A Little TubeScreamer Repair

Well, I had to break out the soldering iron and solder a couple of nights ago. My Ibanez TubeScreamer TS7 had been gradually getting worse and worse in not switching on when I stepped on the footswitch.

If you haven't seen one, this thing has a tiny little switch. Here's a pic of the switch:



This is where it is located in the pedal itself:




Taking the pedal apart wasn't that hard. There are a couple of boards with connectors and then there are the input and output jack assemblies to remove. The difficult part was trying to solder that tiny little switch onto tiny little traces without bridging any of those traces with excess solder. However with a bit of patience and a really bright light, I got the job done and the pedal works beautifully now!