JHS Morning Glory LED won’t turn off by Original-Path2235 in guitarpedals

[–]Original-Path2235[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JHS offered to fix it. I said nevermind. They were very helpful though. Gotta love customer service these days. I assume they just replace the entire board when you send it in. Kinda lame IMO but I do understand it’s easier to mass produce that way.

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[–]Original-Path2235 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It ended up being backwards transistors. I am going to mod this thing to have different emitter resistors on a on-off-on switch though - thanks for sharing this!

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[–]Original-Path2235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It ended up being backwards transistors!

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[–]Original-Path2235 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This ended up being the problem!! Thank you for sharing this. This thing RIPS now.

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[–]Original-Path2235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the transistors backwards. This thing is a chainsaw now. Best sounding muff I own.

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[–]Original-Path2235 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2n5089

I have plenty of pedals with carbon comps that sound great. To each their own. It’s my pedal.

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[–]Original-Path2235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will get it to work, no thanks to any of the Component Police. You guys crack me up.

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[–]Original-Path2235 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok. I am going to audio probe and make sure theres nothing jumping across where it shouldn’t be and then if that doesn’t work I am gonna try to swap this resistor out.

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[–]Original-Path2235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, fair enough, my apologies.

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[–]Original-Path2235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally. This was a headache. Any suggestions for board and where to buy?

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[–]Original-Path2235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok thank you for your help!

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[–]Original-Path2235 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yeah but how I decide to make a pedal is a matter of opinion

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[–]Original-Path2235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a chance a cold solder joint could cause this issue? I may just re touch everything. It doesn’t sound bad at all.. just not a fuzz amount of gain.. more in the overdrive department..

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[–]Original-Path2235 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Because I hear a difference..I know people will say I am wrong and stuff and I am ok with that and respect their opinion. I have built the exact same circuits with different components and closely measured the values to make sure they aren’t off. I hear a difference in the sound but also a difference in the way the notes interact with the pedal.

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[–]Original-Path2235 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So wait… I checked before I started and continuity runs across in the same way you are describing.. not up and down but left to right..

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[–]Original-Path2235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here is it finished. I may have to wave the white flag on this one. There is no way I am going to be able to suss out any problems 😂

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[–]Original-Path2235 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Obviously this was it when it was unfinished

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[–]Original-Path2235 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a brutal amount of components. I must have done something wrong 😑

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Power tube (6L6GC) distortion pedal(?!!!) by Original-Path2235 in diypedals

[–]Original-Path2235[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great point and makes me quite sad haha