Repairing Faulty Wiring in an Ernie Ball Ambient Delay
14This pedal was having a strange feedback runaway issue,
Turns out it was just a broken wire.
0:00 - Seems to work . . . ?
1:56 - Is it the power jack ?
2:51 - Looking Inside
3:54 - Taking it half apart
4:29 - Inspecting and Touching up the solder on power jack
5:05 - Trying to get it back together
6:15 - Commenting on the Construction
7:17 - Testing, Failed
7:55 - Poking around and finding the fault
8:40 - Inspecting the wiring
9:37 - Taking it ALL apart
10:41 - Removing the power assembly
11:06 - Figuring out how to remove the ribbon cables
11:26 - Just cutting them out
11:58 - Clean and prep the holes
14:05 - Figuring out how to strip the cables
15:07 - Soldering the wires back on
17:03 - Reinstalling the Power Assembly
17:30 - Putting it back together
17:58 - What I think went wrong
18:43 - Fitting the pedal control cable
20:09 - Testing & Noodling
22:53 - Final Thoughts