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Thanks, I'll go over the pots again and see what I can do to improve things. Yeah, I'm using a battery - though it was unused until I plugged it in a day or so ago. (Multimeter says it's pumping out 9 volts FWIW.) It's been in my basement for a year or so, I wouldn't have thought it would lose a charge that quickly. I'll see if I can't plug it in and retry the multimeter.

Oh, if the meter says 9v, then you're good. Definite power issues on the circuit itself.

Quick, somebody make it happen. This is now getting exciting.


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I asked about the diodes because the glass ones from Tayda are a crap shoot, they might work and they might not. Are you using a battery? If so, it looks like it's about dead. I mentioned the soldering because more often than not, reflow in and making sure you have enough solder fixes the issue. I've been at it a long time and I still have solder bridges from time to time and have to reflow occasionally, we're all human.


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Tube amp?


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Which circuit pops? What circuits are in the box?


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the soldering looks good to me. Next thing to do is check voltages. Please measure voltages of all IC pins and post them here. Did you by any chance apply 18V, because that would fry the charge pump.

The potentiometer soldering looks lacking to me, each joint should look like a silver Hersey's Kiss. Where did you get your diodes, and did you test them before you used them.

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I was thinking of the phase 101, my bad.

So it's 2 phase 90s glued together? You know what to do...

No no, it's so much more....or, I need it to be.


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I don't know, it's  a "custom" series.


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How did this get past me and why is there not a diy version???


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Solder the two sleeves together and to the dc input jack.


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I have not built the new one. Picks ripper has a variant board he sells. It has about a bajillion knobs on it.  Sounds great. I use the EHX soul preacher myself. It's an always on effect on my bass board.  As far as a bass blend, I haven't messed with a compressor that takes away the bottom end yet.


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I've found an optical compressor less versatile in a live setting, I like the Ross in this case. The bearhug will be useful because of the switchable knee.


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With input jacks like that, both have to be grounded, since they're both plastic, the out put jack won't ground through the enclosure.


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