Surface damage to PCB?

[Canned Laughter]

I was having a hard time getting into my Dano Daddy-O last night, and as opposed to remaining calm and patient, doing a good job, I decided to get frustrated and do a bad job.  None of the actual components were damaged, but I scuffed up some parts of the back (green side) of the PCB.

Now usually I wouldn't bother asking whether or not these scratches could have permanently damaged the circuit, I would just plug it in and find out, but in this case the pedal was broken before I opened it, and the pedal was still broken when I put it back together (), so I can't tell if it made a difference or not.

I planned on taking it to the local tech, but I figure if my irratated fumbling caused irreversable damage to the pedal's guts I shouldn't bother.

Thanks for the imput.

[Paul Marossy]

Scratching off some of that greenish coating won't dmage the PCB. If you cut thru some of the tracks, then yes, it would be damaged. Even if that were to happen, it could be repaired relatively easily.

[Peter Snowberg]

Can you post pictures?  If the PCB is fine I'm sure the problem can be found by using a multi-meter and an audio probe.


Does anybody know if that one has been traced out yet?