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  • February 23, 2012 at 6:12 am #82184
    foxtrot
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    Hi all,

    I just acquired a big muff pi tone wicker pedal. After only having the change to play with it for a short while earlier this evening, it seems like the tone switch isn’t functioning right.

    When turning it off it comes close to completely cutting my volume. If I really start to crank my amp I get some sound back but still no where near where the volume should be.

    My rig includes a Blackstar HT 40 and Gibson Les Paul Studio Deluxe. I tried the pedal through my Fender Mustang III too and experienced the same problem.

    If anyone has any ideas on what the problem might be feel free to share. I am posting because I won’t really get the chance to test it out more until tomorrow afternoon but I’ll be able to check back on here during the day.

    February 23, 2012 at 3:54 pm #116997
    foxtrot
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    Well I played with it a little more earlier this morning. The tone switch seems to be cutting the sound off for some reason. If I flip it off but then give it just a bit of pressure the other way and hold it, it works…

    February 23, 2012 at 3:59 pm #116999
    The EH Man
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    sounds like it’s either a bad switch or it might just be a bad solder joint. You could open up the pedal and touch up the solder joints on the switch.

    February 23, 2012 at 5:14 pm #117001
    foxtrot
    Member

    Thanks for the reply. That’s more than I want to get into with new pedal so I am going to exchange it.

    The great news is I love the sound coming from it!

    April 14, 2012 at 11:58 pm #117330
    PanamaJudas
    Member

    I have literally just got my hands on one of these and have the same problem, but in reverse! When I switch the tone switch to on it completely cuts out, but if I apply a little pressure it kicks in. I’m a little lazy and wondered how easy the solder job would be, assuming that’s the only thing that could be wrong with it.

    September 9, 2013 at 2:36 pm #119347
    cakerins
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    I have one that does the exact same thing. I sent it back to EHX under warranty. They sent it back, but apparently they don’t keep records of repairs so I have no idea if they ever did anything about it. I am just going to sell it, because it seems to be a common problem.

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