Board 'mystery problem.'

Scionreality · #1 01-13-2011, 08:16 AM

Hi all,

I finally got around to reorganizing my pedalboard, and I put one of those DIY patch cable kits in there. The board looks a little better now, there's some new free space, things are in more useable positions and none of it works.

I went through and checked the power, checked each pedal, checked each cable (even the factory ones still there). I gave up for the night. I'm stumped.

What would you guys try next?

Scionreality · #2 01-13-2011, 08:18 AM

I'll post the signal chain, etc. later, as I'm at work right now.

tigerbass · #3 01-13-2011, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Scionreality

Hi all,

I finally got around to reorganizing my pedalboard, and I put one of those DIY patch cable kits in there. The board looks a little better now, there's some new free space, things are in more useable positions and none of it works.

I went through and checked the power, checked each pedal, checked each cable (even the factory ones still there). I gave up for the night. I'm stumped.

What would you guys try next?

This frightens me because I am looking to do the exact same thing REAL soon, and this is what I'm afraid of.

Jimbob Jones · #4 01-13-2011, 08:35 AM

Start by making sure your bass>amp works. It sounds dumb, but my guitard once tore his entire board apart, only to find that it was a dodgy jack socket on his axe...

Next, go through each pedal, directly from the output, each time adding one to the chain; so say your board was Bass>dist>filter>chorus>amp, first try bass>dist>amp, then dist>filter>>amp, etc until you isolate the problem.

A signal chain would definitely help, thanks

Hope that helps!

BruceBass3901 · #5 01-13-2011, 08:35 AM

Is there a possibility that one of the cable's soldered sections has worked loose?

metalinthenight · #6 01-13-2011, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones

Start by making sure your bass>amp works. It sounds dumb, but my guitard once tore his entire board apart, only to find that it was a dodgy jack socket on his axe...

Next, go through each pedal, directly from the output, each time adding one to the chain; so say your board was Bass>dist>filter>chorus>amp, first try bass>dist>amp, then dist>filter>>amp, etc until you isolate the problem.

A signal chain would definitely help, thanks

Hope that helps!

^ THIS.

Scionreality · #7 01-13-2011, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by metalinthenight

^ THIS.

I'll try this when I get home, thanks.

I tested the cables by using them between bass and amp, so I know those work. I even wiggled 'em around to see if I could get one to cut out.

And I went through the board from the first pedal and pulled the cord out of each input jack and touched the tip to make sure I got the "hum" from my speakers. One didn't -the Boss DD-3- so I checked that one independently, but, no, I didn't check all of them independently, or like you mention above.

By the way, I used a solderless kit.