Bazz Fuzz - No sound
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Hello everyone first post! I'm brand new to this and I have a little issue with the bazz fuzz I just put together so I am wondering if you could help please.
I soldered everything except power supply which I connected with alligator clips to test it. I am fairly confident everything is plugged in their right place.
For the diode and the transistor I connected them with the sockets.
The I didn't want to solder the pot to the pcb so that I have the extra room for the sockets for the diodes but also the length of the connector ribbon is quite short too.
I connected the pedal to the amp-guitar and the clean sound is coming just fine but when I turn on the pedal I get no sound . The LED lights when I press the footswitch.
When I tested it I also reversed both the transistor and the diofe just to be sure I didn't put them the wrong way and I still got no sound.
I guess my next step will be to disconnect the pcb and the daughterboard and try to test the pcb if it's working but before I do that does anything stand out as blatantly wrong?
I soldered everything except power supply which I connected with alligator clips to test it. I am fairly confident everything is plugged in their right place.
For the diode and the transistor I connected them with the sockets.
The I didn't want to solder the pot to the pcb so that I have the extra room for the sockets for the diodes but also the length of the connector ribbon is quite short too.
I connected the pedal to the amp-guitar and the clean sound is coming just fine but when I turn on the pedal I get no sound . The LED lights when I press the footswitch.
When I tested it I also reversed both the transistor and the diofe just to be sure I didn't put them the wrong way and I still got no sound.
I guess my next step will be to disconnect the pcb and the daughterboard and try to test the pcb if it's working but before I do that does anything stand out as blatantly wrong?
- lolbou
- Old Solderhand
Check for continuity on the footswitch lugs (for signal). Check for continuity as well on the ribbon cable (these can be brittle).
Check pot as well, to see if it's not shorted.
Looks like some solder pads are missing on your pics too...
Check pot as well, to see if it's not shorted.
Looks like some solder pads are missing on your pics too...
- Are you a mod or a rocker?
- Uh, no, I'm a mocker.
- Uh, no, I'm a mocker.
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Thank you very much for the tips but unsure how to perform these tests...I'm really new to this and I don't think I'm clever enough for these things...
How can I do that? Use the multimeter and put the black to ground and then test each one to see what reading I'm getting?
Again with the multimeter to see what reading I'm getting? Does the pedal need to be plugged to power and turned on?
Sorry...how can I do that? Test each leg that is connected to the pcb? Or black to ground and then test each leg?
- lolbou
- Old Solderhand
- lolbou
- Old Solderhand
For continuity, put your DMM in "diode" mode. Some DMMs beep when there is continuity. Or check DC resistance to be zero at each end of the ribbon cable and between each pair of 3PDT switch.
To check the pot, measure the DC resistance between wiper (middle lug) and the grounded one. It should read 0 when set at min, and 100kA when maxed.
- Are you a mod or a rocker?
- Uh, no, I'm a mocker.
- Uh, no, I'm a mocker.
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Hi,
I'll speak in simpleton terms, beeps
Tested how the pot is connected to the pcb and I get no beep for the black cable / the right lug which I think is ground. Is this an issue?
Left/green cable and middle/red cable they beap.
Tested the ribbon and they beap too.
Tested CI to IN beeps but not always, V to V beep, G to G got another beep, DU to CO boom another beep!
Is an issue that the first one is not very consistent? I'm sensing it is but it may be the way I test them.
Tested the diode socket and it's working as it should and the diode is put the right way too.
Tested the jacks and I think I may have an issue with one of them. When I test it I get no beep...
Any ideas?
I'll speak in simpleton terms, beeps
Tested how the pot is connected to the pcb and I get no beep for the black cable / the right lug which I think is ground. Is this an issue?
Left/green cable and middle/red cable they beap.
Tested the ribbon and they beap too.
Tested CI to IN beeps but not always, V to V beep, G to G got another beep, DU to CO boom another beep!
Is an issue that the first one is not very consistent? I'm sensing it is but it may be the way I test them.
Tested the diode socket and it's working as it should and the diode is put the right way too.
Tested the jacks and I think I may have an issue with one of them. When I test it I get no beep...
Any ideas?
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Hello,
I resoldered that jack and it worked just fine!!!
It's fuzzy today in Bedford!!!
Thank you.
I resoldered that jack and it worked just fine!!!
It's fuzzy today in Bedford!!!
Thank you.