Recent content by MattG

Side jacks on a 125B? Blasphemy! I’m just kidding of course! That’s one of the things that makes DIY so satisfying, you get things exactly like you want. Absolutely great great looking builds, thanks for sharing!

At first I thought that 1n5817 was a MELF resistor.

Bump for Edit 3, where I added a second build with this custom PCB.

So this is definitely a keeper for me. For now anyway, it's replaced my "Egregiously Expensive Crunch" (Cornish CC-1 clone). Having spent some more time with it, I don't think it's quite as EQ-neutral ("transparent") as the CC-1. Specifically, I think it might actually cut a little bit of...

For that, I actually use double-sided foam tape.

Sure! See here: Buffered Electrical Bypass Module. I can't afford to give these away for free, but if you want to try one or two, and live in the USA, PM me and we can probably work something out. I do have spare through-hole PCBs of this circuit that I'm happy to send out for free.

I've now had a couple requests for the Gerbers and other files needed for the SMD board. So, by popular demand, I'll put these out for everyone to use. I had these fabricated and SMD assembly done by JLCPCB. The first four files have a .txt extension that I added only because the true...

Here is my build of the Effects Layouts Spice Runner, based on the Way Huge Saucy Box. From what I've gathered, based on Internet hearsay, this is a simplified version of the Way Huge Pork Loin (for which PedalPCB offers a board, the Lamb Chop). Just by looking at the schematics of the two...

I'm assuming it's the CD4069 and TQ-2L-5V bypass discussed here and here?

I assume the second PCB that’s mostly hidden behind the effect PCB is some kind of bypass circuit? Curious about its design.

I was looking at the schematic for the PedalPCB Lamb Chop, which is based on the Way Huge Pork Loin. See also the Effects Layouts Spice Runner, which is based on the Way Huge Saucy Box. Internet hearsay suggests the Saucy Box is a simplified version of the Pork Loin, and a quick glance at the...

I'm sure most of us have encountered a build that required a trim pot: a small potentiometer that is soldered directly to the PCB, often intended to make some one-time adjustment that accounts for variability in another part of the circuit (e.g. bias), or maybe some kind of tuning that is...

Long ago, I used to buy teflon-coated silver wire from "John's Wire Shop" on ebay. I stopped using it though, due to the teflon coating being too slippery to work with my strippers (Irwin Vise-Grip 2078300). I think it was on this forum, someone suggested this tefzel coated silver wire: 22 Ga...

Looks fantastic, thanks for posting! What are you doing with the offboard wiring? I can see what look like little jumper wires at the top where we normally do power input and input/output ground, and similarly at the bottom for status LED and bypass switch wiring. From what I can see of it...

Looks great, thanks for posting!