Overcast Fuzz - Spirit in the Sky Fuzz

[owlexifry]

For a one sided etched board with stranded wire I absolutely can see the benefit.

good point.
i guess when you've got plated thru-hole, it becomes less necessary.

 

[johnk_10]

i just do it since i test my pcbs first before mounting them in enclosures and it insures that i don't beak off a wire when doing it.

 

[johnk_10]

Correct me if I'm wrong @johnk_10, but I believe he drills out unused pads and uses them for stress relief.

The wire is just passing through the board, not actually making an electrical connection to the GND pad.

that's correct.
i also use the 4k7 led resistor holes to use as a jumper to have a shorter path for the +9V lead to the relay board.

 

[johnk_10]

my original Spirit in the Sky Pedal arrived. Afer testing it, i relized that the chassis ins't grounded so the pedal has a TON of hum when engaged, especially with a single coil tele. The input and output jacks are the isoslated type. The hum is so loud it's unusable. i ended up grounding the chassis and it's ALOT better know. BTW, the entire PCB is very heavily gooped.
here's a pic of it next to my clone and they sound identical:

 

[Robert]

BTW, the entire PCB is very heavily gooped.

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Feb 13, 2026

Double-post.... whatever. Let's roll.

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[Robert]

I actually ended up with another one.... no shortage of goop there either.

 

[johnk_10]

thanks for those. here's a gut shot of my original:



here's my added ground (to me, i did it the least invasive way) :

 

[Robert]

I have to say, the construction of these really left me disappointed compared to all of the photos of other pedals on the Circle Electric website.

The stripboard in mine was held in place with hot glue and insulated from the enclosure with cork...

 

[Betty Wont]

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Feb 13, 2026

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That's funny. I used the same 500v ceramics in my builds without seeing this first. They were the only 20n I had.

 

[jwin615]

At least the cork won't break down for 3-4 years ..

 

[pricklyrobot]

At least the cork won't break down for 3-4 years ..

When the termite man comes out to spray your house, just ask him to give the ol’ pedalboard a spritz.

 

[Feral Feline]

At least the cork won't break down for 3-4 years ..

Depends on how old the cork was when it went in the enclosure...

I give it a year, or two — tops.

 

[pettert]

I have to say, the construction of these really left me disappointed compared to all of the photos of other pedals on the Circle Electric website.

The stripboard in mine was held in place with hot glue and insulated from the enclosure with cork...


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Some of those joints look so bad it's embarrasing.

 

[jwin615]

Some of those joints look so bad it's embarrasing.

This one is my favorite. I bet if you smack it on the table a few times 3+ joints fail.

 

[Robert]

This one is my favorite. I bet if you smack it on the table a few times 3+ joints fail.

That's one less solder joint to worry about when the switch gets replaced by a "tech" because the sound keeps cutting out intermittently...

Who's laughing now?