Black dog build (solved)

[Mikey]

I am new to building  pedals I have had 5 successful builds. But I have also had about 5 fails I can’t figure  out where I went wrong  on this black dog build. I TESTED all my connections but I  can’t seem to find the problem. I had the switch  mounted to a breakout. That didn’t work! So I rewired switch  directly added the clr and tried again to no avail. Led does not  come  on. I do get through  signal  but as soon  as I  hit the switch  its dead. So now I  am  at a loss. I SET it aside for now. I will  probably  just work  on another build. Here’s a pic of the enclosure  I did for it. I will  figure  it hopefully.

[MathU41]

I love that artwork.
I’m not a huge help on the troubleshooting, but the biggest thing is making sure everything’s the right polarity. Diodes, electrolytic capacitors, power supplies.
That last one gets a lot of people until it becomes muscle memory. Center post is negative. 

[Mikey]

I’ll check everything  with  my mm agian

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[Jeff24]

Awesome graphics on the enclosure!

You need to post some photos of the PCB and wiring…. Tough diagnosing the issue with no visuals.

[Mikey]

I figured it out I was using  a new 9v jack and had mixed up the + and – works fine now thanks  for the replies.

[Mikey]

Alright  here are pics  of the finished build

[Mikey]

Everything  is test through  my bench amp before  and after  it goes into  the enclosure  to avoid  to much hassle, of taking  it  in and out to diagnose. Issues . Learned that the hard way.

[Mikey]

Next  build will be the purpetrator its the purp board with the tone tweak.

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