Problem with DeadendFx Hooke v2 Build

[airvian]

Hello there, fellow builders!
I started the above build and put it all together. Apart from a capacitor I put in the wrong way (C1 in the schematic, oops) that I noticed after troubleshooting, everything seemed fine. I checked the polarity of all other components as well just to make sure and went through everything with a multimeter. I grounded the pedal to the enclosure with a separate wire to the screw hole, because I only had isolated jacks laying around. I measured the voltages of the different components and compared them to the schematic and they match. However, I don't get any dry through or reverb signal. What I did find however is: when the pedal is in the off position IN/GND are shorted after the relais (at no point before or when the pcbs are disconnected) but when it is in the on position IN/GND is not shorted. OUT/GND does not change on the position of the pedal, it is always not shorted. I can't figure the fault out for the life of me as there is no other point on the PCB, before or after, where a short from GND to signal IN is apparent. Could a messed up realis be the culprit?
For some odd reason i also get some kind of signal through the springs when i touch the contacts of the lower pcb, as it starts humming.
I'd be super grateful if someone familiar with the used switching could take a look at the schematic and maybe give me a pointer. The link is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14DFFtSjmyaPkmzIK1pMJ10vmEHJ6lF2t/view
Best,
Raphael

[duck_arse]

it sounds like a classic jack wiring error. might we see some photos of the thing you have built - including the jacks and off-board parts?

[idy]

The doc recommends the use of their PIC controlled relay bypass. Is that what you are using?
And you've read (the doc) about the specific chips that needs to work?

It is common to ground an input when bypassing. Prevents voltage building up on the input cap and popping on engage. Also produces silence if this is a "tails" type bypass.

I would detach the bypass board and try to confirm that the actual reverb circuit is or isn't working. Then and only then begin trying out the bypass system.

[airvian]

Thanks for all your replies! I ended up not looking at it for a while and focusing on some other projects. Built an audio probe and it ended up really being a wiring error - the output jack wasn't grounded to the sleeve (the jack was but the sleeve wasn't, whole thing was complete garbage. Bought different jacks, now it is all working fine)