound like a grounding issue or just a loose connection from the input

also do i need to add the trace on the newest version board?


here are some pics(sorry for the small depth of field ill take some more but let me know exactly what you need to see)

ok and will do, gotta dig up the probe i built a while back but.... just to clarify i have NO signal period. Bypass or not. i was just using the multi meter to make sure everything what going where it should

and i really really appreciate your help. Thanks so much

so this is where i am totally stumped. sorry for so many posts but im just baffled and this will be my last on till i get pics up.

so..... i broke out the multi meter just to make sure i have a solid connection going everywhere. so i have it from the tip(not my solder joint the actual tip) on the input to terminal 1B(top middle) then the jumper from 1B to 3C which i still get signal from the tip regaurdless of if the switch is on or off. Then when the switch is off i get signal from the tip of the input to the tip of the output via terminal 2C. The when it is on it goes from 3C to the center terminal which goes to the input of the board.\

So i have signal on the meter from input to output, LED works, crackle is audible and is not oriented the correct way. Seems like everything is working the way is should. Starting to think it may be the input jack itself but even when i plug a cable into i get a signal all the way from the opposite tip to the output of the pedal

and checked at least four times with the wiring diagram that you guys just posted thats the sticky at the top and everything is spot on. im stumped. will post pics tomorrow but im gonna break out the multi meter tonight and try and figure this out

so im borrowing a camera tomorrow. Also did i have to add the trace between the resistor and the cap, sorry if i dont know the specific resistor and cap but i saw mentioned while i was researching the other threads

so i built a zen clone and a slam box clone and they both didnt work so im gonna figure out the the slambox first being that its easier and i know its an easy fix.


so......

The LED works, i get the crackle from the pot which does get might loud when its rolled almost all the way counter clockwise which im assuming is standard since its a reverse taper. But i dont get any sound on or off. So... I know im fine from the output of the board since i get the crackle. So pretty much what i have it narrowed down to is from the input of the switch to the board. The only thing i think it could be is i used a mono jack instead of a stereo. I used the wiring diagram from the slambox Version 3.

i dont have any pictures so im just going to draw how i wired  it then post here in a few minutes

will get pics in a little bit here but i found that i had hooked up the dc jack wrong the first time so i switch the so i switched it back to the way the diagram shows and now the LED doesnt work but i am getting a hiss from it now when its bypass and it changes when turn the gain and volume. Im pretty sure i just made a boo boo wiring it, any other thoughts. Thanks for the tip on the grounding problem by the way

So by pass signal is fine then with i click it on the led works but sounds cuts out.... I double double checked my wiring and it was all good. Since there was no wiring diagram from ver. 5 i used version 4 but everything checked out and looked them same just in different spots. So where do it start knowing the LED works.

o shoot i didnt realize there was a wiring diagram. i looked in the old versions and found one. one more question when i wire the pots the diagram shows them but is it the back side shown or the top

So i just got all the stuff for my serindipity and i just had one quick question. I have been using the the Beavis Audio diagram to wire everything up. But the LED hook up doesnt work exactly. On theire diagram it shows the led being hooked up to the bottome left pole of the 3PDT switch then going to the 9v hole in the board but since there is an LED hook up directly on the board and im gonna just wire the LED in there then the bottom left pole is wired the SW hole on the board?

http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/StompboxWiring/

Here is the diagram i was following

So im giving pedal building a whack again and i didnt quiet a bit of research and im gonna order everything today but i just wanna make sure i got all the right caps so here we go

470n= .47MF Panasonic ECQ
100pF= .1MF Topmay
100n= small bear didnt have a .1uf so im going to a local stor to get a ceramic cap
3n3=.0033MF Panasonic ECQ
470n= .47MF Panasonic ECQ
100uF= 100Mf Axial 16v
47u= .47MF dipped tantalum

The only ones i wasnt too sure on was the 47u which is C7

Diods resistors and trasistors i was ok on thanks for your help