Recent content by SCTTWTR

Thanks for the input everyone ... after giving it a rest for a bit I got an idea from szukalsi's post and worked backwards on the input trace ... when I desoldered and removed the input lead between the main board and daughter board (1st one on left) the short went away. Checking the switches...

Yes that is where I started (with audio probe) after I verified the power supply ways good. It literally stops at the input pad on the main PCB. I have a decent probe setup with a tone generator and as soon as I plug input into jack the tone stops because it is going to ground. Surgically...

Thanks for input but I had already checked all those things. The covered pots have electrical tape on back and they are not touching anything - verified The output jack I just switched the wiring color because when I originally wired it to the board I thought the order was same as input (left to...

No problem ... I 've made my share of mistakes and that's why I've gotten pretty good at troubleshooting these especially simple overdrive pedals. Anyway here is the other side of the input connection (closeup) and back of board and front of board. I did the tone mod from this forum which are...

Hi All- I finally got around to building my Paragon that I bought about a year ago. It is the version with the separate double switch daughter board / battery holder cutout. Anyway was getting some weird results with my test rig but went ahead and added jacks and power supply jack and...

Finally got this put back together and enclosure finished ... I spent a lot of time on the decals because I had a lot of time invested already (I've never tried to wrap the deacal image around the sides and it is a pain but if you are careful it comes out good and the clearcoat hides the seams)...

Thanks for the responses ... glad to know I'm not going crazy. I love the pedal/circuit though. I've built some others with MN3207/3102 circuits and never been as happy as I am with this one ... definitely a keeper !

Hi- Just finished a Caesar Chorus (built with the Coolaudio BBD/Timer chipset). Is it me or is the shape switch extremely subtle ? Everything seams to be working (4 pots) as they should but my ears can't hear much difference with the switch. I saw a post on here about a solder bridge by the...

Lesson Learned ... again ... if it was working before you put it in the box it was probably something you changed in the process of boxing it. I was wiring the pots off board because this is a combo build along with Rangemaster clone (I'm making it my Bluesbreaker / Beano kind of box even...

Hi All- I just finished a Blue Breaker. It worked out of the box in my test rig and when I got everything together it makes this loud squealing/screaming noise that modulates with the pots being turned (gets worse or better but still really loud). I've systematically removed it from the box...

Hey thanks I didn't realize those were available I will chek it out and probably stock up on a few. Building a Botah Drive now that takes a couple but I have already soldered the SMD's to the adapters. Maybe I will socket them and see if I can hear any difference just for yucks. Thnaks again !

Those are awesome ! ... one of a kind originals which makes them special. I built a son of Ben a couple of months ago and was curious what you used for the JFETs ... I couldn't find any new old stock J201's in the conventional transistor package so I bought the surface mount (SMD) variety and...

Been meaning to try etching an enclosure for awhile and finally took the plunge. Etching all 6 sides was probably overkill but it helped me learn and doing the back was the practice try anyway. It sounds great too !

OK thanks. I will put them in as you say. The label in the picture on page 2 of the build doc shows the gate as the left lead when facing the flat which is correct for a 2n5952 ... if I flip it so the flat is up the gate will be on the right and drain on the left. Will put them in with...

Hi all- Relative newby here but I've built a lot of pedals over the last few years. I bought an XC Phase board and according to the build document there is an error in the quad taransistor silkscreen because it is a Rev 1 board (my board does not say Rev 2 on it). The build documents says to...