Recent content by ryland

Any idea if this will run on NE566 as well as the 565? I think the only difference is that the 566 has the phase detector disabled…which I’m not sure this pedal uses. I may have bought a dozen 566s when they went obsolete with an eye towards building a few of these. Then I never got around to...

What vactrol do you recommend for these builds?

Thanks!

Oh man, this is awesome! I love my 2000-era Seek Wah, but I’m afraid to take it out of the house due to the now rare Myrold paint job. If someone was making a shopping list for the pots, would these be 100k 9mm linear taper?

Looking for the board wiring for the Double Pendulum. Is there a similar board diagram that anyone can point me to? Thanks

Alright, I have to ask if the name is based on a certain malt shop in Minneapolis…

I have a pretty large stash of GE transistors that I’ve collected over the decades of building effects. I auditioned a bunch in the broadcast that I built. Some were waaaay too bright (usually the American made ones) and some were much darker and more mellow sounding (UK brands). That...

Is there a schematic for this pedal? I have an issue with the on/off foot switch LED being partially lit all the time and there is a loud pop when I turn it on. It’s likely a bad cap, a schematic would help the debugging process.

You owe it to yourself to play with the trimmers. There are some real sweet spots to be found!

Question on the TB-2w - I also managed to get one for retail price, and I think it sounds good for the price…but it does have a lot more hiss than I expected, even for a GE fuzz. Does yours seem extra hissy?

Mine hisses more than I’d like as well. Mine is constant. I was planning on messing around with the trimmers a bit more this weekend.

It is pretty obvious. Set the depth to 100% and turn up the output/amp loud enough to clearly hear the signal. There is a range on the trimmer where you will hear the chorus effect. At either end of the range, there is quite a bit of fizz. Just set the trimmer for the least noise. I did...

I have a big bag of through hole J201s that I bought back when they went on the last time buy list, so I used them. I’m sure the SMDs would work just as well.

I got it running and dialed in. What a fun effect! Thanks a ton for making this happen.

Got it, I see what I did wrong. Thanks!