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It helps the manufacturers charge more for the pedal, is what I meant :rolleyes:

It helps them charge more. Perceived value. More to look at, and brighter colors (compared with, say, SMD). Makes duck all difference...

You gave up too easily :)

BTW, the final-final (I swear!) iteration of the RockBrain is Rev2 (renamed to RockEngine) and you can find it here. It's a little bit...

That's probably a leftover symbol from when I was still experimenting with the internal grounding arrangement. Should be a filled...

I did hand-pick MMBFJ201s. It was easy though: the batch I got were very consistent and roughly in the ballpark for this circuit. YMMV...

I suspect you can't get the real Deacy sound without using the proper, cheapo speaker and cabinet.

The S/N spec is pretty underwhelming for such a short delay. Gets even worse if daisy chaining a few

So maybe just getting into the habit of smd caps, or some hybrid maybe.

I'd say you can bend them about twice before they break.

I've never seen an 18v rated elcap in my life. It's either 16V or 25V as far as I've seen. Now, you can have leaky caps (there was an...

The rated life is given at the maximum temperature. For every 10°C decrease, the life expectancy doubles. So if you buy a cap rated for...

You can derate the lifespan if you want. Biggest factor is operating temp. I try to buy 105C Al caps when able/cost effective. Always if...

@Paradox916 : You'll need to match R1 and R2 to at least 1% tolerance to keep your balancing, but you can use a pot for R3 (wired as a...

Just resistors. Something along these lines: