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Any suggestions? This really pisses me off... I didn't use it for a week since my amp was at my friend's house.
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that sucks. call the J and H company. if its under warrenty just get another. bring it to a local guitar shop.
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from what I hear the Visual Sound tech support is great. You should be able to either get a replacment or get it fixed (probably that one).
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Originally Posted by Mattlock Any suggestions? This really pisses me off... I didn't use it for a week since my amp was at my friend's house.
Try a new battery?
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Originally Posted by Building429_Boy Try a new battery? I tried a different battery and different power supply already. I'm not sure how new the battery was, though.
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You might also try contacting ryanspeer. He mostly does looping and bypass stuff, but he may still have an idea.
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I would call Visual Sound CS. I had some problems with mine, and they were very quick to help, and didn't even charge for whatever they did to fix mine. All I had to pay was one way shipping.
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OK, so here's the deal.
I've figured out that I can't use a power supply with it, but batteries will work... Is there any way I could fix it so I wouldn't have to pay for the shipping and stuff?
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Originally Posted by Mattlock OK, so here's the deal.
I've figured out that I can't use a power supply with it, but batteries will work... Is there any way I could fix it so I wouldn't have to pay for the shipping and stuff? have you tried contacting VS about it yet? when one of my switches went bad, they said they'd ship the part to me for free with installation instructions if their solution didn't work.
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Originally Posted by Mattlock OK, so here's the deal.
I've figured out that I can't use a power supply with it, but batteries will work... Is there any way I could fix it so I wouldn't have to pay for the shipping and stuff?
If you own a soldering iron (and i believe that every guitarist should either own one, or know someone who does), then it might be worthwhile to take it apart and see if there's any visible signs of broken wires. Although it's odd that the battery works but the DC jack does not. Typically the positive battery lead connects to the circuit through the power jack, and gets cut off when you plug in an adapter. The negative/ground lead connects to the same point as the DC jack's ground which is the ring connecter on the stereo input jack.
Actually, I bet it's probably the ground connection on the DC jack. look for a loose black wire on the jack, or a cracked solder connection if it's directly on the board.
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Originally Posted by jbm222 If you own a soldering iron (and i believe that every guitarist should either own one, or know someone who does), then it might be worthwhile to take it apart and see if there's any visible signs of broken wires. Although it's odd that the battery works but the DC jack does not. Typically the positive battery lead connects to the circuit through the power jack, and gets cut off when you plug in an adapter. The negative/ground lead connects to the same point as the DC jack's ground which is the ring connecter on the stereo input jack.
Actually, I bet it's probably the ground connection on the DC jack. look for a loose black wire on the jack, or a cracked solder connection if it's directly on the board. I would highly doubt it's the adapter - I just bought it last week.
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Originally Posted by Mattlock I would highly doubt it's the adapter - I just bought it last week.
DC jack, not plug. I'm talking about the part on the pedal that the adapter plugs in to. That's the only thing that makes sense based on the the problems you described. If it were a problem anywhere in the circuit other than the power supply connections, it wouldn't work with a battery either.
But if you're still not sure what I'm talking about, you should probably just ship it to VS, or take it to a local dealer authorized to do repairs.
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Originally Posted by jbm222 DC jack, not plug. I'm talking about the part on the pedal that the adapter plugs in to. That's the only thing that makes sense based on the the problems you described. If it were a problem anywhere in the circuit other than the power supply connections, it wouldn't work with a battery either.
But if you're still not sure what I'm talking about, you should probably just ship it to VS, or take it to a local dealer authorized to do repairs. OK, I understand what you're talking about. It does seem a little lose. I'll take a look at that tomorrow...