text: what's the best way to find a short on a circuit board? i was trying to circuit bend my omnichord, i touched the board in one place and lost the strumming sound and the chord sounds..the drums still work so i'm sure it's just a cap or a resistor that's fried...will a volt meter do me any good in finding the burnt component? yeah, if you know how to use it. those little stripes indicate resistances.