i need help fixing my ds-1

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as you may or may not know, i tried to mod my ds-1 a while back and ended up killing it. or so i thought... anyways, i found a wire that i broke and need to know where it goes. it's a yellow wire at the top of the board coming from a spot simply labeled "14". i'm assuming it goes to either the input or output jack, but i'm not sure as none of the connections look like they have a wire ripped out of them. here's a pic(sorry for the cell phone quality):



any help's alway's appreciated

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: i need help fixing my ds-1

as you may or may not know, i tried to mod my ds-1 a while back and ended up killing it. or so i thought... anyways, i found a wire that i broke and need to know where it goes. it's a yellow wire at the top of the board coming from a spot simply labeled "14". i'm assuming it goes to either the input or output jack, but i'm not sure as none of the connections look like they have a wire ripped out of them. here's a pic(sorry for the cell phone quality):



any help's alway's appreciated

The other side of wire/Pin 14 goes over to the input jack....

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thanks! well, now it seems like the pedal is giving some sort of output. when i turn the distortion and tone knobs up i hear "distortion static" coming through the amp, but there's no signal going through the pedal from the guitar. any idea what it could be?

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: i need help fixing my ds-1

thanks! well, now it seems like the pedal is giving some sort of output. when i turn the distortion and tone knobs up i hear "distortion static" coming through the amp, but there's no signal going through the pedal from the guitar. any idea what it could be?

Did you replace any of the distortion diodes? Recheck those,re-check your wiring and soldered connections...Make sure you didn't bridge solder across components..Modding isn't as easy as you think..... ;o)

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it's about 4am and i just got around to it i had a bunch of cold joints, not surprising as i was feeling overwhelmed by the amount of modding i was attempting and trying to get it done quickly, not to mention i was using my small chisel tip iron rather than my pencil tip iron. definitely a recipe for screw ups! but i got it done. thanks for the help mike, and thanks to ErikH for having the mods on his webpage

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: i need help fixing my ds-1

it's about 4am and i just got around to it i had a bunch of cold joints, not surprising as i was feeling overwhelmed by the amount of modding i was attempting and trying to get it done quickly, not to mention i was using my small chisel tip iron rather than my pencil tip iron. definitely a recipe for screw ups! but i got it done. thanks for the help mike, and thanks to ErikH for having the mods on his webpage

You really have to take your time when modding any pedal...It's worth it in the end,as you found out...Sometimes you can spend more time trouble shooting a created problem than actually modding the pedal...I'm John,not sure if I just wasn't mentioned,or if you thought I was someone else? LOL

Glad you got if figured out.

[super rad stuff]

Re: i need help fixing my ds-1

You really have to take your time when modding any pedal...It's worth it in the end,as you found out...Sometimes you can spend more time trouble shooting a created problem than actually modding the pedal...I'm John,not sure if I just wasn't mentioned,or if you thought I was someone else? LOL

Glad you got if figured out.

john spina, the (in)famous pedal modder right?

edit: whoops, i didn't even realize i called you mike

[STRATDELUXER97]

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john spina, the (in)famous pedal modder right?

edit: whoops, i didn't even realize i called you mike

Not sure about the "infamous" part,but yes you might have called me Mike? ;o)

[misterwhizzy]

Re: i need help fixing my ds-1

You really have to take your time when modding any pedal...It's worth it in the end,as you found out...Sometimes you can spend more time trouble shooting a created problem than actually modding the pedal...

I learned this the hard way with the first major mod I did. Even though it's a GIANT PITA, it really is best to hook it up after each component change and make sure it's still working. I resorted to just turning it on, but that wasn't good enough. I had a short between the pots, so the power would turn on, but all the signal was being routed right past the clipping circuit.

It took me at least six hours to figure that out. Eventually, I resorted to electrical-taping all the exposed metal.