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Hi, all-
I am so new at this, I am almost embarrassed to post a question.
I am trying to repair the above mentioned pedal. When I got it, it wouldnt work at all-looking inside, I could see several direct shorts, actually about 22 of them...also, several components were mis-wired, and one component was missing-jfet pf5102, no one locally had any of these in stock-I managed to find an mpf 102, and I subbed that for the 5102, and ther were several wires soldered where they didnt belong. I desoldered all of the wiring, put components in there correct places, resoldered wiring and plugged it in expecting to hear lush reverb----no effects. I have signal all the way thru, nut thats it-my mix knob has a minuscule effect, nothing dramatic, and there is no reverb whatsoever-

I rechecked for direct shorts

I have checked voltages at certain points in the layout, and they seem to be correct or within 5%.
Its inexpensive enough that it can be replaced, but I want to repair this for the experience.

Any help would be appreciated-
Thanks!

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So, are you telling me its pointless to ask for help figuring something out? Believe it or not, there was a time you needed help too...Ive hit a speed bump, and I dont know enough yet to get around it-I've traced the wiring 3 times against the Final Assembly pic, and all of it matches up. I do not know what else to do, so that is the reason Im asking for help...

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why don't you go through the debugging document provided by the company?
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I think my initial post suggests that I did. You, sir, are quite rude. If you are representative of the kind of help that is available, I think I can do without any.

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Modman-I owe you a sincere apology-I misread your initial reply, and I am sorry...I mistakenly assumed your tagline was your response to me. My bad.

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