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koennie
Copper Member
Netherlands
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 Posted - 12/18/2005 : 18:52:10
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Hello!
i'm new here, nice forum!
I have the posibility to buy a DS-2 with a defect. It just doesn't work, the LED works, but there is just no signal. I know how to use a soldering gun.
I really like the DS-2, but i don't want to pay a lot.
Does anyone have any tips? is it clever to buy this pedal? what could be the defect?
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phostenix
Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 12/18/2005 : 19:28:03
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It could be a number of things that would give you that. As simple as a bad jack or a broken wire or as difficult to troubleshoot as a bad transistor or other component that you'd probably need a schematic and an oscilloscope and volt meter to find. I'm finding that a lot of the bad pedals I get have been "modified" by someone who butchers up the solder joints and the wiring. A lot have bad components in them, too. It's about 50/50.
Grace and peace,
Steve
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koennie
Copper Member
Netherlands
6 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2005 : 20:02:30
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and what about sending it to boss (if possible) and let them check it out? or will that cost me alot?
cheers |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/18/2005 : 23:02:14
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| Unless the pedal is still under warranty I don't think sending it to Roland would be cheap. Even a local tech won't do much work before the price of service overruns the value of the pedal. |
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koennie
Copper Member
Netherlands
6 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 00:14:33
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yeah, I know..
I found a electric scheme, the date of manufacture is february 1997, so the warranty is gone fo al long time.
The pedal looks good, no excessive damages, so I think it is a broken component. I can buy it for 15,- euro's is it clever to buy it for this price? |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 00:43:43
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| That sounds like a reasonable price. Sooner or later you're probably going to figure out what's wrong with it and even if you don't, you will learn a lot about troubleshooting. |
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koennie
Copper Member
Netherlands
6 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 01:26:56
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| you've got point, maybe i'll just buy it. It's also possible, that it is just an easy problem. A working tubodist for only 15 euro's is worth the risk! |
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koennie
Copper Member
Netherlands
6 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2005 : 17:30:16
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i bought the thing. i cant find bad wires or bad components. How do i find out if a transistor is dead?
there is no signal in the on and off mode.. does anyone have some tips? |
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koennie
Copper Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 01/15/2006 : 22:58:43
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| It's working! it was a bad transistor in the power circuit, i replaced it with a standard one, witch compares to the original one. It sound great! |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2006 : 00:07:10
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Congrats 
Did you pay 15 Euros for it? That just turned out to be a bargain then. |
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DS-2 defect
