New (broken) pedal day!

[Pepe]

But the good thing that came out of this story is that I now appreciate the sound of the MZ-2 more than I did before. With decreased amount of gain the pedal has a really lively and "singing" character that I like a lot. I'm not too fond of the then-fancy digital delay/chorus and I rather like to use it in "SGL" mode, but in stereo the other modes really shine and enhance the sound in a nice way.

So I'm glad that I have another unit, mint in box. That one will stay for sure.

[bigtone23]

Picked up a free, non-working Hardwire DL8 Delay Looper. The internals date it to 2014 and it is scratched up and pitted, so it had an active and busy life in a much more humid place than Colorado.
The LED briefly flashes when either a power supply or battery is connected, but the effect does not work. Can hear a relay click while flipping the "tails" switch, so there seems to be power running through the circuit.
Going to try the usual suspects, cleaning the switch and jacks, touching up the solder joints on the power and in/out jacks and try a couple power supplies as I hear it's a picky pedal.
The bypass switch is the small one, like found in Ibanez pedals. If there would be some sort of LED reaction to pressing it, I would believe it was good. I find these switches to be really unreliable, so will also get a replacement on the way.

IF it's not easily fixed, I would be happy to send it to anyone for the cost of shipping. If you can get it working or cannibalize for parts, great!

[Zerksies]

I remember when these were new. LOL I'm getting damn old

[Pepe]

I moved your postings into this thread. Could you perhaps supply pictures of the circuit board, bigtone23? With some luck it's just a burnt diode.

[bigtone23]

I moved your postings into this thread. Could you perhaps supply pictures of the circuit board, bigtone23? With some luck it's just a burnt diode.

I'll get a shot of the board when I have it opened up next to try round one of repair. The DC power jack arrives tomorrow, the switch some time this week.

[bigtone23]

Got the parts.
Swapped out the power jack first, as I noticed some improvement in operation when I applied force with the power adapter at some angles in the original jack. This part swap alone got the pedal working, for the most part, but some of the modes don't work (like Reverse and Lo Fi). The standard modes (with tap tempo) and looper work great, so no need to replace the bypass/tempo switch. As to why some modes don't work, perhaps it's something wrong with the mode rotary switch, perhaps something else, like it took a power hit from that bad jack. It's glitchy sometimes--the mode switch seems to glitch and the switch position doesn't correspond to the mode being heard.
From what I can gather, I get why it's a cool delay pedal, kind of like my Line 6 Echo Park (which is a favorite). The basic function is happening and I'm calling it good enough. This is a resurrection of sorts and this pedal is going to be a gift delay to someone someday.

[Pepe]

Great to hear that it is alive again!

... but some of the modes don't work (like Reverse and Lo Fi). The standard modes (with tap tempo) and looper work great, so no need to replace the bypass/tempo switch. As to why some modes don't work, perhaps it's something wrong with the mode rotary switch, perhaps something else, like it took a power hit from that bad jack. It's glitchy sometimes--the mode switch seems to glitch and the switch position doesn't correspond to the mode being heard.

That sounds like the usual fault when a mode potentiometer isn't working properly again. See this thread:
http://www.bossareaforum.com/Forum/view ... ?f=6&t=974