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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on January 19, 2014 at 4:18am

Is that the 2.5 watt board?

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Permalink Reply by Maddog on January 19, 2014 at 4:27am

There is a small set phillips head screw in the back of the circuit board, did you turn it all the way to the right? It will add some gain to the sound.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Tubb on January 19, 2014 at 4:39am

Yes,this is the 2.5 board and the adjustment screw is all the way to the right. Just played it again this morning and I hear it when sitting right next to it and it's pointing right at me. I may go to guitar center today and compare to the Danelectro Honeytone that seems to get great reviews. Only 20 bucks looks like - just to compare levels.

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Permalink Reply by Maddog on January 19, 2014 at 4:42am

The small phillips screw on the bottom right, turn it all the way to the right.

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Permalink Reply by Maddog on January 19, 2014 at 4:52am

Something is rotten in Denmark (pardon the expression) These are pretty powerful little amps for 2.5 watts and should be able to hear in the next room. Are you using the Gitty kit that comes with the speaker? Also, can you post a pic of the back of your amp hookups? Might be able to see something there, a pic is worth a thousand words :-)

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Permalink Reply by Brian Tubb on January 19, 2014 at 5:26am

Take a look. Let me know if a different view would be helpful.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Tubb on January 19, 2014 at 5:29am

Adding this pic. Again, the Philips screw tone control is all the way up. No distortion - just low volume.

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Permalink Reply by Maddog on January 19, 2014 at 5:40am

The only thing that comes to mind is maybe the mounting nut, if it gets snugged up to much it will make the amp cut out. Grounding out somewhere comes to mind also maybe? I wish it was sitting right in front of me :-(  Is the pos. and neg. to the led right? Long wire on the led is the pos.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Tubb on January 19, 2014 at 5:57am

Loosend the mounting nut to the board/volume/on-off switch and no change. Led is wired correctly - long lead to positive (I would assume it wouldn't light if not). I just did another test. I turned the tone adjusting screw full left and can't hear anything through the speaker. I'm thinking this board could be bad (?)

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Permalink Reply by Maddog on January 19, 2014 at 6:03am

Very well could be Brian, shoot Ben a message. I have put in around 70-80 of these circuits and had 1 that was bad, I've been really happy with them. Not a lucky draw for you maybe? 

Just don't go to the Casino's today lol :-) 

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Permalink Reply by Maddog on January 19, 2014 at 6:04am

One thing maybe, check where the led and battery wires go thru the board and make sure they are not hitting the circuit housing in behind maybe?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on January 19, 2014 at 6:39am

I have built a few of these and run into the same problem. I thought maybe it was a mismatch between the amp and the speaker, but trying different speakers has not helped.

I double checked all the wiring and solder joints, made sure I had a fresh battery, etc.

I had to move on to other projects, but I suppose it is time for me to revisit that issue.

I don't think that I have bad boards, I just think I am missing something.

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