now I know what your all thinking, and yes, I did shed some tears and I thank you for your condolences.
while I wait to see if it can be repaired (fingers crossed), does anyone have any thoughts on other flanger pedals I can check out......and no, it's not cheating when it has (allegedly) got one foot in the grave.
The Ibanez Soundtank FL-5 is near an exact clone apart from not having a Delay pot... and the Daphon E20FL is an exact clone of that and goes under the names listed here - http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/daaqua/e20fl
Does not work any more, all you get is the speed knob doing a whoop whoop whoop sound at full. I open it up and there is some brown/burn marks on the under side of the circuit board, but I dont know, they could have been there for a long time prior to me opening it.
I'd start by analyzing the BBD line. Perhaps the BBD has checked out, perhaps the bias has drifted. Ideally, you want approx. half BBD supply voltage at the input, the most accurate way to bias the BBD is monitoring output on a scope and adjusting the bias for symmetrical clipping at the outputs(s). You may need to balance the outputs as well. I do not recommend this procedure without access to a scope and an firm understanding as to the operation of the BBD. Some folks will "use their ears" but optimal performance cannot be achieved without accurate alignment.
Jack Deville wrote:I'd start by analyzing the BBD line. Perhaps the BBD has checked out, perhaps the bias has drifted. Ideally, you want approx. half BBD supply voltage at the input, the most accurate way to bias the BBD is monitoring output on a scope and adjusting the bias for symmetrical clipping at the outputs(s). You may need to balance the outputs as well. I do not recommend this procedure without access to a scope and an firm understanding as to the operation of the BBD. Some folks will "use their ears" but optimal performance cannot be achieved without accurate alignment.
