Hello,
This is my second pedal build. First was a fuzz face that worked out well.
1) I purchased the PCB for a lil beaver rams head. Put it all together, and I'm not getting any sound on the output.
2-5 Pictures in this album
https://photos.app.goo.gl/VfAw9uLeWX5uT7UN76. Is bypass working? Yes, bypass works fine.
7. Does the LED come on? Yes.
8. If you answer yes to 6 and 7, what does the pedal do when it is "on"? Sometimes very very low volume sound
9. Are you using a battery or adapter? (if it's a battery, is it good? If adapter, what type?) Battery only. Tried multiple batteries, all meter 9v or better.
To troubleshoot I built a signal probe which I am admittedly not great at using. Signal tone drops to almost nothing after the 33k resistor. It travels into the first transistor and is still very low volume. The transistors are 2n5088, so I have them oriented the opposite direction of what the board specs since i read the pinout is the opposite. I've reflowed the components so many times it is looking pretty sloppy, but the problem has not changed. I soldered one pot directly to the board to eliminate its wires as an issue. I've cut a few of the resistors to measure them out of circuit since I thought the readings were weird but they were fine out of circuit, so i soldered them back in.
Thanks for any help.