GuitarPCB | Johnnysmoke | Activity https://guitarpcb.com/members/johnnysmoke/activity/ Activity feed for Johnnysmoke. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:43:48 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 725ddac8e8180f946122a5e720ad816a Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/page/2/#post-37831 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:38:14 -0500 What is an “NT Paramix” ?

]]> 0 410d927e49efb9077cd06bfd03cd5923 Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/page/2/#post-37830 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:37:22 -0500 …how absolutely bizarre. I wrote “It lives” but originally, I was going to write the following:

“It’s Alive! (voice of Gene Wilder)”

]]> 0 2a9e42d70cfb6d73ff7109c82c101956 Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/page/2/#post-37829 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:39:54 -0500 I’m sorry, I don’t remember what size enclosure it is anymore. I’ve had it for 6 or more years. I either got it from Tayda or LoveMySwitches, probably the later.

I painted it with Rustoleum, made the graphics with Inkscape, printed it out on some quality decal paper I bought off Amazon using my Brother laser printer.

I like my pedals to look old…Read more

]]> 0 4c35335660deb6d3788ec68f0476787e Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/page/2/#post-37814 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:20:10 -0500 …and yes. I have better guitar cables. LOL. After I saw this picture, I thought “How in the world did I wind up with that old dog back on my table again?” – that green cable with the duct tape was an instrument cable I used during the 90’s and saw a lot of gigs and abuse.

]]> 0 d3633adb1e9ecbf5cca1c09567bed59e Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/#post-37813 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:18:11 -0500 It lives. Got a new footswitch, wired it in CORRECTLY – and I’ve been messing around with the Paramix for over an hour now, testing the few pedals I have at our apartment. Can’t wait to bring it home tomorrow, I really want to run my Rat Deluxe build in parallel with some other builds.

Also in the pic, a couple other GuitarPCB pedals I put…Read more

]]> 0 cf524bee7a3b5efcaf3f74ee780e2af3 Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/#post-37808 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 04:33:37 -0500 I just barely drifted off to sleep, and I bolt upright with an idea that  pops into my head: is the orientation of the foot switch wrong?

Did I just have my ‘Euteka’ moment?

I think have the lugs perpendicular instead of horizontal. I’ll not be able to sleep until I can sneak out and peek at my pedal.

I was reminiscing about how the inner…Read more

]]> 0 984ad0f200cd2ccca6ade1378255c607 Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/#post-37804 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 23:27:42 -0500 Just spent a couple more hours on this. Numbers are:

Input voltage 9.46 vdc

1: 4.69      14: 4.69

2: 4.69      13: 4.69

3: 4.69      12: 4.69

4: 9.46      11: 0.00

5: 4.69      10: 4.26

6: 4.70      9: 4.69

7: 4.70      8: 4.69

I built a sound probe today. Nifty device. And it gave me an even more puzzling result. (puzzling to me, any…Read more

]]> 0 4a58045ef4a9431a9fff25785b70e4d0 Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/#post-37794 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:01:48 -0500 Thanks for the compliment! I tried all sends and all returns to the amp. I’ve also tried connecting my ‘in’ to the returns with the ‘out’ to the amp. Volume pots are turned fully clockwise.
Nada. Not even a hiss. Nothing.

As per Barry’s post, I also went over the in/out jacks wiring, actually ALL of the wiring, probably 30 times by now. Tips and…Read more

]]> 0 58e3764f758b991987c2f9a1ca2bd8c0 Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/#post-37754 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:34:59 -0400 I just know, deep in the back of my feeble brain, that I’ve done SOMETHING fundamentally stupid with this, and that’s why it’s not working. LOL. I just made sure that yes, in/out jack sleeves are to board, tips to foot switch. I thought it would be ‘hilarious’ had I reverse-wired the output jack, but it’s not. I’ve gone over the wiring on this…Read more

]]> 0 507097d12b87081782c8e66fc409a31e Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/#post-37753 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:07:16 -0400 Done. Also posted IC voltages. Thank you!

]]> 0 b0bb1cfb4f130400b72f483246ea53a9 Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/#post-37752 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:59:39 -0400 <span style=”color: #c9211e;”>“My first check whenever a pedal doesn’t make any noise, is the input and output cables, go direct guitar to amp through both cables. That verifies the guitar and cables and amp.”</span>

I’ve actually done that twice. I made sure my guitar and patch cables were 100% working, along with pedals, etc. that I’ve us…Read more

]]> 0 25fb790cf4a9ef734fa8efffa60aff05 Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/#post-37751 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:32:19 -0400 With two not-so-subtle hints to post pix (LOL) I’ve pulled the PCB out of the housing for the third time, and I’ve taken pictures of my spaghetti bowl. I really hope it helps, because I’m at wit’s end. I’ve had to restrain myself from throwing it in the bin a few times…my wife talked me off the ledge last night. She is the soothing Yin to my…Read more

]]> 0 cabeece9c8c611ff4cb411c3cabd8e61 Johnnysmoke replied to the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/#post-37748 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:18:46 -0400 I thought of that, believe me. The off board wiring though…its like looking at an exploded bowl of spaghetti. Not a lot to see through the many, many wires on this puppy.

]]> 0 962357b2eeb05c2adddfdf514a1dc1c3 Johnnysmoke changed their profile picture https://guitarpcb.com/activity/p/22804/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 23:38:01 -0400 0 a3f51aaf06f166dcf6d8395d2a27524c Johnnysmoke started the topic Paramix: zero sound in the forum GuitarPCB Build Support https://guitarpcb.com/community/topic/paramix-zero-sound/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:48:13 -0400 I have finally built my Paramix V4 – I’ve had it lying around for several years. After the off-board wiring nightmare (LOL) was finally over, I powered it up and…

ZERO SOUND OUTPUT. Not even a hiss. Nada.

Question 1: Shouldn’t there at least be sound coming out of the “Dry” send or the “Wet” send? – because in my case, there isn’t. Nothing out…Read more

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