Recent content by owlexifry

looks ideal. are you following the sola sound schematic at the top or the vox schematic below it?

that's a fair point. i guess the point im trying to get across, is that your options for useful / viable transistors opens up a fair bit if you're willing to put the circuit on a breadboard and tweak it/dial it in (using non-stock / non-standard values) to suit the transistors that you can get...

a fuzz face is a fine choice. - forget gain values. it doesn't matter as much as people bang on about. - adequate leakage is most often a good and necessary requirement. forget this arbitrary 100uA cutoff thing. (heck i would even suggest 100uA as a minimum requirement) - you do not need to...

- show us the breadboard build - post your voltage readings (particularly Q1c & Q2c)

big bakelite knob looks great 👌🏻 how’s it compare to a regular ol silicon FF?

great name ^^ i imagine that this is what it would feel like to use this pedal

yep. it really is the most redundant bs toggle option. +1

that's some good thrusting

hell yeah. this is the way. i should probably do it this way too, but i’m deranged and insist on using virgin components for final builds

confirmed. i was sold fake OPA2134PAs (wasn't aware until a problem showed up later). emailed them about it. they conceded and gave me 'refund' credit.

i'll either make a post about it somewhere here, that i can then refer back to later, or ill just write some notes in a little booklet/pad. photographs of breadboard builds have also proven to be quite valuable to me during moments of 'wtf is going on here' / 'what did i do?' usually this is...

yeah idk, once it looks like you've cut a significant groove. both sides. yes. i will often use pliers. mostly because the pliers help with applying even pressure across the plane when attempting to snap

yes. after a few scores / cutting a minor groove with a blade, you should be able to just snap them apart like a cracker

only until I've finished the actual final build of the pedal that the breadboard build/circuit inspired in the first place. yep, pretty much. i will rebag the 'used' components to reuse again and again specifically for breadboard builds. this one. The mini version was my first breadboard rig...

ay thanks 🤟🏻 yep, it’s this one: there’s a couple different versions on that page - this is the larger one at the bottom of his post. as you’ve probably seen, his build method/intention involves using slightly different 9mm pots to mount the board on the side of a 1590B. i meant to order that...