I recently built a kingslayer. I chose the buffered version. In bypass and effect on, the led stays on. I'm thinking it may be something to do with the switch? I used a dpdt. I get sound in both bypass and when the effect is on. When it's on, it acts as a clean boost, the switches don't have any effect on the sound, and I can't manage to get any clipping out of it. The gain pot acts as if it is wired backwards, but it's not, I triple checked, and it just makes the volume louder, it doesn't add any dirt to the signal. I have 1n34 in D4 & D5, red 3mm leds in D8 & D9, and bat46 in D2 & D3. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Di you check for solder bridges and all the basic trouble shooting stuffs?
yep. Everything looks fine to me.
Everything works fine if I wire it for true bypass. In buffer mode, it only works if I disconnect the ground/sleeve connection to the switch, which disables the led.
Quote from: REPTAR on May 25, 2013, 11:38:28 PM
Everything works fine if I wire it for true bypass. In buffer mode, it only works if I disconnect the ground/sleeve connection to the switch, which disables the led.
I noticed that also with mine. The led is grounded to the enclosure itself on mine and the hot wire goes to the board. Works, and I think that's weird.