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so this noise issue is kind of a bummer. - tried inserting a 1N5817 at the jack to see if that would help (the design only has a 1N4002 reverse polarity protection at 9v input before the charge pump) it didn’t help. - tried inserting the same MN3007 chip from a CE-2 build that isn’t as noisy...

i rate it. sounds great to me. used it on my board for over a year

those fat red film caps… make me fat

in this build story you’ll get to hear all about a monumental oversight that nearly ended up being a troubleshoot thread. but after finding the error, it made for probably the strangest troubleshooting experience ive had yet. chorus is probably my favourite and most useful modulation effect...

assuming you already have, but if not, might be relevant to check/measure voltages that the chips are seeing?

i used to use a bench vice then i decided the vice was more trouble than it was worth. so now i just hold it flat on the bench (except top jack holes)

yep auto centre punch and a 2mm pilot hole is how i do everything before the step bit gets involved. recently did a 5 knob 4 toggle job (aionfx ember distortion) and was able to get away with no washers on all toggles so was pretty stoked with that.

love vero builds 🖤 been intending to give this one a go. how's the octave on this one? all i can remember ppl saying is how underwhelming the circuit is.. so its good to hear a positive note for once \m/

im a big dumb dumb and i just use paper templates and a hand drill

this one still has an opamp that would be shared between an LFO stage and an audio stage.

unfortunately im just a big dummy and i know nothing about designing PCB layouts. i could do a vero layout, but nobody gives a fuck about vero anymore (i'd be more inclined to do it if i knew it was going be useful for more than one or two builds)

thanks for sharing this (and reviving the thread, i hadn’t seen it) this circuit has certainly piqued my interest. it looks like a lot of people have had issues with ticking/noise from the LFO. i think i can see why. the LFO is made up of an odd number (3) of opamp stages. as a result, it...

if you absolutely need to build a mesa mark series, there are a couple vero projects you could try: (although these are lead channel only - do you know which channels Trey uses? there's not a lot out there for the rhythm channels). https://sabrotone.com/mark-iv-lead-emulator-vero-layout/...

it doesn't have 6 knobs, it may be a meme pedal, and many have probably skipped past it for obvious reasons, but out of all the "amp-in-a-box" / distortion pedals ive tried so far (REVV G3, Soldano, PG-14, Figment (MIG-50), Tight Metal, Rat, Klon), the 4 knob Face Melter is the most versatile...

hell yeah 🤟 was totally unexpected. thanks @Feral Feline - really appreciate this feedback :) ay cheers! really tried to give this one the justice it deserves. hahah my bad... thanks for the kind words! \m/ with demos i try and make them as transparent as possible, just an SM57 +scarlett...