Signal but no effect

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Ok so I have signal throughout my entire circuit but I have no effect at all. Actually the only place I dont have signal is at some spots in my diode clipping circuit, but I dont feel like this is the prob at all. Also, how can I get my pots and inputs and outputs grounded? I have to hold my cable to get it grounded. This is all on a bread board by the by. Ty for the help in advance!
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OK ok...so I went through this very slowly today and found a ground issue. Fixed it and effect is there now. I now was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get my input and output grounded out on my bread board. I have to hold both in order for them to ground. I have the sleeves going to ground already so Im a lil confused. Also, Im using stereo jacks out as well as in.
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chopin23 wrote:OK ok...so I went through this very slowly today and found a ground issue. Fixed it and effect is there now. I now was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get my input and output grounded out on my bread board. I have to hold both in order for them to ground. I have the sleeves going to ground already so Im a lil confused. Also, Im using stereo jacks out as well as in.
Ty again.

What you could do is connect the sleeves of the in and out sockets together with a suitable length of insulated wire, then connect the sleeve of one socket to the circuit ground on the breadboard, I'm wondering if your grounding issue could be caused by a bad contact in either your in socket, or your out socket, if so, maybe try replacing both sockets with new ones might fix the grounding issue.... :hmmm:
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