Help pls. My booster is faulty!!

[decibels]

Calling for help from all of you here! I'm now using the Jackson DX10FDS guitar, as you see this guitar got this Seymour Duncan® Firestorm™ Boost Switch. The prob now is that whenever i turn on Firestorm switch, the amp will be very fuzzy (which had not happened before) and sometimes the amp will be "muted". Can anyone help me with this??

 

[Ragus]

Sounds like the battery is dying, or maybe one of the wires came loose.
So it's ok when the boost is off?

 

[decibels]

Hmmm the battery is quite new man and i seldom on the boost. The guitar is perfectly alright without the boost though. What should i do??

 

[Lifehouse]

Change the battery first before you come to a conclusion. Or re-insert the battery. Sometimes its the battery connecting plates that is not well-aligned to the battery.

I did this when my Parker Nitefly piezo also sounded fuzzy. Once I readjusted the battery, everything was alright.

 

[suodrops]

so now adays it *never* works ?

I have a feeling that the firestorm thing might be just a simple 1 transistor boost circuit based on a FET (field effect transistor). Possibly the transistor might have blown. Think its unlikely that a toggle switch will spoil, and if it spoils, it is like still possible for it to work sometime.. at certain positions.

I can take a look at it for you for free, I think most probably it'll be something simple. just have you bring to guitar to me.... and give me sometime.... what i get is.....ha the "secrets" of Firestorm...

Han

 

[decibels]

haha yup suodrops, nowadays it nv work. thks for your offer to help! But I'll try changing my batt 1st and see if it works anot

 

[suodrops]

lemme know (pm or something) if you need help

cheers