Frequent questions about dead or faulty pedals. Whether you repair, mod or build pedals, debugging is important. Threads about general debugging problems irrespective of the circuit involved...
I just finished my own Vox v486 using a Pigeon FX PCB but the wah doesn't seem to work. When I press down on the pedal I only get more treble and volume. It doesn't wah. I'm reading that this could be due to a an open inductor. The one I build has a Sabbadius inductor but my when using my old dunlop inductor (from a crybaby) I have the same problem. What else can be going on here? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Still haven't got it working. Here is a short audio clip showing my problem. First is the clean sound then I'm slowly turning the pot (by hand). The wah goes from very low volume to more trebly. I checked the inductor and it shows a resistance of about 25 ohms so that seem to be working. Any help would be greatly appreciated! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/137602/sd.wav
Here are some additional photos! I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on! Another strange thing is, is that one of the transistors has all pins with a voltage of about 8, while the other has normal voltages! Could this be a ground problem?