Hello all,
I purchased an EH Nano Clone a couple of years ago. A few months after that I got a daisy chain for my board. Being a n00b guitarist/electrician, I disregarded the warning about daisy chaining the Nano Clone and did it anyway. Of course it did not work so I went to battery. For some reason I tried daisy chaining it again after a few months and it once again didn’t work. However, soon after that my pedal stopped working. (No surprise, as a side note, could some one explain how the whole grounding thing works in electronics and signals? I do not understand the whole negative/positive issue)

What is interesting is how it stopped working. The Nano Clone works perfectly when switched off for true bypass. However, when I engage the pedal my guitar signal disappears and all i can hear is that all too familiar “white noise” the Nano Clone normally produces. Please note the LED lights up when the pedal is engaged.

I know my clone is far passed warranty (and I’m probably the cause of the pedal’s failure anyway) But I would love to try and fix this thing myself. I have a strong interest in circuits and was wondering if any of you had any ideas as to what the problem is and how I can fix it. I’ve already dismantled the pedal and have looked at the circuit board.

My amateur speculation says that the problem is not in the power supply or the bypass section of the pedal, but either in the footswitch or actual effect section of the pedal.

I’ve got a soldering iron and an fearless drive to fix this thing, and nothing to lose.

What can I do?

Thanks in advanced!