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  • August 21, 2009 at 6:26 am #78826
    x7shadesofblackx
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    Alrighty, well I just traded my Big Muff for a Stereo Pulsar – it seems the Pulsar was damaged in some way, because it just ain’t workin’ right.

    The Depth knob has somehow become a demented volume knob, ridding me of all of my volume – the depth of the effect stays the same but my volume goes to hell. And it clips horribly unless the knob is all the way up…

    Ever keep strumming or holding a note while you turn your amp on standby?

    Yeah, it sounds JUST like that. Nasty, torn speaker sounding clipping.

    I’ve tried it with batteries, power supply, first in my chain, last in my chain, straight to amp, in my FX loop – every possible combination known to mankind.

    I’m very frustrated with it at the moment – has anyone else had this problem, and can anyone tell me what it is?

    August 21, 2009 at 10:06 am #100820
    hundirlaflota
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    Hi,
    first of all, if the pedal is defective maybe you should try and return it.
    Having said this, I’ll tell you my case: while replacing a dead delay chip inside my vintage Clone Theory pedal, one of the knobs (the Chorus/vibrato one) acted only as volume pot and no effect at all,
    In my case, the problem was that the chip was not properly engaged to the “baseboard” (is that the correct term in English?) that a very good technician (Astone) had installed in order to replacing chips in an easy way.
    So I had only to open it again and engage the chip properly.
    Since I don’t know how is a Pulsar on the inside and I assume the chips are soldered, it might be a soldering problem. But hey, I wouldn’t mess inside if you don’t feel up to it.
    Don’t know if this helped, sorry,
    Best Regards
    Pablo

    August 21, 2009 at 3:51 pm #100830
    x7shadesofblackx
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    Well, see the problem is that the guy who bought the pedal bought it about a year ago – I traded my Big Muff for it… the guy already said he’d pay me for the Big Muff, but I really wanted to see if i could somehow fix the pedal or something… how long are EHX pedals covered under manufacturers?

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