My Bluesbreaker clone crapped out

[BubbaKahuna]

Worked fine for several months but now puts out about half input volume and sounds all fizzy - not the nice crunch I've grown to love.
The change was not gradual at all - it worked fine at one gig and the next it didn't.
It lives in a very well made and protective hard case-pedalboard so it wasn't banged around.

I've reflowed every solder joint in it (just in case there was a flaky one) but no cigar.
Do OpAmps just give up the ghost sometimes?

Cheers,
- JJ

[jlullo]

jj,
that sounds like it could be a transistor problem... can you post voltages?  did the pcb knock itself loose and ground itself on the enclosure somewhere?  does it work with the board outside of the enclosure?

jonathan