building a wah pedal?

[aran.e666]

Heres the bottom side

P.s the photos keep rotating, sorry about that

Aran

[Stomptown]

It's a bit hard to see whats going on with the wiring so I thought it would be easier to show you how it should be wired up.  A pdf is attached below if you want to print it off.

Jon

[alanp]

I'm not going to make myself popular with this opinion, but I think vero is bad for new people to learn on. It's too prone to error (solder jumping tracks, tracks not broken right, etc) compared to a quality designed fabbed PCB. I can't help but think that vero's popularity is a consequence of the old days, where it was either vero, perf, or try and etch (scary if you're new), all from magazine projects.

[aran.e666]

Alanp, sorry but im quite experienced with vero and have made lots of pedals. Yesterday I got the pedal to work as a volume pedal?! And today it dosent work again. Thank you for the wiring il redo the switch

[Stomptown]

I'm not going to make myself popular with this opinion, but I think vero is bad for new people to learn on. It's too prone to error (solder jumping tracks, tracks not broken right, etc) compared to a quality designed fabbed PCB. I can't help but think that vero's popularity is a consequence of the old days, where it was either vero, perf, or try and etch (scary if you're new), all from magazine projects.

I would tend to agree, but I only got into this about 4 years ago so PCBs were already widely available so I'm not personally attached to vero, etc.  I do like the challenge from time to time but there's always a bit of anxiety that goes along with it.  I would put etching into this category as well.  I threw quite a few of those into the box of fail in my first year.

[alanp]

Deeply sorry about that, early morning after too much last night, and I was going off your post count :-( :-(

[aran.e666]

Dont worry its ok I fully understand (I did sound big headed) like I say im not the best builder since im only 15 but I do build I just cant think why it wont work. Im currently plugging my guitar in to see if the new switch wiring works. Il get back to all of you in a min. Thanks

Aran

[aran.e666]

Okay, I got nothing, when I engage the effect I get loud popping noise and unengage I get nothing

Aran

[Stomptown]

Did you check the orientation of electorlytics?  Did you use MPSA 18 transistors?  IF not, did you verify the pinout and orient them accordingly?

[aran.e666]

Yes I checked all of them but It 'popped' when I rotated the pot and I got nothing when I bypass the effect. Thanks

Aran