Definitely of interest to me. If you get a few Klein bottle PCBs, let me know bc I’ll be interested! I have the Motherlode pack as well, but the Madbean stuff is convenient, and I don’t really know how to navigate JLC. I forgot that the MCU code was made available. Do you know of any places that sell chips with code burned to them that you provide them with, or do you just get the hardware for burning chips and a bunch of blank chips?
I am looking for the supplier that will burn for you. How many KB PCBs do you want? JLC does 3 minimum and I only need 1. I actually tried loading up the files and it was pretty simple via JLC. I also checked out OSH Park, but that was way more expensive, but I suppose much quicker to get.
I probably would only want 1 KB board, but if there’s a group buy for it that ends up being for more boards I might be into another one or two depending on how much they’d be. If you want to try doing a forum-wide group buy, I’d be able to help set up a Google forum or something like that to figure quantities and stuff out.
I'm in for a group buy on the bottle.
I was just looking through the files and I am definitely getting Woodchipper PCBs made. There is always room for another bass octave fuzz.
Keep in mind the transformer is very expensive. It’s a great circuit though. The brassmaster, but more of everything.
I am thinking we may run afoul of Peter with that. "The files found in this ZIP file are for personal use only if you are not an authorized VFE builder. Please do not distribute, sell, or license these designs or pedals made from them."
Thanks for the heads up. Sometimes you gotta spend a little to have nice things.
Which transformer does it use? Can’t get to the files at the moment, but I thought it was a pretty standard transformer footprint that could use one of the 42TM0xx transformers of matching spec, which are only like $3.
Triad SP-66. You can wire a matching spec off-board of course.
can’t find specs on the center tap impedance of the SP-66, but at first glance this seems like it would be a suitable fit for size. If this one doesn’t spec out the same, I’d bet they make another of the same type that would be a drop in for the SP-66 so offboard wiring isn’t necessary.
www.elliottelectronicsupply.com
Seeing as I've spent about that on FV-1 chips, that's not too bad.
JLCPCB's $24 engineering fee on the KB is making me think group buys are the way to go. I am doing a bit more research on it all, but I will put something out soon about getting a fabrication run together. I was thinking just stuff not available from MBP, like the KB and Woodchipper, but we'll see.
Technically you wouldn't be distributing the designs or pedals made with them if you send out the PCB's from a group order, I think (might depend on what exactly "distributing the design" means), but in any case I think it might be worthwhile to see if you can email him and ask about it? I don't think it's meant to stop people from doing a group order of PCB's so everyone can build their own pedal, just to stop people from trying to sell the design plans to someone else, or making pedals commercially for sale out of it.
