Hi there!
I've just built a Screamer, an Optical Tremolo and both work just the way they should! However, I also built a Foxx Octave Fuzz, but it sounds like garbage... I mean fuzz isn't supposed to sound beautiful obviously, but it sure doesn't sound the way it should...! So I'm gonna try to explain:
Pedal disabled: sounds passes through without problems
Pedal engaged: led on, sounds passes through, serious loss of of volume, unbearable hissing sound that increases with all the knobs. All of them seem to work by the way, in the sense that volumes changes, so do tone and sustain. But basically all they do (except for volume) is increase the hiss.
When I engage the octave button, I lose even more juice and the sound becomes so compressed that it barely goes through the pedal. Honestly I'm not even sure when the octave knob is on or off as both position sound different but equally bad...
As far as I know the components sit in the right places and so do the cables... So I'm lost. Obviously I'm no expert so I don't really know what's my next step to troubleshoot the pedal so I'll welcome any help!
Thanks a lot!
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