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Help! a newb here,I need to know if I fried this or..

Posted: 16 May 2013, 12:13
by Behold! the unicorn!
Do I have the input and output hooked up right? I drew a rough schematic since I lack the ability to read them at this time.I am trying to learn if someone could help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.The pedal is a DOD fx-90 if anyone can post up an example that would be great.. And how could I tell if it is just fried?

Re: Help! a newb here,I need to know if I fried this or..

Posted: 16 May 2013, 15:48
by Lucifer
Without a diagram of what you've done, how can we tell if you've got things the wrong way round ? And how can we tell if you've fried anything ?

Below is the circuit - available from the Free Information Society website - but if you can't read it, what are you going to do with it ?

It's certainly not the simplest of circuits for a newbie to start on. I'd suggest you try something a bit easier until you get the hang of things.

Good luck :thumbsup

Re: Help! a newb here,I need to know if I fried this or..

Posted: 16 May 2013, 16:39
by Behold! the unicorn!
Output jack
Output jack
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Output jack

Re: Help! a newb here,I need to know if I fried this or..

Posted: 16 May 2013, 18:02
by Lucifer
I'm afraid the photos don't help - apart from showing a green earth on your input jack, and a blue or purple one on your output jack - why the different colours ?

I always standardise my main colours - RED for +ve, BLACK for 0v, YELLOW for Input, BLUE for output - it makes fault finding so much easier.

Is that a LED connected to your input jack ? If so, why ?

The bottom of the big circuit diagram is copied below - it shows the FX-90 board and connections. From what I can see from your photos, you've connected up differently.

Change your wiring to get it to the same state as the diagram, then test your pedal again.

Re: Help! a newb here,I need to know if I fried this or..

Posted: 16 May 2013, 18:14
by Behold! the unicorn!
Yeah I will switch to those primary color's again "thats a good idea" thanks for the help I will try and figure it out.

Re: Help! a newb here,I need to know if I fried this or..

Posted: 18 May 2013, 18:34
by Dirk_Hendrik
I do have the impression the posted photo's show a later revision of that the schem posted... That might cause some :scratch:

Re: Help! a newb here,I need to know if I fried this or..

Posted: 13 Jun 2013, 01:58
by Behold! the unicorn!
Fixed btw.. all the mod's are working and it is really great.

Re: Help! a newb here,I need to know if I fried this or..

Posted: 13 Jun 2013, 09:28
by Lucifer
Well done :thumbsup

Your next one should be easier.