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I was working on my heavily modified wah pedal and accidentally tore the copper track and eyelet off the underside of the pcb. The eyelet would have connected to the 'out' (leads to the switch) joint on the topside of the board. What should I do? Can i repair it or is it best to get a new board? Is it possible to cut the loose copper track off and simply solder the the loose wire onto another part of the board? I used a jumper cable to connect the loose wire to the torn off copper track but the pedal still wouldn't work.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Nah, just manually connect using a jumper wire, you're good as gold.


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Where would I jump the wire to? I would obviously connect the wire that would normally soldering into the 'out' eyelet on the board to some other part of the board, but where? Or do you mean connect that wire to the cooper track that is now hanging off the board?

Thanks for your quick response.

I think I may have figured it out. I connected a jumper cable from the loose wire that is suppose to be connected to the 'out' eyelet on the pcb, and then I connected the other end of the jumper cable to the copper track that is hanging off the board. The wah pedal worked I also connected the jumper cable to the loose wire and the eyelet on the board that is right next to the 4.7 cap and it worked Therefore, my solution will be as follows:

I'll solder a jumper wire from the loose copper track to the loose 'out' wire then I'll seal it up with heat shrink so I don't get a short.

I learned something from modding this wah pedal with pots for everything, a buffer switch, a 10 cap range switch, and a momentary switch. That is, it's best to do all your mods on the first build as you tend to break stuff when you keep soldering and re-soldering components. It's like the pcb just gets worn out.

Nice job, can't wait to see / hear it.


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