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  • August 30, 2012 at 7:17 am #82545
    boonta
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    I bought a small clone 2nd hand just recently, and it seems to have developed some serious quirks very quickly. When I first plugged in it sounded fine, no problems. The next day I turned the pedal on and the red led came on, but no sound come out of the amp while the pedal was activated. I decided to see if changing batteries would help, and at first nothing happened with the new battery. After a little bit of fiddling with the back of the battery casing… it suddenly started working again. So I figured it must have been a loose connection or something. It worked fine for the next 4 days. Then tonight, I had a gig, and brought the pedal with me. The same issue that I had previously happened on stage. No sound. Nothing. Zip. Is this a battery problem? Is the led separately powered by a watch battery or something? Or is this a serious problem that will require work? Thoughts or help for a relatively new pedal user?

    August 30, 2012 at 12:24 pm #118064
    Cryabetes
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    does the pedal allow signal while it’s bypassed?

    August 30, 2012 at 3:04 pm #118065
    boonta
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    When bypassed it keeps a signal going through. At least by bypassed i assume you mean when its inactive… I didn’t see a bypass switch or anything on the pedal. Like I said…I am relatively new to pedals. At the gig, I was able to play through my Russian big muff just fine, although it was plugged into the signal path with the small clone.

    August 30, 2012 at 3:19 pm #118066
    Cryabetes
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    stomp switch = bypass switch (it’s a bypass because it’s not cutting off power to the electro-guts of the pedal, but instead basically changing the wiring so the signal isn’t being taken from the electro-guts output). Do you use batteries or an ACDC adapter for your pedals?

    August 30, 2012 at 3:23 pm #118067
    boonta
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    Ok cool…thank you for clarifying. I use batteries…but I have a 1 spot power supply coming in the mail soon.

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