plunkrock Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 I've just picked up a one-off fuzz pedal second hand and I absolutely adore the sound. Unfortunately it seems to have a fault and I was hoping someone with a bit of knowledge of pedal guts could advise whether they think it could be an easy fix... It appears to be the footswitch, it turns the pedal on and off but sometimes when pressed on the volume is almost zero, the signal is coming through as you can hear it very slightly. Pressing the footswitch down to where it stops but without clicking it brings the full signal back, then it works fine after doing this once or twice. Does this sound like a replacement footswitch maybe? I really like this pedal so would love to use it, but I can't really if it's a gamble whether it's going to come on or not! I appreciate this might be a hard question to answer but any advice is appreciated! Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 It depends on the circuitry; you may be right, but it's not certain. If you could give the make and model, perhaps someone could help more..? Quote
Sibob Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 Its probably an easy fix, but a photo of the insides would help Si Quote
plunkrock Posted July 17, 2014 Author Posted July 17, 2014 Cheers for the replies guys, I continued to look this up after posting this and I'm fairly certain the foot switch is the problem. Going to take a punt on one from ebay, it solders straight on the board so really simple. Hopefully have it up and running for a couple of quid If not though... pics to follow Quote
ahpook Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Hope it sorts it for you - worth giving the rest of the pedal the once-over whilst you have it open, to check for any obvious shorts or dodgy connections. Quote
chrismuzz Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Best to give it a bash yourself. Last time I took a pedal into a shop to get the footswitch fixed it cost me £30... Which sucked because the pedal was given to me for free! Quote
ratman Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 I recently had a switch go on my fx loop pedal, it was doing the same as yours is. I ordered a new one, took a photo of the old one still wired up, and used that photo as a guide to solder in the new one. It wasn't a hard job and it's as good as new now. Quote
plunkrock Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 *RESOLUTION* Cheers for the input guys, I got my replacement switch in the post yesterday. Short story - seems to have fixed it! I've not managed the neatest job, so don't think I'll be selling this one on, it's a great pedal so hopefully that will be ok the guts were rehoused and it was trickier to get the board out than I expected. Also, my tools were playing up so getting the old one off wasn't as easy as it should have been and a couple of the tracks got damaged. I ran a couple of little jumper wires from the switch to the appropriate parts of the PCB to get around this. I had it working out of the case and when I reassembled, the distortion circuit wasn't working but the clean blend was. The PCB is held in place by the foot switch and I think it was a little too close to the top of the enclosure, moving the nut on the foot switch to give more room has fixed this. Bit of a hassle, but all's well that ends well I guess Quote
Jus Lukin Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) - Edited February 22, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
plunkrock Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 [quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1406121150' post='2508511'] And this pedal waaaaaas... what? Glad you've got it fixed though! [/quote] Haha, sorry - it was a rehoused Malekko B:Assmaster, bought from here and damaged in transit! Quote
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