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tiny tripple bypass question

6/13/2000 7:05 PM
peter	tiny tripple bypass question Hi, a few weeks ago I finished the ks69 fuzz and was very hapy with it, so I decided to go and try to put in a status light. I had all the parts needed for the Tripple Bypass (1N914, 3x2N3904, resistor and led) and put it togheter yesterday...eh..night It worked, sort of, when nothing was plugged in. It worked perfectly, the led went on when the effect was on, and the led went off when the effect was off...but when I plugged a jack into the input, the led stayed on, constantly going even slightly brighter when the effect was off. I think I know what the problem is, but I am clueless how to solve it. The problem is that the +9v is soldered to the ring of the input jack and the sleeve is grounded, when I plug something in, the +9v connects to ground...no that can't be right...I'm doing something wrong. Anyway the effect works perfectly and so does the led when nothing is connected...but it's a bit silly stomping boxes on and off which aren't connected isn't it ? Or maybe the effect is wired wrong ? Does anybody have any answer for this ? I've gone over the comon pitfalls page on Aron's page but couldn't find anything that might solve this. Regards, Peter.

6/13/2000 7:05 PM

peter

tiny tripple bypass question

Hi,
a few weeks ago I finished the ks69 fuzz and was very hapy with it, so I decided to go and try to put in a status light.
I had all the parts needed for the Tripple Bypass (1N914, 3x2N3904, resistor and led) and put it togheter yesterday...eh..night :-)

It worked, sort of, when nothing was plugged in.
It worked perfectly, the led went on when the effect was on, and the led went off when the effect was off...but when I plugged a jack into the input, the led stayed on, constantly going even slightly brighter when the effect was off.

I think I know what the problem is, but I am clueless how to solve it. The problem is that the +9v is soldered to the ring of the input jack and the sleeve is grounded, when I plug something in, the +9v connects to ground...no that can't be right...I'm doing something wrong. Anyway the effect works perfectly and so does the led when nothing is connected...but it's a bit silly stomping boxes on and off which aren't connected isn't it ?
Or maybe the effect is wired wrong ?
Does anybody have any answer for this ? I've gone over the comon pitfalls page on Aron's page but couldn't find anything that might solve this.

Regards,
Peter.

Replies:

peter Re: tiny triple bypass question -- 6/13/2000 7:42 PM
Steve Daniels (Small Bear Electronics) Re: tiny tripple bypass question -- 6/13/2000 10:58 PM