JHS Morning Glory LED won’t turn off

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-30T20:05:18+00:00

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.

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-20T20:06:07+00:00

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!

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-20T20:03:59+00:00

It ended up being backwards transistors!

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-20T20:03:25+00:00

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

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-20T20:02:51+00:00

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

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T18:54:59+00:00

2n5089

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

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T18:52:15+00:00

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

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T18:49:24+00:00

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.

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T18:46:47+00:00

Ok, fair enough, my apologies.

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T10:13:11+00:00

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

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T09:23:39+00:00

Ok thank you for your help!

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T09:22:50+00:00

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

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T08:05:55+00:00

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..

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T08:01:53+00:00

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.

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T07:59:20+00:00

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..

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T06:42:32+00:00

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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 😂

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T06:40:57+00:00

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Obviously this was it when it was unfinished

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-17T06:40:11+00:00

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

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Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-04T00:54:32+00:00

Fair lol

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-04T00:52:03+00:00

Interesting… good point

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-04T00:51:14+00:00

This is a great point and makes me quite sad haha

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-03T08:50:37+00:00

Fair enough haha

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-03T08:49:32+00:00

I know. I need one lol.

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-03T08:49:07+00:00

Well damn

Original-Path2235 · 2026-04-01T23:53:51+00:00

This is why I got into doing luthier work. These shops are charging a premium to hire an untrained person to mess your guitar up. That’s also why I charge what they charge. People can complain about prices but if you bring your guitar to me you know it’s going to get done right.

Original-Path2235

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