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Shoegazers Anonymous
Silver Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 01/07/2009 : 19:01:49
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Hi!
When I was in London this spring I bought a PN-2 in a shop close to Denmark Street. It was expensive - 200 euros... But, I wanted it so badly. Anyway, it has been around a bit and have worked nice until now. The sound comes and goes - while the effect is off, gah - and its really annoying. It does not disappear completely, but it sounds bad and had lower volyme. I have looked a little inside it, but it seems to be ok from what I could see. I think that it maybe have something to do with the ac-input too, cause sometimes it is another confusing problem. It is a tick tack sound that is in realtime with the rate-tempo.
Have anyone had the same problem and knows what it can be?
By the way, I put in my Fender/Boss-pedal instead in my pedalborad and use that tremolo/vibrato instead. And when I think of it it is a really good idea, cause when using that one I am able to control the tremolo volume, got tap tempo, can make it a little bit overdriven and can set bass and treble. In that way it makes it a bad ass tremolo I think! When the tromolo effect is at maximum it compresses the sound just like the tremolo does in my ac30. |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 13:49:20
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Hi Shoegazers Anonymous
Apologies, I somehow missed your post...
And what do you mean, that it worked fine until now???
Does it do it with a known good battery as well?
Or just with your power adapter?
Test the pedal on it's own.
What type & brand of power adapter are you using?
As switching type power adapters will create these types of problems.
And non regulated ones will do similar things.
Are all your leads in good order, as a damaged or intermitant earth connections has this type of effect as well.
Regards Dr. Bob
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 15:24:33
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I've seen this happen on a pedal with corroded jack sockets but the root cause could be many things.
If the AC adapter socket is to blame I would expect the LED light to dim a bit when the volume drops. Does this happen? |
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Shoegazers Anonymous
Silver Member
Sweden
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 17:10:54
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Bob
Hi Shoegazers Anonymous
Apologies, I somehow missed your post...
No worries.
And what do you mean, that it worked fine until now???
Does it do it with a known good battery as well?
Or just with your power adapter?
Test the pedal on it's own.
I will do that, I will also try to clean it up a little inside the socket
What type & brand of power adapter are you using?
I use a Cioks Big John - good stuff. But I have noticed that when I try to connect the plug into the pedal it comes sparks from the plug if I touch the pedalcase. I don�t know if it�s the same with all pedals, but maybe it is a earthproblem then...
As switching type power adapters will create these types of problems.
And non regulated ones will do similar things.
Are all your leads in good order, as a damaged or intermitant earth connections has this type of effect as well.
All leads is in good chape, I think that the problem is inside the pedal, I think its cause its corroded actually.
Thanks!
Regards Dr. Bob
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Shoegazers Anonymous
Silver Member
Sweden
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 17:12:01
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Originally posted by bossarea
I've seen this happen on a pedal with corroded jack sockets but the root cause could be many things.
If the AC adapter socket is to blame I would expect the LED light to dim a bit when the volume drops. Does this happen?
No, have not noticed. Thanks by the way, I�ll try it out in the weekend.
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Shoegazers Anonymous
Silver Member
Sweden
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2009 : 08:55:58
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| Have tryed to run it only with batteries for a while now and it seems to work better. So with that in mind, what could the problem be then? Anyone? Was at the repair guy and he was kind of not intrested of looking into it at all. |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2009 : 13:03:31
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Hi Shoegazers Anonymous
quote:
What type & brand of power adapter are you using?
I use a Cioks Big John power supply
I am not familiar with this brand os power supply.
Is it a switching or Switch Mode power supply.
Or does it use a standard type heavy transformer.
Switching power supplies are well known, for generating unwanted noise in analog & digital circuitry.
I am also concerned about your comment,
that you get SPARKS when you plug it into the PN-2?
Can you try running it off another Boss PSA regulated type supply.
Perhaps borrow one from a friend.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2009 : 19:32:32
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| probabaly a cold solder joint |
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Shoegazers Anonymous
Silver Member
Sweden
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2009 : 15:32:12
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Hi Dr!
I dont know about the power adapter, but it�s one of the best out there and it�s made for powering pedals. So I don�t think that its the power adapter. (by the way I have 13 other boss pedals in the same chain and it�s only the PN-2 who acts strange)
Have tested it a little with batteris and found out that it works better. Have not noticed that the problem appears when using batteries. Strange. But the more I think of it it sounds like something is wrong with the inputjack or so.
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Bob
Hi Shoegazers Anonymous
quote:
What type & brand of power adapter are you using?
I use a Cioks Big John power supply
I am not familiar with this brand os power supply.
Is it a switching or Switch Mode power supply.
Or does it use a standard type heavy transformer.
Switching power supplies are well known, for generating unwanted noise in analog & digital circuitry.
I am also concerned about your comment,
that you get SPARKS when you plug it into the PN-2?
Can you try running it off another Boss PSA regulated type supply.
Perhaps borrow one from a friend.
Regards Dr. Bob
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Shoegazers Anonymous
Silver Member
Sweden
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2009 : 15:33:22
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Yes, I start to believe so. They want 50 euro per hour if I let someone fix this for me. Don�t know how much it�s worth...
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Originally posted by zerksies
probabaly a cold solder joint
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