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I just built the Large Beaver Rams Head pedal.

When i turn the switch to On, the tone control and flat/scoop/hump switch does not work.

When I turn the switch to Off, all the controls work.

Is this normal?

Tone Bypass Toggle (left toggle switch): This either activates the tone bypass (on) which deactivates the tone knob and Tone Toggle switch, or deactivates it (off) and allows you to select your mids, and use the tone knob.



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I did read that excerpt in the instructions but I didn’t understand it.

sorry, thought you may have missed it. Yes, that is normal operation. The things we have all missed in this hobby. I have such embarrassing story of forgetting g to put in ICs and transistors not forgetting to plug in my guitar. Just today, I forgot to plug in the power. I have been doing this for 8 years now, and 100s of pedal builds.


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Pedal building is like the opposite of sex. All the fun stuff happens before you get in the box.

I do this sort of thing for a living and I have had a few times where I forget to power a pedal and don't immediately recognize that as the cause for it not working

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Plugging the input and output cables into each other's jacks is one of my favorites....

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Scott

My band, Austin Hollow

The quoted portion of the instructions could use some rewording for clarity. It uses “deactivate” to refer to two different things and then goes to the pronoun “it” in a way that makes it hard to tell what’s going on.

Here’s what I think it means (not having built the pedal myself):

In the ON position, this switch engages the tone bypass: it deactivates both the tone knob and the mids selector switch.
In the OFF position, this switch leaves the tone knob and mids selector switch in the circuit.

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Scott

My band, Austin Hollow