Members Ed Zachary Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 I just bought a Chicken Salad Vibrato pedal today. It was great until I removed the battery, since I never use batteries in my pedals, and hooked it up to my 1 Spot adaptor. It does not work. The LED turns on and that's it, it won't even pass a signal. I tried it by itself with a different adaptor and had the same reults. Both adaptors measured 9.6 VDC. Does this pedal not work without a battery in it, even if an adaptor is being used? If so, that's really stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Rat Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 Have u tried turning it off and back on again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 I think it needs at least 9.7VDC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d4rk0 Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 Do you have the input and output mixed up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 Have u tried turning it off and back on again? or this, are you sure it's on? or maybe your amp isn't on? do you have a cord plugged into your guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ScreamCage Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 Something has probably come undone inside. I can't a imagine a design that requires you to have a battery in, even if the pedal's running on wall power. I'd suggest opening it up and making sure that none of the solder points around the jack have broken. If you've got an iron, I'd probably go ahead and touch them up regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 Do you have the input and output mixed up? this is pure genius and I guarantee 150% your problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stevenglass Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 did you try sitting before turning it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d4rk0 Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 Maybe the cord is bad? Or maybe you've suddenly lost your hearing? Can you hear other sounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 Something has probably come undone inside. I can't a imagine a design that requires you to have a battery in, even if the pedal's running on wall power. I'd suggest opening it up and making sure that none of the solder points around the jack have broken. If you've got an iron, I'd probably go ahead and touch them up regardless. I can't recommend this highly enough, go ahead and open her up and touch everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 Maybe the cord is bad? Or maybe you've suddenly lost your hearing? Can you hear other sounds? oh my god I can't hear you either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d4rk0 Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 oh my god I can't hear you either {censored} bro {censored}! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ed Zachary Posted October 2, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 d4rk0's second post has the correct answer. The cable from my pedals to the DAW was intermittant. BUT, I didn't suspect that because everything was working before I took the battery out. I must have had the cable turned just right so it worked originally. I found this out when I took the bottom board out of the Chicken Salad, plugged the adaptor in, then plugged the cable in and heard noise, which hadn't been happening. I jiggled the end and the signal came and went. Looks like I have some soldering to do. I appreciate all the quick replies and I deserve any e-flogging I may get, but mainly I'm glad the pedal is OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted October 2, 2012 Members Share Posted October 2, 2012 well to be sure this pedal is a power hog and a battery will get eaten alive. good luck broski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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