FIXED !!! Fired up the amp and ...nothing!

[keithrick]

Thanks to all who have helped along the way! I figured out what the problem was.....a shorted cable to the OD level Pot. I must have melted the sheath to the cable when soldering the ground of one end of my shielded cable to the pot!

I found it after talking with Norm and we were discussing how to ground out the OD channel. I just checked continuity on the Drive pot and OD level pots from the in (hot) to ground.

The amp still has some tweaking to do. I have the 3.3k resister on OD1 and 1uf electrolytics on CL2 and OD2. Mouser sent the 5uf on Friday!

[Normster]

Congrats, Keith!!! Happy tweaking.

[Bob-I]

.....a shorted cable to the OD level Pot. I must have melted the sheath to the cable when soldering the ground

I hate when that happens. It's happened to me so many times now that I check each time with my meter after soldering shielded cable.

[keithrick]

Yeah, only took me two days to figure out.! LOL! Both my neighbors checked out the amp today and gave it the thumbs up! I do still have alot of tweaking to do though! (they couldn't tell, it already sounds better then the Bassman!)

Omar- Thanks again for the killer site!

Normster, Again, Big Props on the layout and for your help.

Dogears, Bob-I, Glasman, Paul Ruby MXP-MR2(I think ) ect. - thanks to you for your layouts and discussions as well I definatley picked up some tricks from you!

[Allynmey]

.....a shorted cable to the OD level Pot. I must have melted the sheath to the cable when soldering the ground

I hate when that happens. It's happened to me so many times now that I check each time with my meter after soldering shielded cable.

I always buy Teflon Shielded after that same thing derailed me for a week with one of my first builds!

Allyn

[keithrick]

Allyn, spending time in Dumble Land Huh When are you starting your ODS? It's a fun build, sounds great too!

[Bob-I]

Allyn, spending time in Dumble Land Huh When are you starting your ODS? It's a fun build, sounds great too!

I bet he started thinking about after hearing mine .