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Hey Brach,
No worries! Since I originally wrote this post little while ago I’ve made some progress and found some new things. First, I have tested the relay along with the status LED and everything works exactly as it should. There is an audible click every time I use the switch along with the LED turning on and off. Second, I went through and did my best to shorten down all the standing resistors leads but it didn’t make any different sadly. Third, I’ve remeasured the voltages against those provided in the troubleshooting doc and I think I may have found the culprit; The TL074 has voltages of 1.5v~ on all pins besides the power (which hovers around 9v), so I think something might be wrong with it. Fourth, today I decided to plug in my guitar again in to test pedal and there was actually output! Hooray! Granted, it sounded like a gated fuzz (a sound a I normally enjoy but wouldn’t expect from a trem pedal) but I’m still happy. I’m not exactly sure what is making this “broken” fuzz sound, but my guess is something with the bias in the op-amp isn’t working correctly. I had a fuzz pedal that when you turned the bias all the way it produced a similar sound. Anyways, I recorded a quick demo of this sound on my phone, let me know what you think. Thank you so much for your help!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gqa-9lGDaR5IXtrtgN0MAF6RawTmzNo3/view?usp=sharing
(Small note, after I engage the pedal the faint buzzing noise is me pressing the volume pot on the pedal with my finger)
-Alex
