Fuzz factory clone advice

Misterg

suspiciousminds said:

So, if i test it unhoused and touch the stab knob across the wire contacts it works fine

Do you mean touching the battery lead to the lug on the Stab pot? Or something else?

suspiciousminds said:

should i solder a wire directly from the stab knob to earth?

The  wire that goes to the Stap pot (lugs 2 & 3) should be the battery positive, not the earth....??

Photos would be good 

suspiciousminds

Cheers guys - will get some photos up shortly - i have made progress - as suggested i checked each pot and theres a possibilty that one was shorting against the case so i've covered all solder points on the pots with insulating tape so they cant contact the case.
Now, with it all housed and the input/output cables connected,as soon as i put the battery in for a few seconds the unit works great but then the distortion seems to settle at one level (rather tame) with the pots not really interacting much with each other (although for a few seconds
its great).
Any ideas?

ICBM

Have you tried a new battery? You could have killed it if something was shorting before.

If yes, still try undoing each component until you find which one (or combination) is causing it.

suspiciousminds

Cheers icbm,
Have popped another battery in and got my others on charge now and it does sound better just like a normal fuzz but not fuzz factory.
Well seems to be no probs earthing but the vol, gate and comp pots dont appear to do much whereas theres a noticable difference tweaking the other two.

suspiciousminds

Thinking of adding an led to this build - would a 4m7 resistor before the led be ok to use?

ICBM

suspiciousminds said:

Thinking of adding an led to this build - would a 4m7 resistor before the led be ok to use?

Not if you want the LED to light up .

Try 4K7 .

Although even that might be a bit high - it depends on the LED.

suspiciousminds

Ahh cheers icbm - i thought it was 4 summat 7!
Have a wisdom!

MtB

The layouts / diagrams that I have seen show this resistor at either 4k7 or 2k2.