Civil war Muff Borked!

[tuffteef]

my beloved civil war muff clone using the mudbunny board has mysteriously died

im not even sure where to start ive checked for shorts checked joints tugged wires checked power done a good eyeballing
it worked great but no moe!

the pots still wipe volume tone sweep gain
but rather the tasty smooth fuzz it just crackles and fizzles a little

where to now?

[devnulljp]

Switch is fucked?

[Scruffie]

Why post your voltages of the 4 transistors good sir! And yeah you can check your foot switch for continuity too... google it.

[tuffteef]

i must be checking voltages wrong cause the ones im getting are fucked
do explain to make sure im doing it right

[Scruffie]

Multimeter, poke the black lead to ground, red lead, poke it to each leg of the transistor C,B,E Q1-4.

Make sure your meter is set to the right range too obv.

[tuffteef]

Q1
E 7.96
B .01
C .01

Q2
E 5.47
B 1.38
C 0.87

Q3
E 4.50
B 0.74
C 0.14

Q4
E 4.50
B 0.74
C 0.14

(i think there the other way around though CBE rather EBC)


i think

[Scruffie]

Yeah they should be C,B,E...

Yo Q1 voltages is mad wrong, look around there for a short/issue.

[tuffteef]

Yeah they should be C,B,E...

Yo Q1 voltages is mad wrong, look around there for a short/issue.

im weirdly not getting anything from the base and emitter of Q1
so check contin from those pins?

[tuffteef]

Q3 was actually the one not registering any voltage but i replaced it and still nothings changed

ive probed from those pins around and everything seems fine

im confused as hell