Lord-of-the-strings Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Hey guys, well I've got this GCB-95 that I bought for cheap off a friend who said it didn't work. As far as I can tell there's no damage to the pcb board and all the components work, but I think my friend messed up the switch wiring. Here's what the switch is like (from left to right, top to bottom of the switch) 1-Green, which connects to the wiring harness 2-Two blue, one which goes to the pot and the other to the wiring harness 3-Yellow, which goes to a capacitor on the board 4-Purple which goes to the wiring harness 5-Red, connects this and the next node together. I figured it must be a switch problem because when the effect is switched off it works like a normal bypass, however, when I switch it on it just cuts the signal completely. Sorry about the lack of pictures, I don't know any quick hosting sites. Any help would be awesome I trolled google earth for a picture of the original gcb-95 switch wiring but couldn't find any, which I thought was really weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoughtless 7 Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Has your friend changed it in anyway? Like did he make it true bypass and thats why its not working? If not, then seems strange cos i'm sure the GCB-95 has a buffer in it. Pictures really would help on this occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Verify that the circuit is getting power. A totally dead effect is either due to it getting no power or a complete break in the signal path somewhere (which could be something like a fried transistor). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAK Guitars Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 Haha make sure your plugged into it right! I had the same problem and realized that I was just going in through the out and out through the in jack. And this was after I took it in to the store to see what was wrong with it. Embarassing to say the least haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 Haha make sure your plugged into it right! I had the same problem and realized that I was just going in through the out and out through the in jack. And this was after I took it in to the store to see what was wrong with it. Embarassing to say the least haha Uh yeah, that's also a good point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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