Hi Chuck, thanks for the help.
Yes i wired the ground to the sockets, this picture was before i tried it and i noticed that quickly hehe.
Problem i describe is after i wired the sockets grounds.
I tried today again, i replaced the led and ldr for the same as in the bom (i was using the same...
It was a tl071 from ebay, there was 10 in the package, i used them because i thought its so common chip it should be fine... but apparently not, i tried more than one in this package, all same issue. I'll never buy chips from ali or ebay in the future except if i have no other choices... and...
oh i found tl071 from tayda in a old box here, works just fine now, no more weird noise but the tri/crush is so subtle i'm not even sure if it's actualy changing the sound or not lol
I updated the picture with one that doesnt have a 100w light straight at it so you can see it's not the soldering or build quality that cause the problem, there is something going on with the components used or something else..
it's mostly just dust and a bit of flux, the picture with the big light makes it look 10 times worse, my soldering is just fine i'm used to solder 0603 or even 0402 smd.
Hello, i finaly got my last piece and time to finish it this weekend, but...
Main problem is there is a nasty distortion when the trebble knob is fully counterclockwise. It disapear when i start to turn it clockwise.
Does the 1N5817 important or i can use 1n4001?
I used TC1044SCPA from tayda...
Hello!
So i finished my Delegate (not boneyard version).
I'm pretty happy how it looks (art printed on glossy paper and epoxy on top) and sound but i still wanted to make sure i'm not going crazy or deaf lol because it sounds like the compression is kinda subtle compared to my mxr compressor...