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Hi,
I’ve got an ’83 Small Clone chorus and it works fine and sounds great,
except that it takes a few seconds to get going when I click it on.
It does this not only when I first click it on, but even after using it a few
times in a row. It still takes 5 seconds or so before the chorus effect kicks in.
The guitar signal comes through unchanged after clicking the footswitch,
then after about 5 seconds, the chorus effect comes through as normal.
Wondering if anyone knows what might be causing this. I’ve had a few
replies in another forum that it’s not uncommon for chorus pedals to take a second
or 2 to kick in, but this one does it not only the first time you turn it on,
but every time, and as I said, takes more like 5 seconds to start the chorus effect.
Would this be related to a capacitor kind of thing? I’m not that technically savvy
with pedals, so any help would be appreciated. By the way, the pedal does this
with both a 9v adapter and/or a 9v power supply.
Thanks !
There is a second or two delay once stomped on but 5 seconds does seem excessive. It will do it every time as it’s not a powering issue but the FET taking a moment to change states.
It could very well be an aged cap, there’s a 47nF in the switching circuitry which may have drifted in value or a 1uF connected to the switching FET that could be leaky.
It could very well be an aged cap, there’s a 47nF in the switching circuitry which may have drifted in value or a 1uF connected to the switching FET that could be leaky.
Okay. Thanks for the info. So can I measure those caps and see if they are at the spec
they are supposed to be?
Anyone one else?….got any ideas as to why the delay? Thanks.