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Yes, the power supply is connected and the right one. It worked the other day (I wasn't there but apparently it was problematic to get the led to light) but now nothing.

Maybe a dodgy power unit?

It's on carpet....

It will probably only work with a guitar cable plugged in to the input - try that maybe?

If the power and an input cable is connected and it won’t switch on then sounds like there could be a problem with either the pedal or the power supply. You might have to troubleshoot it a bit (eg trying another power supply).

Also do check the manual for how to operate it exactly because loopers can be a little unusual. It might be that you have to hold the pedal switch down to record a loop (although usually it’s one tap to start recording and one tap to stop, and start the loop - so if you’re tapping the switch with nothing being played on the guitar it might just be looping silence).

Heh! That’s awesome. Are the antiquities for the tele?

Heh, I looked at the pic first and thought “surely that’s not Kirk Hammet” but apparently so.

I have them in mine. I know they’re pretty ubiquitous but I really like them. The bridge in particular is a nice mix of twang and a bit moar middle girth than the stock ones which could be a bit thin and trebly

Back to the power supply - is it rated for the right current output? Loopers are notoriously ampere-hungry

Edit- looked this one up and it only needs 70mA, which isn’t massive. Ignore me.

The manual is vague as fuck. But this might be the case

although usually it’s one tap to start recording and one tap to stop, and start the loop - so if you’re tapping the switch with nothing being played on the guitar it might just be looping silence

Will investigate further tomorrow

Nah, I'm sticking with the stock ones. That Kirk thing is a bit mad, eh? I wonder if Greeny has been on that bench.

I hadn't heard of Joe Glaser until Uncle Larry started talking about him but I've heard a few other 'big names' mention him since so I guess he's a big deal over there. Coincidentally, I bought my triple string trees from Music City Bridge on Reverb before I knew anything about him.

My looper is one tap to record, one to stop recording. Double tap to stop the loop playing, and press and hold to delete the last loop. Worth trying a few combinations?

I've checked both leads work directly from guitar to amp. Guitar to looper input, looper output to amp.

Instructions and diagram.

No matter which combinations of button pressing, holding, releasing, while playing guitar or not, I get nothing. No sound from the amp and no led light.

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Bin it!

Grandparent bought it for her. I feel he should deal with the returns.

It's a shame, I was looking forward to giving it a go

recently met Hugh Manson and his wife, whilst on holiday.. albeit only working light these days .. has produced some fine guitars since the late 1960’s to a stellar list, what a thoroughly decent bloke with a ton of great stories and exquisite custom builds

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Thought I’d pop a note in here, have just advertised a Fender Blacktop Jazzmaster and a Deluxe 112 Plus amp, have some pickups too… cheers

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/387306/#comment17007301

Cool guitar!

Might me up for the Bareknuckle. Price? Pics?

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Also, I’ll take pancakes in the Age of Enlightenment

haha, took me a while to get the reference to my own username lol 😊 i'll drop you a message 👍

Job done! A million times better than the Fender Parsons-Green Bender, in love with it already.

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Ace.

Laaavley.

That's magic. Did you get it back from the USA in a couple of days? I'm on here so sporadically these days I lose track of time. Looks amazing anyway. Congrats dude!

It was far too nice of a day to work today so I decided to bunk off and do some gardening and guitar fettling. Those of you with long memories for inconsequential post about cheap guitars may recall that I put together a "Scroungeocaster" (70s style Strat) with gumtree and gifted parts last summer. The main objective was to teach myself how to finish a guitar in nitro. It came out better than I had any right to expect although with some enduring issues, not least of which:

1. the truss rod on the ebay neck didn't work (the nut just spun without tightening) rendering it significantly bowed and therefore "good for slide" (aka borderline unplayable)

2. the nut height was similarly high, and string slots inconsistent (despite a tinker with the cheapest set of nut files on Amazon)

3. The pickup switch works backwards (neck is bridge etc)

After almost a year of it mainly languishing on a hanger, I decided on a whim to sort it out today. On establishing that the bullet style nut definitely wasn't tightening the rod and was just spinning in either direction, I brought the pliers out and sure enough, the nut just pulled out. Happily it looked like the issue was only that an overly thick washer was preventing the nut from engaging with the thread on the rod and nothing more serious. I spent a happy half hour poking and prying, levering, tweezing and jiggling trying to get the washer out. Eventually I reverted to enthusiastic banging and the washer flew out and disappeared down a gap in the floorboards.

This was annoying because I couldn't see how thick it was, but I knew I needed something in there to prevent the but bearing against raw wood, so I used a set of drill bits poked into the nut to establish the rough diameter I needed, and headed off to search for washers. Long story short, M5 split washer, which was the smallest one in Homebase, turned out to be perfect fit. That is after I put it on and gave the bullet a healthy bang with a hammer to seat it in there. This did make me wonder perhaps a bit of a whack might have fixed the issue with the original washer.

Truss rod now engaged and working, I gave it half a turn, established that we had a very very slight back-bow with no strings. I performed a small victory dance moved on to the nut.

I've watched enough twoordford vids to know that to remove a nut without breaking it you score around the edge with a scalpel to break any finish then tap it out sideways. There was quite a lot of finish over the ends and edge of the nut but the technique worked an absolute dream and the nut slipped out leaving a clean slot and undamaged nut. I was on a work call at this point and managed to mute the tapping without anyone noticing. Unfortunately I then ran my finger along the slot and the sharp lip of finish that had been left against the front edge of the nut sliced the pad of my right index finger open. Fucking ow.

There followed some minor first aid involving superglue and kid's plasters. Some nut fettling involving sanding, filing, bit of fettling and superglue. Then there was quite a long time swearing at trying to untangle and re-attach the strings, more action tweakage and I think... we have a drastically improved playability situation. It's such a hunk of junk but I swear it's super resonant and now plays great(ish).

The electronics can wait for another day tho. I'm taking the win for now.

Current soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18hEmAnnfAA

Evidence

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