Post by sickboy on Aug 30, 2012 16:48:17 GMT -5
Hi all,
So i'm pretty handy when it comes to working on guitars; set-ups and neck adjustments are a breeze, changed pups like a mad man, built a couple cigar box guitars... so i thought i'd try building a fuzz pedal in an old pomade can - call my GREASY FUZZ. So i bought a Moss Rite reproduction kit off GuitarGadget and gave it a shot.... and after the better part of today i've got nothing. i figured i could follow along well enough and have worked with pots and soldering, but nothing.
So after a couple of hours trouble shooting, checking the schematics, checking the soldering, going and buying a new 9V just to make sure i've covered all my bases, i am officially beat but i do want to get this stuff and understand.
So finally to the question - is there a way i can tell if i've burnt out components of my kit? That's my kind of last explainable reason for not working i can figure. Or if you all have any suggestions i'd sure appreciate it.
Ok so... as far as i can tell the resistors are in the right direction, the solder joints aren't touching though things are definitely not 'pretty'.
So i'm posting a link to a few photos so that maybe y'all can give me a bit of guidance.
plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113603122661802604776/albums/5782580894630556545
Would really appreciate some help.
The last photo shows my soldering iron info... i'm still thinking that i may have burned out some/all components but don't know how to test for it.
So i'm pretty handy when it comes to working on guitars; set-ups and neck adjustments are a breeze, changed pups like a mad man, built a couple cigar box guitars... so i thought i'd try building a fuzz pedal in an old pomade can - call my GREASY FUZZ. So i bought a Moss Rite reproduction kit off GuitarGadget and gave it a shot.... and after the better part of today i've got nothing. i figured i could follow along well enough and have worked with pots and soldering, but nothing.
So after a couple of hours trouble shooting, checking the schematics, checking the soldering, going and buying a new 9V just to make sure i've covered all my bases, i am officially beat but i do want to get this stuff and understand.
So finally to the question - is there a way i can tell if i've burnt out components of my kit? That's my kind of last explainable reason for not working i can figure. Or if you all have any suggestions i'd sure appreciate it.
Ok so... as far as i can tell the resistors are in the right direction, the solder joints aren't touching though things are definitely not 'pretty'.
So i'm posting a link to a few photos so that maybe y'all can give me a bit of guidance.
plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113603122661802604776/albums/5782580894630556545
Would really appreciate some help.
The last photo shows my soldering iron info... i'm still thinking that i may have burned out some/all components but don't know how to test for it.
