one knob fuzz

[Crawf]

Hi, I am working on the one knob fuzz from the Dragonfly layouts, it shows two 1uf caps,ceramic i think but i only have electrolytic of that value which have a positive and negative side,could i use them and if so which way would the + and - sides go on the layout,thanks Crawf.

[fixr1984]

Yea you can use them. Put the + side of the one on the battery side facing up and the other
two should have the + side facing down. Hope that makes sense to you.

[Crawf]

Hi, Just wondering if anybody could suss this out, i`ve built the "one knob fuzz" and lo and behold, nothing! except when i hold the board and let my finger or thumb touch the soldered ends(just certain ones) the fuzz kicks in and depending how i move my thumb it gets louder, soon as i let go, back to no signal. I`ve changed the pot and omitted the switch to try and narrow the problem down but as a beginner i dont know where to look next,any clues anybody? thanks Crawf.

[fixr1984]

I would check all the connections and make sure they are good
then i would make sure everything is grounded properly.

[8mileshigh]

Crawf,

One thing I've learned to do is tug hard and wobble all of my wire solder joints when I'm finished, I almost always find poor solder joints and save myself an annoying trouble shooting session. You probably have a bad connection. 

I built the L'il Devil one knobber in the Dragonfly folder and love it !  It's in his schematics folder.

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[Crawf]

Thanks,I`ll check it out tonight and let you know how i get on, cheers Crawf.

[seanthomas46]

It's an over used statement, nonetheless, it's what got me through my first few projects successfully.
CHECK YOUR WIRING!
If that's not the case, good luck man

[Crawf]

Hi again,Well after a few nights of hair pulling and checking everything over and over i noticed that i had misplaced some components so i replaced them and made sure they were in the correct positions and hey ho......fuzz, so thanks again for keeping me right(again!!!!!!!!!!)cheers Crawf.