Lovely Squeezer - Fuzzdog pedals - HELP!

[haddocksknees]

Hello there!

I'm not a complete noob, I've built quite a few projects but I'm not brilliant when it comes to debugging, I've not chucked anything in the bin yet but I'm very close with this one.

I've recently built a lovely squeezer compressor from http://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/ and I'm getting zero output, nada, zip.

Here's the link: http://pedalparts.co.uk/docs/LovelySqueezer.pdf

I've double checked diode polarity, electrolytic cap polarity, Pots etc and everything seemed ok, I also checked to see if there were any shorts and still everything seemed ok.

So I'm at a bit of a loss and need some help. So below is the schematic with a load of voltage readings which I hope are in the right place. Let me know if they're not, but any help would be appreciated.

Cheers folks!

[Kipper4]

Edit RTFM Kipper

pins 1,2,3,5,6,7 of the Ic should all be around 4v6 seen at VB.
check your biasing resistors for bad joints R3 R7

Whats the voltages at pin 8 and 4 of the IC?

[Cozybuilder]

If you post photos of your build, front and back, one of us might spot something and give some useful insight.

[haddocksknees]

Thankyou both, Pin 8 reads 8.8v and pin 4 reads 0v

I'll post some photos tomorrow

Cheers again

[haddocksknees]

I decided to replace R7 and R3, and whilst I was at it I I thought I would try a different IC.

it only flippin' works!

Thanks for your help, appreciate it.