Take Pity On Me

[Flock of Bees]

Hello everyone,

I've successfully built 2 pedals. One was point to point, the other, well, it was pretty ugly. I am currently working on the the 1590G pedals from this site. I've spent hours trying to trouble shoot what I'm doing wrong. I am currently building the  Mimik pedal. I've checked all my solders on the PCB and everything looks clear. I have finished the off board wiring, but I still am not getting any sound through the pedal. Does anyone have a wiring diagram/ or gut shots that I can compare my work to?  Thank you so much in advance.

-Flock of Bees

[matmosphere]

Post some pics of your build-up along with any voltages, in the tech help section of the forum.

[m-Kresol]

there are tutorials on external wiring and 1550G projects from the bean himself here:

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/tutorials/index.html

if you don't find the culprit from there, do as matmosphere suggested and please open a tech help thread following the guidelines for getting tech help. good luck

[Muadzin]

I could use some pity too. I was building the DigDug 2 and had finished the board, about to drop it for the first time to see if it fits when I noticed that all the 8 2K pots were actually 100K's. So not only had I ordered the wrong pots, I soldered them in without checking. D'OH!!!

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[EBRAddict]

In-focus, close up pictures will help. Nobody can diagnose your build issue from a paragraph of text. Also list out the other things you've tried (no sound with footswitch on or off?), chip voltages, type of power supply, etc.

[Droogie]

I could use some pity too. I was building the DigDug 2 and had finished the board, about to drop it for the first time to see if it fits when I noticed that all the 8 2K pots were actually 100K's. So not only had I ordered the wrong pots, I soldered them in without checking. D'OH!!!

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If it makes you feel better, I swapped the Step and SubD switches. I was sweating bullets but I managed to desolder them without wrecking the board! It's a PITA but you can do it!

[Muadzin]

If it makes you feel better, I swapped the Step and SubD switches. I was sweating bullets but I managed to desolder them without wrecking the board! It's a PITA but you can do it!

Desoldering turned out to the kind of fun that wasn't, but it was doable. The real PITA is in ordering 8 new 2K plastic shaft pots. Which means I probably have to wait until my next Tayda order. Which means waiting for their next code.

[Flock of Bees]

UPDATE: I went through and inspected the wiring for the 3pdt and some connections on the PCB. Everything is working fine now.