General Troubleshooting: Low Volume

[mshuptar]

Hi everybody, currently in the process of troubleshooting a Cherrybomb / Colorsound Overdriver. This is my second build.  When I engage the effect, there is a significant volume drop - I have to crank my amp to even hear the effect. What might be causing this problem? Thanks in advance for the help.

[jkokura]

Chances are high some of your parts may be the wrong value. For instance, putting a 100k resistor in place of a 100r resistor would do what your describing in some circuits.

Jacob

[mshuptar]

Thanks for the response. Upon further review, I discovered that one of the leads from the "volume" pot wasn't making a good connection - problem solved!

[jkokura]

Good stuff! Follow the debugging steps, and you'll always find the issue!

Jacob