Any idea what is wrong here? Fuzz face clone

[Haza1981]

Hi guys.  I'll post pics later but here is a vid
This is my pedal.  Recorded the issue
Possible fuzz fault: http://youtu.be/4R8atyMmQOg

[deadastronaut]

well one good thing s you have bypass..

what layout did you use?...

[Haza1981]

It was a pre built one so I don't know. Just wondered if I could have a go at fixing it rather than binning it

[deadastronaut]

ok, yeah don't bin it, i'm sure the fuzzy guys will get you going..

can you take some pics of the inside and post them up..?  circuit board, footswitch etc...

have you got a multimeter btw?..

[Thecomedian]

That sound happens when there's a reversed transistor or a misplaced ground, usually between the volume pot and the output jack.

The bypass is working properly like you noted. Need schematic and one top and one bottom pic of board.

[Haza1981]

I'll add pics tonight.

Thanks

[electrip]

Wild Thing 

A real keeper, don't change anything.

Sounds like "Jimi plays Monterey"
the last sounds after smashing and burning the guitar.

electrip

[Haza1981]

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/6e0wlbah6bobrvm/AAAUbDV3KgPxAHGA00L8q2kTa

Any ideas

[Quackzed]

i might look close at those solder points/blobs, make sure the ones that should be connected are , and more to the point make sure theres no little spots of solder or little points of it touching anything they shouldn't . maybee take an exacto knife and scrape in between spots that shouldnt connect but are very close... check transistor pin out, check that big a$$ cap is ok...

[Thecomedian]

Actually, the soldering okay. As long as metal touches metal, it conducts, and there's enough obvious flow happening that all the wires should be touching. It's not bad, maybe not best but not bad.

Biggest issue for debugging is that all the wires have the same color. Has OP taken the schematic and followed the wires according to the plan to make sure each one goes to each spot? It's very very difficult to troubleshoot any possible crossed or backwards wiring problem with identical colored wires and lacking any picture that separates the wires as much as possible with obvious connection points between one component and a jack/pot/switch legibly visible.

checking the electrical connections for the board at the moment..

[R.G.]

At the risk of seeming like a one-note song, this is why "what to do when it doesn't work" was written.

Multiple guesses about what maybe could have, should have been, might be, sounds like, and so on are not all that effective at finding actual bugs. What works is getting out your schematic and meter and going at it in a disciplined way.