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Old 07-03-2009, 12:48 PM   #1
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My distortion pedal broke
I don't know why, it just stopped working. Is there anything I can do to try and fix it?

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Old 07-03-2009, 01:33 PM   #2
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what pedal is it?
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Starcaster distortion
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Old 07-03-2009, 01:48 PM   #4
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what were you doing when you broke it?
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Nothing. I left and when I came back it didn't work. I think my little brother used it but it worked for him until he cut it off, then when he tried to use it again it didn't work.
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hmm...dead battery? if you've been trying to use a power supply, try a battery. If you've been using a battery, try a new one.
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Not a dead battery. It has a light that says it's working and just to make sure I got a brand new one and put it in there.
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Is it plugged in right? Guitar to input, output to amp?
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Old 07-04-2009, 08:43 AM   #9
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It's plugged up right. I don't know if this means anything, but if I have it set up like if I was going to use the pedal but leave the pedal turned off I can still play but with no effects, but when I turn the pedal on it cuts off all sound coming out of the amp no matter how high I turn the volume up.
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Old 07-04-2009, 10:35 AM   #10
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Just to clarify, you are running your signal chain like this...

Guitar--->pedal--->amp.
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Correct.
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Old 07-04-2009, 11:26 AM   #12
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It sounds like something in the signal chain is broke. Clearly your switch is working...something in the distortion signal chain is dead or has come loose.
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Can I fix it or just get a new one?
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Can I fix it or just get a new one?
Considering the price of those pedals, I wouldn't hesitate to just buy a new one (or something else) and try to fix the broken one with no expectations.
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Old 07-04-2009, 11:55 AM   #15
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Alright. I think I'm gonna try to fix this one but if I can't get something different. This was just a quick buy from Target, and I have wanted to get a DigiTech RP255 for a while.

Thanks for the help
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