Pinball Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) Hi, I have a problem. my pedal board has been sucking bass tone and the culprit seems to be my DI box. I have noticed that the blue light on my Blowtorch remains on all the time. It does change the sound when I hit the button but it seems to continue to suck bass tone. Is it likely to be fixed by putting in a new switch or is it something more serious? Is it worth fiddling with or do I need to throw it away and get something else? Edited February 23, 2014 by Pinball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roceci Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I had the same problem with a Blowtorch before. The light would only dim ever so slightly when off. The problem was caused by accidentally running it off a 9V power supply one time, could this be the problem? That said I didn't notice any tone suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Hmm, thanks thats interesting. I have one of those in-line adapters it may be that is acting up and the "tone sucking" may be somewhere else. I'll do some more investigations tomorrow. I don't think the neighbours would appreciate me testing it out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roceci Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Ah you know you want to. With the boost switch kicked in too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 The led staying on is a sign of a burnt out power circuit cause by inadvertently running at 9v as previously mentioned. Are you the first owner of the pedal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Nope I bought it used ages ago off here. It did appear OK, although I haven't used it much to be honest. I got one of those 9v to 18v in line adapter/booster thingies straight off. It sounds like the problem though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Well I checked my set up. The way I have it is a direct line from my Belcat power station, to a Diago 9v to 18v converter and then into the Blowtorch so that should have been fine. I tried if with Batteries and the same story, the light just stays on all the time. My technical assessment is that its stuffed and just to finish it off one of the battery compartment catches broke while putting the batteries in Scrap? Now moving on to investigate the tone sucking problem without the MXR in the chain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 You could sell it as not working and just state the fault. I'm are I saw one for sale with the same issue for £30 odd recently. What is your current board running? I have (hopefully) just sorted mine out as it was horrendous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 [quote name='Damonjames' timestamp='1393332056' post='2378766'] What is your current board running? I have (hopefully) just sorted mine out as it was horrendous! [/quote] Running from left to right OUT....MORLEY BASS WAH.....EBS UNICHORUS.....OVERDRIVE (WAS BLOWTORCH)...EBS MULTICOMP.....DIGITECH HT6 TUNER...IN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 True bypass is your friend here, your signal chain is not too long, so if your ebs pedals are the new true bypass versions, your life will become easier. If tu are not, then you may want to look at getting a effects loop box. You can get them off eBay, and they may seem expensive, but having just built a four way effect loop box, I think I would just buy one ready made! I enjoyed making it but it does take a while, and it becomes a bit tedious if it doesn't work properly first go. Try an keep a high quality buffered pedal in the middle of you chain, not sure what the ebs pedals are like in this respect but do some research on a suitable pedal, I use a MI Audio boost n buff. Then look at your patch leads, I have just rebuilt Mine using lava solderless, and in hindsight this was probably a major contributing factor to the tone suck on my board. Hope this helps!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Damonjames' timestamp='1393408823' post='2379787'] True bypass is your friend here, your signal chain is not too long, so if your ebs pedals are the new true bypass versions, your life will become easier. If tu are not, then you may want to look at getting a effects loop box. Try an keep a high quality buffered pedal in the middle of you chain, not sure what the ebs pedals are like in this respect but do some research on a suitable pedal, I use a MI Audio boost n buff. Then look at your patch leads, I have just rebuilt Mine using lava solderless, and in hindsight this was probably a major contributing factor to the tone suck on my board. Hope this helps!! [/quote] Thanks, the EBS pedals are "true bypass". I already have a loop and tuner out box so will maybe use that to loop out the Wah and tuner. I'm noticing a difference with the blowtorch removed so guess the fault was having a n effect because (it used to be fine). If I get a true bypass distortion or fuzz I should be back on track. Edited February 26, 2014 by Pinball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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