Recent content by Alan W

Yup, that looks pretty familiar ;). I did have a drawing, but it's pretty shorthand, since it was for me. I can clarify any confusions, probably. I can also take some photos of the actual stand, if anyone wants that.

No, that didn’t even occur to me! But if it did, considering how I almost always cover whatever workspace I have with tools and parts, it would be rare for me to have a 2 plus foot square open space to revolve the holder. I’ll see if I have plans for this or if it was just a quick sketch. (I’ll...

I'm surprised with all the amps you build you don't use a chassis holder. This photo doesn't show details, it's one I built myself after looking at various designs. Will handle pretty much any chassis size.

I have the mini board in my queue, but man! I love the big one so much! I liked it at first, but it has grown on me more and more. Even with over a year of close to daily use, I still have to test out knob positions quite a bit; it's one of the few pedals that I use my "cheat sheets" with every...

Geez. When I put through hole parts in, I use small pliers to pull them down all the way (or with larger resistors I’ll have a removable spacer under the resistor), then I pull the leads out to 45 degrees. Since I’m on the anal end of the spectrum, I go around and just solder one lead at a time...

The time you spent cutting all those dovetails shows! Really nice job! 5 pierce necks seem rare for kit guitars. My wife and I are talking about a few longer trips, and one of my sadnesses would be not having a guitar to pluck on, so this is attractive to me. I could see almost completely...

I often use multi-turn trim pots (rarely in pedals, but I have when that’s what’s immediately available to me). This is a vertical mount style, but they also come with pin-outs that are staggered.

Since the pedal is working, it seems safe to assume it wasn’t the pedal. A pedal that completely shorts at the power input (which wouldn’t work) might blow the supply. I had the PP2, and it was solid. I don’t remember if there was a fuse on it or not—if there is, I’d check that. Is the supply...

I only have the Albini version, and initially was not impressed, until I tried it with my one humbucker guitar (Eastman jazz box, only a neck low wind Ken Armstrong) where I dug the additional bloom and bite. A few weeks ago it was on my board and I played my baritone Tele through it, and I have...

I end up clipping my leads twice, the first time, leaving 1/4 inch or so, then the second, after soldering. The first clipping keeps the board a bit more accessible and also gets rid of the longer leads, which act as heat sinks while you’re soldering, although with the 1/4 w resistors and small...

It’s expensive, but the Free the Tone Future Factory is the first pedal that made me think of what a better rack system does. Interface is a bit weird, sort of like a jet cockpit, but it’s not hard to learn, and once you get it, it’s very WYSIWYG. True stereo, or you can set it up as a delay...

As others have responded, that's the attitude that pretty much everyone here fully appreciates, so you're come to the right place. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that you haven't done any high voltage builds yet, (mainly from your underestimation of what info is needed to trace a...

Don’t know the quantities these are being made in, but as a (former) machine/prototype owner, that seems like a easily justifiable cost to me, and I’m a bit of a cheapskate. Even though I could price out projects by “gut” pretty accurately, I made a habit of breaking down per step costs and...

It’s worth it to have some flux on hand. I really didn’t until I started doing surface mount boards, and the method I learned works great, with the first step being wetting all the pads with a fine drop of flux, then placing the part into the tiny puddles. But once I started using it for than...

However, it’s more complicated than that! There are two configurations of on-on-on switches, that have link different pins when the toggle is in a given position—so you need to use the correct type. Here’s a graphic lifted from a @Feral Feline post from a few years ago...