Issue with Epi VJR

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Meelocheck
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Issue with Epi VJR

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I have had this amp for several months and have modded it to hell and back. In doing so, some of the soldier points under the board have been heated so many times they have come off the board. This happened recently with me swapping some different resistors in and out of the amp.

The issue I am having is with R7, I think. I actually put a switch on the front panel for this one as I kept a resistor on one leg so I can either put it in or remove it altogether. Def changes the tone, big time. Now, I wanted to add a tone knob to this thing, right next to the volume and I am positive I have everything wired properly. I get everything wired and the tone knob works, but now my main volume and switch on R7 do nothing. Even removing the tone control I can't get the switch on R7 or the master to work. Now, on R7, one of the soldier pads I mentioned above is gone. So I soldered that lead to R6 because in the schematic it looks like they are connected.

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My master volume goes where R5 is and the bottom leg on C5. It worked fine before I added the tone knob. For R7 I just lifted one end (the top)and wired a switch in, plain and simple. That had been working forever as it was one of the first mods I did to this thing. My question is, where does that top leg or R7 go if not on the same trace as the top leg of R6.


I'm pretty sure these are the top legs of R6 and 7.There isn't anything for the lug on the right to solder to - its gone from all the abuse, lol. I merely soldered it to the pad that the top of R6 is soldered to - the one on the left. Safe to connect them? If so, why does it no longer work? Why would the master volume quit working as well? I think that is totally unrelated? It just seems like that whole circuit isn't working for some reason.
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Just a bit confused and I am not very good at trouble shooting these things. I'd hate to have to undo everything and start over to see what happens. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Re: Issue with Epi VJR

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You have identified them correctly, and everything you said seems to make sense.
But is that a pic of your board?
I can't see any solder joints that even looked touched.
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Re: Issue with Epi VJR

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No, it's a pic off the web. Mine is a wreck. And after a quick check I meant to say C2 instead of C5 - that's where the other leg of the master volume is connected.

I still don't get it. I guess eventually I will fix it or it will stop working all together, lol. I just hate chasing my tail. It's probably something stupid I just overlooked. Anyway, back at it...

Half way fixed, sort of...Well, almost. Ok, not really, but I did get the second of my switches to work. Now though it seems I got rid of all the bottom end this amp had...Master still isn't working...At least now it is semi-playable and nowhere near as drab and muddy as it was. Still :confused:
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