I'm an idiot

Adam_MD

So I finished putting the circuit together for a Bearfoot Honey Bee clone last night

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/bearfoot-honey-bee.html?m=1

Hooked it up to my test rig and no sound. It worked on bypass but not when engaged. Ok I assumed something was grounding so moved the pots apart then started checking for solder bridges. Gave up an hour later and went to bed before I started getting angry because I couldn't see anything wrong with it.

Came home from work today and with a clear head had another look... I immediately realised I hadn't put an IC in the socket!

Yup I'm a fecking idiot. The good news is the pedal sounds great and will be going into an enclosure this weekend. :-). I'm going to do a shootout with my sweet honey OD later tonight to see which one I prefer.

ThorpyFX

if its any help I've done this a lot.... although the worse thing I've done was not plug my guitar in and wondered why there was no sound

Adam_MD

ThorpyFX;1095124" said:

if its any help I've done this a lot.... although the worse thing I've done was not plug my guitar in and wondered why there was no sound

I usually have a guitar cable plugged into the pedal then nothing into the guitar or I have 1 cable into the pedal and a different identical one in the guitar then wonder why I can't hear anything.

Modulus_Amps

oh grief, I am sure we have all done the no guitar plugged in error, the one I have often is forgetting to (re)install pre-amp valves under the cans

Roland

Question 1. Is it plugged in and turned on dear?

olafgarten

Having been chosen at school to go and help the teachers learn how to use computers, there are a large amount of people who expect things to work without being plugged in.

normula1

Back in the day, I once had to drive from Manchester to Aberdeen to fix a printer that the firm swore was dead. Walked through the door, looked at the printer for at least thirty seconds, asked if they had a new ribbon (told you it was back in the day), fitted it and was back in my car heading home in ten minutes including a comfort break.