plunkrock Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I just picked up a Korg Pitchblack from the forums recently and I had tested it briefly at home then took it to band practice on Thursday where it performed admirably running on 9V battery, much better/faster tracking than my Boss TU-2! Take it out of my gig bag today for the first time since then and the thing seems to be dead as a doornail! Not working on battery, then tried my Boss PSA adaptor into it and nothing Out of curiosity I tried daisy chaining another pedal and that worked fine. Anyone experienced this problem? I know they are a fairly popular pedal. Any suggestions? Literally flipped my TU-2 yesterday - gutted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquipment Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 take the bugger apart and have a good ol nose around in there... probably needs some soldering love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plunkrock Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Had a quick peak and can't see anything obvious, it's a pretty packed little thing though! 3 different boards, eep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Have you tried it without the battery in? If I recall correctly, my pitchblack for whatever reason took the battery as the dominant power source, so if the battery was dead then it wouldn't work with a power supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plunkrock Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Yeah tried with/without battery too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 No problems with mine with this set up. Just checking the really obvious stuff, is the adapter plugged into the 'in' (far left looking from the rear) and not the one next to it? Sorry if these seems prosaic, but sometimes it's the simplest of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Also not wanting to be overly condescending but do you have an input jack plugged in? Even on mains power it needs a jack plugged in to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plunkrock Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Yeah, the power is in the right place and hasn't been in the daisy chain one, this function still works! And yeah, instrument cables are plugged in. I work in IT so totally understand asking these questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 [quote name='plunkrock' timestamp='1368293538' post='2075412'] I work in IT so totally understand asking these questions [/quote]Good to know, some folks get very uppity when the most basic suggestions are put forward (ex IT equipment engineer here). If the power in is daisy chaining other effects but not powering the pedal itself then it sounds like a short or open circuit to me, not easy to check without a circuit diagram I've not had mine apart, so don't know how it's put together, but I would suggest taking as much apart as possible and reassembling. Sometimes that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plunkrock Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 After some very scientific poking around, I've discovered the fault is with the input jack not registering the cable being inserted. Trying to find a replacement online, only 4 solder points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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