Recent content by jwyles90

I've really tried to remind myself of this whenever I have a particularly bad case of GAS. If I feel like I'm having to convince myself that I'll like them, they're probably not worth it. If you don't like the core sound of a pedal, I have a hard time seeing how it'll be something that grows on...

Thank you!! I've been really enjoying trying out the different ways of getting them on there, and seeing which kinds of fabrics/materials adhere best. I'm always looking for different fabrics that I could potentially use when I'm out in the world now, so it's been fun keeping my eyes peeled for...

Oh my...those veroboards are doing something to me

Heyo! Been a minute since I last posted a build report. I put together this Skeptical Buffer build recently, and am pretty stoked with how it turned out. In terms of the way it 'sounds', this bad boy buffs. Kind of hard to record a demo of just a buffer pedal, but it adds to the clarity of my...

I would probably take an audio probe to each component starting from where the signal hits the circuit and see if it sounds clear right at the beginning/where it starts to get more distorted and muddy. Might be worth seeing if there's a specific spot that the audio signal changes in quality?

Not sure how helpful I was, but I'm stoked you got it working! In each of the three builds I've done I've found that there's always something slightly off between what the biasing procedure says to do and what I actually end up doing. I don't think I've ever dialed out the whine completely, and...

This is an excellent idea. I think a JFET boost is what I'm feeling, so I'll scrounge around for something simple and give that a go.

What's the sound like on yours? It's very finicky, and the trim pots are all fairly interactive with one another so it can be kind of pain to get just right. I just put together my 3rd one of these recently and I think the caps that you use near IC3 and 4 can play a role in that (as well as...

Man, you rock!! Thank you for all of this. As I continue to get into my pedal building journey I'm realizing more and more that I'm a visual learner, so those diagrams are super helpful for me to wrap my head around what you're talking about haha. I had a feeling variable resistor was the same...

This is soooo helpful, thank you!! I've got to put an order in for some parts/pcbs soon, so I'm adding the Projectile to that list. Will keep you posted as I begin my tinkering. I like the 1590BB vertical layout, so I'll probably go that route. Feels like a good opportunity to practice using...

This came up again in the wish-list page for a MkII version, and @Feral Feline brought up some great questions for what a mod to this might look like. I'm relatively new to the world of modding existing circuits, but I'm curious if anyone has any insight or guidance on how to complete the...

It's kind of hard to tell from the picture, but is one of those resistors in the bottom row soldered into the "In" spot for the footswitch? Also, make sure you clip those little tabs on the pots when you (eventually) box it up.

I think you might be onto something there. On paper I don't think it actually makes a difference, but, if memory serves, on one of my last polychorus builds swapping out the CD chips seemed to help a bit with the noise. I'm in the process of putting another one together currently. Fingers...

I did eventually fix it, but I made the silly mistake of not actually writing down what it was that fixed the issue. I think it was one of those instances of "messing around with a few different things combined to solve it". I do think it had something to do with the caps that are used in C43...

Jesus christ, this is beautiful. That enclosure color is somethin else