Recent content by snouse

It’s been a massive headache. Pandemic era was destructive in this regard. There are dozens of online electronics dealers smaller than Mouser, and tons of small shops all over the country who are not online and are happy to get rid of a bulk of components that have been sitting in a storeroom...

Someone remind me not to bend over in the shower anymore

That’s the one. If people are using these builds as placeholders to represent my design, taking them around town and saying, “This is what a BlackBox sounds like,” don’t y’all think I understand it’s in my own interest to help make them sound as good and as close to the real thing as possible…?

I don’t mind. Never did. It’s flattering. Not under the impression that my business will fall apart because people are making clones at home. If Ibanez is still selling hoards of Tube Screamers, believe me, I’m not concerned. I sleep on a couch in the shop at least four nights a week, no more...

This isn’t my pedal, looks great though!

Congrats on such a great design @Robert! Lol

That would be because we batch test my transistors and adjust component values accordingly, by equipment and by ear. Resistors will act the same within their nominal working parameters, within the specified tolerance range. Not so with transistors. They're all different. Which is why you'll see...