TS808 troubleshooting: no sound

[afischer82]

I finished my first build last night, a TS808 clone, and to my utter amazement it worked on the first try.  I went to try it out again this morning (i didn't really get to turn it up last night since it was late), and for some reason I get no sound.  The LED lights up, and at first i would get sound if i shifted the pedal around a bit (not everything was mounted in their solidly yet).  I got a consistent signal after a bit of shifting, but as soon as i hit the switch to turn it on, it cut out, and that's the last i heard of it.  My first theory was that the signal was shorting somewhere due to everything being mounted loosely.  I mounted up everything, made sure there was adequate spece between all of the parts, but still nothing.  Any suggestions?

I know there was a section of GEOFEX debugging page about getting no sound once the effect is in the enclosure, which i think may cover my issue, but the owner of GEO let their domain registration lapse, and i can no longer get to it. 

Thanks!
Andy

[petemoore]

  Ti's back online I'm reading.

[jeroen_verbeeck]

We heve at least 2 pages for troubleshooting here, and you don't even have to look hard for them, but I'll link you through:
Topic: What to do when it doesn't work  (Read 5962 times)
Topic: Most likely things wrong if a pedal doesn't work  (Read 302 times)

[petemoore]

Topic: What to do when it doesn't work  (Read 5962 times)
...I don't think I've read it THAT many times...

[afischer82]

Sorry to be such a newbie on that post.  I did find the "what to do when it doesn't work" section right after I posted initially.  I guess like every other newbie I have a tendency to think my problem is "unique" and won't be covered by an FAQ   It was just very peculiar to me that it worked, and then didn't just like that. 

The good news is that I'm back up and running.  When I finally got to the GEOFEX page I started disassembling the pedal and noticed that one of the lugs on the 1/4" output jack was touching the enclosure.  I turned it around, tried it again, and I'm good to go. 

Again, I apologize for cluttering the forum, but thanks for your help!

Andy

[petemoore]

  No Problem...That'll do 'er...
  Boxing up circuits can be a pain sometimes.