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Awesome!  I also wasn't sure if the KOT was for me, and now I have one on both of my boards!

Thanks for the ideas, guys 

I hate to pull it apart again, now that it's working correctly.  But I REALLY don't want it doing that at a gig, so I probably will anyway.  Appreciate all the input.

Aaaaaand now it's working normally again.  WTF!?!

Hooked it up for the first time since the initial incident, just to try to troubleshoot with the "sound on" as it were, and it worked perfectly fine immediately.  This is SUPER strange, because it wasn't even moved off the board or anything since then.  No explanation.  Can't complain, exactly, since it saves me time and money to have it working again, but it still freaks me out a little that there was an incident at all.  Anyway, thanks for the suggestions, and I'll update here if it ever does it again.

That was my thought too, but I couldn't find a problem with ANYTHING internally.  I haven't opened it up to try it again since the very first time it did that, so I'll give it another go this weekend and see what I can find.  Thanks!

Hi all,

Those on here who know me will know that I'm more of a player than a pedal builder, though I've become at least reasonably competent at building over the past few years.  However, I recently ran into an issue that I don't know how to trouble-shoot, so I'm looking for a more knowledgeable member to point me in the right direction.

I have one of the old style Boneyard pedals (3 stomp switches), and while I was swapping some pedals on and off my new pedalboard last week, it all of a sudden stopped working correctly.  I've had it for a couple years, and have used it regularly with no issues, so this is a surprise.  It makes a hideous hum sound when plugged in, and won't allow any guitar through at all.  When I touch both the input and output cable, a good portion of the hum dies down and some small amount of guitar signal passes through, though it sounds awful.  All the LEDs continue to work, also.

I'm assuming one of my two ICs is fried, though I don't know how to test that besides swapping in new ones (which I don't currently have, and must order).  I do have some of the other components socketed, so I made sure to re-seat everything, but to no avail.  Any ideas for a novice trouble-shooter?

Awesome!

Oooh, might try this, too.  Thanks, Brian!

You know my love for this circuit.  Nice work, man!

Look great, man!  You picked a good one, as this is still my favorite distortion box to date.  I like the offset LEDs, too.

Check this out:

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=3924.0

Just saw this thread now, so sorry for the late reply.  Glad you figured something out!

My eventual solution was a compromise: I started using a line buffer on my pedal board at all times (wah first, buffer second, everything else after).  Sounds tangibly better than having my DS1 be the buffer.  I highly recommend a good line buffer no matter what your setup is, so this is a win-win as far as I'm concerned.

I may pull the Boneyard apart and try your shielding suggestion, as well.  Thanks for the good write-up!

Another beekeeper!  My uncle owns an apiary in eastern PA where I've worked part-time for over 10 years.  Now is the time to extract, if you've got the honey flow, that's for sure.  Very cool! 

This .... is awesome.

Hello and welcome!

Being that I'm from the eastern PA, I'll have to go with Yuengling as my standard beer.  I wouldn't say it's my favorite overall, but it certainly is my go-to choice for a working man's brew.  

I also second the love for green tea with jasmine, as well as a well-brewed cup of coffee.  Getting thirsty now...