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I've been wanting to put this together for a while and I've finally found the time now that my big car project is done. This is my cheap $79 SX strat. It's sentimental to me. A while ago I put a set of Fender Pure Vintage 59 pickups in it, which are not noise cancelling in the in between...

You could use 1/4 W resistors arranged vertically. Use a small screwdriver to standardize the bend for the upper leg. Plus they are easier to install than 1/8W

I use MG no clean solder, so I don't need to clean unless I remove components from the board. If that happens I'll clean it up with Q tips and 91% isopropanol. Scrub the board with a wet Q tip and then pick up any remnant alcohol with a dry one

BC550B will be fine

Use tantalums instead

That's how it all is. There's no one source that tells you everything you need to know for this specific thing. If you take a bunch of EE courses they won't be super specific about our range of AC, and if you learn just from guitar courses they won't get into the theory and math behind it. You...

The biggest thing that can stop you from discovering new things is being afraid of the unknown. Everyone has different tastes in modifying circuits and will tell you not to do this or not to do that, based on their preferences and experience. The truth is you just have to try things out until...

Using that graph is easy. Scroll thru the list of diodes on the right side until you find the one you need, in this case the 2D503B. Then click it off and on again so you can find its curve on the graph, which will also turn off and on. Then find another diode with a similar curve in the same...

I used to use a punch but I found it didn't really make a difference. I just use a step bit that has 1mm increments. I drill all the holes, but only through the first step of the bit. Then I check them all with a straight edge and make sure they are in line with each other and centered. If...

Yeah, you have to have some sort of cursory understanding of the building blocks of a circuit in order to make meaningful modifications without it feeling like throwing darts blindfolded. Look up Wampler's course, he has some videos on youtube and his book is online for free download. It's...

It's not bad for the amp. You're probably thinking of what might happen if you unplug a cab from an amp that is on, but this is different

A large soda at McDonald's is now $2 instead of $1. A 100% increase in cost, outrageous

So you want something that will take a cable from the FX send of each amp, go into your switcher, which has a send/return for your pedalboard, and then output the signal to the FX return of each of your four amps? You'll need something with 4 inputs and 4 outputs, plus a send and return for the...

Oh man. Dealing with customers is an art that takes years to develop. Don't feel bad about it. First, for returns, do your best to communicate with the customer and determine what the problem is before they send it back. Apologize they are having an issue with their pedal. Tell them you want to...

There was a change in convention on some of the boards. Don't worry about the square vs round solder pad deal, just follow the letters A and K https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/led-polarity.5/