Gerix
Second Lieutenant   Posts: 51 Registered: 11/28/2004 Status: Offline
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posted on 8/17/2006 at 14:59 |
My dad's friend gave me a small stone a while back, because it had been in
his basement when his house flooded. I've been working on removing the
corrosion. I've also replaced the slide switch and battery connector, but
it doesn't seem to have much depth, if any. I was wondering where I should
start on the circuitboard to fix the pedal. The pedal is rather old, so
should the electrolytics be replaced?
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brian
Moderator   Posts: 1075 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/18/2006 at 09:51, Reply 1 |
I would check all the parts with your meter and make sure there reading
close to their values. Replacing the electrolytics is a good idea but keep
the originals in a small baggy for resale value later.
let me know how it goes....
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GuitarMuscle
Captain   Posts: 161 Registered: 5/4/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/18/2006 at 10:27, Reply 2 |
I used to own of those pedals but gave it away like a dummy 
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Gerix
Second Lieutenant Posts: 51 Registered: 11/28/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/28/2006 at 09:21, Reply 3 |
I checked two of the electrolytics. They were fine, but now, when the
color switch is off, a whining can be heard. The potentiometer even causes
the pitch to change. I think I might have shot something when I put it
back together. The new switch had longer leads, so one of them touched the
cable tip. I didn't have time last night to check what else might have
caused the problems. I may have created a short when I soldered the second
capacitor back in. Those things aside, I could hear a little bit of phase
shifting. Unfortunately, that was when the pedal was off. Well, I'll
check it tonight and see if I missed something obvious.
BTW, should I remove the transformer input? I think that might be causing
some problems, and I haven't seen an 1/8th inch mono jack used for a
transformer, ever.
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Guitar101
Moderator  Posts: 481 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/28/2006 at 11:33, Reply 4 |
| are you speaking of the adapter plug? Alot of the old ones had a 1/8" plug ____________________
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Gerix
Second Lieutenant Posts: 51 Registered: 11/28/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/28/2006 at 11:58, Reply 5 |
Yeah, that's it. I'm thinking about taking it out. The switch is causing
pops (I think). I'm still at school, so I can't check what's causing the
problem.
I hate how the pedal seems to get worse as I work on it.
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brian
Moderator Posts: 1075 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/28/2006 at 12:16, Reply 6 |
Sounds like a grounding problem or you have adapter plug wired backwards.
It's hard to say since I can't see it or hear it.
[Edited on 9/28/2006 by brian]
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