Recent content by jwin615

an offering to appease the gods of tone.

Tie it to ground. Helps a ton in noisy (emi/rfi)environments. you can easily find sheet pans from a toaster oven at thrift stores. They're a perfect size. Not too big, not too deep.

If you have an aliexpress account, there's some decently priced transistor kits on there. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqAjK7t The 130 value kit will have every oddball value you're likely to encounter. They were 2/3 the price when I bought them but still, it's easy to east up $32 in shipping...

R6 forms a 1.5k low pass in the feedback loop. 32R would shift this up to 2.2khz. That's a half an octave shift. Not huge but not minimal.

That hmgut and Rodney Dangerfield were cut from the same cloth.

I don't recall where, maybe tayda, but there are long legged switches that may be of use. Another alternative is use a long bat switch and an oval hole. Downside is the only thing mechanically holding the switch is the solder. If I were to go that route with your current setup I would...

You're working on projects ? Sweet! Just ball busting. It really sucks. It's a tiny niche part of the overall market but a huge blow for that market. I imagine it's really tough for some smaller pro audio outfits. Maybe someone will pick up the fab rights l. Here I am wishing Chinese owned Xvive...

Anyone have a simple/quick method for adding legs to sop8 adapters? Getting them square and straight is changing. Opted for machine pins instead of headers as headers don't socket well. But it's rather time consuming and they don't take solder paste well. Too tight of a fit I think. On the plus...

Goop it! Liquid tape.

Fasel is a kidney bean in middle english. So technically yes?

Awesome to see you back in the saddle @jjjimi84 and indig the circuit @jubal81 I know you've put a lot of effort into your trem work lately. Cool to see some of trckle out.

That's cool. But can I use my laptop charger?

Who runs Bartertown?

Start at 27:50 and watch for a few minutes at least

It's not the mat that carries the charge. It's you. But only if your local humidity drops below 40%ish. this is probably the best video on esr I've ever seen, by far. Old guy from New Jersey iirc smoking and talking in the 70s. Well worth the 80 mintues