Karate Shop Wiring Question

[ddavis20341]

Hey all,

First-time builder here, been admiring madbean's stuff for a while and finally decided to get my feet wet. I finished a Karate Shop build a couple of days ago, but I haven't been able to get any sound out of the pedal.  At first all I got was silence, with the pedal engaged or bypassed, and after re-soldering a wire now I just get a loud buzzing whenever the pedal is plugged in, still no guitar sound both engaged and bypassed.

I followed the wiring diagram and can't seem to see anything wrong with the switching assembly (since I'm not getting any sound at all, I understood this to be a switching problem), other than some char on the outside of a few wires. I'll post pics below, but if anyone has any idea what's wrong it would really be appreciated.

[madbean]

When testing outside of an enclosure, you need to ground the sleeves of both jacks. Inside the enclosure you only need to ground one because the enclosure itself acts as a ground. That may be why you are getting nothing out.

[jtaormina]

When testing outside of an enclosure, you need to ground the sleeves of both jacks. Inside the enclosure you only need to ground one because the enclosure itself acts as a ground. That may be why you are getting nothing out.

Take the ground lug of your output jack and add a wire to the food switch on either end of your tiny yellow wire.

[ddavis20341]

Great! Added a ground outside of the enclosure and it worked, and then boxed it up and it worked like a charm. Thanks a lot for the help, I am really digging this pedal.

Cheers!

[jtaormina]

Great! Added a ground outside of the enclosure and it worked, and then boxed it up and it worked like a charm. Thanks a lot for the help, I am really digging this pedal.

Cheers!

Glad to hear. Enjoy bud.