Recent content by rhaas

Nice build! The ST-9 is easily my favorite Tube Screamer.

Okay, I finally had the presence of mind to measure the opamp voltages and I noticed 0 volts on pin 7. I reflowed all the opamp pads and now it's working again! My best guess is that one of those pads had a poor solder joint and the connection was intermittent. Sorry for overlooking the basics...

Thanks! Not sure why I didn't think to do this. 😅 All of these check out, so I'm not sure how it's not working now when it was working in my "hardwire to ON" test. I did remove and reinstall the effect PCB when I replaced the relay board, so maybe something on the effect PCB is intermittently...

Yes to all of the above! :)

The effect PCB or the bypass PCB? As a test, I wired the jacks up to the respective IN/OUT pads on the effect PCB and it was passing signal.

Up until today, I've used the Basic Relay Bypass (latching) on at least 15 pedals without issue. Up until today... :ROFLMAO: For some reason, the first board + switch that I assembled would switch the LED but not pass signal when turned on. Things I checked: All solder joints are solid, and...

I used the short-shaft version on a few pedals and they worked fine. Subjectively, I think the "pro" switches from SBP and LMS have a slightly better feel so I prefer to spend the extra $1.10 for those. That being said, I wouldn't hesitate to use the Tayda switches if they were all I had.

I also built a Zen clone and could never quite bond with it. The tone was always darker than I preferred and there was a stiffness to the attack that I didn't like. The voicing and drive characteristics of the Simble are much more to my liking. :) As a side note, I recently joined a Dead...

Thank you! I'm still enjoying this pedal, though lately I've been using the Symbolic (Simble) for a change. I'll post a build report for that and a few others in the coming days.

FWIW, I placed an order for a Viola Pink enclosure right after they went out of stock but before the site was updated. I ended up taking a chance on Viva Magenta and I'm pretty happy. It's hard to capture in a picture, but here it is next to a Love My Switches envelope and some Tayda bubble wrap...

Indeed, Pantone says "Viva Magenta descends from the red family, and is inspired by the red of cochineal, one of the most precious dyes belonging to the natural dye family as well as one of the strongest and brightest the world has known." And that it's "a new animated red that revels in pure...

Has anyone tried the new(?) Viva Magenta? I placed an order for a Viola Pink enclosure last week and Tayda reached out to let me know that it's now out of stock with no ETA. They suggested Viva Magenta as an alternative, which looks darker in their photos but lighter on the Pantone swatches.

I did a Mahayana/Zendrive and it turned out fine. Note that there was a white layer under the black.

As others have mentioned, latency is going to be your greatest challenge. In 2020, I got this working via JackTrip (instructions here, though it now seems to have turned into a commercial offering). I was in SF and my friend was in Portland, ~600 miles away. Latency becomes...

I recently wanted to build a Klone for bass and decided to take some inspiration from Chuck's well-considered and helpfully explained mods. This is my third Kliché Mini build and they've all been a breeze — really a fan of this layout! Figuring that I might want to tweak the clean channel...