Current Lover troubleshoot

[jmsulli1988]

Hi all!

So I just put together the current lover and I get no effect at all when the pedal is turned on. The LED lights up though. I do get a clean signal. I checked the IC voltages and it looks pretty good, except for a few differences here and there. All caps and resistors work only up to C15 and R21. The volume trim is the only trim working.

Here's the ic readings:

IC 1

1. 4.8
2. 4.8
3. 2.4 ...... should be 4.18
4. 0
5. 4.2
6. 4.5
7. 4.5
8. 9.3

IC2

1. 9.3
2. 4.6
3. 2.4......should be 4.85
4. Varies
5. 0
6. 4.6
7. 7.1.....should be 4.2
8. 7.1......should be 4.2

IC3 and IC4 are spot on

IC5, Spot on except for pin 7 was at 0....should be 7.8

IC 6 and 7 are spot on


Could it be a bad MN3007 chip?


Three more things that I should say:

1. D4 is for an LED but the directions show the LED hooked up down by the foot switch, so I just left it empty.

2. I accidentally soldered sockets in at 3 of the trimpot sites, So I just plugged the trimpots in, I would assume that this is totally fine.

3. I drilled initially for the effects loop but drilled poorly so I have a busted dpdt in one of the drilled holes just to fill the space. It's not in use!

Here's some pictures attached. I highlighted all the resistors and caps that are giving me a signal through an audio probe.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks!!!


Joe

[jmsulli1988]

....hmmm....and for some reason my browser crashes every time I try to add the photos. I'll have try again tomorrow - it's getting late here!