This is the method I use, makes it super easy. Also, using blue tack to hold the board in place while soldering is extremely helpful and makes the process much less frustrating.
So, reading through the comments on Guitar FX Layouts (https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2014/03/shins-music-dumbloid-standard.html#comment-form), it seems like the issue I am describing is just standard for this design...sigh. So I am gonna try out some different op amps and see if I can...
Thanks Chuck, I'll check this when I get home from work. As to the blue LED, I tried various colors and the blue one just happened to be in there when I took the photos.
Without a jumper the circuit doesn't function. The LED footswitch with the 3pdt breakout board keeps the CLR in the circuit so those pads need to be jumpered.
Your description sounds exactly like im experiencing, but I was told that in this circuit the transistors aren't what is creating the overdrive. Honestly, I don't know enough about it to know for sure. Hopefully I can get this figured out!
Yeah I will go pull it apart and get a picture of the bottom, however because more than one pedal is doing the exact same thing, it's unlikely to be a solder bridge or cold solder joint on the exact same component. But hey, you never know!
heres a shot of the top side of the board for the first pedal. I just went through and confirmed all of the components one by one. Everything checked out. I am completely stumped. I would appreciate any help on this.
Thanks for the info, I have taken a break from those two pedals for a little while, when I go back to them I will triple check all the components and make sure everything is correct.
So I guess that means the overdrive is coming from the opamp? Which means I must have used the wrong components somewhere and it is affecting the voltages to the IC. Damn.
That's so weird, because I ordered the parts based on the build doc, but then looking at the image of the silk screen on the listing for the pcb it says bc548c, here: https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/specialod/
Also in the build doc it calls for 100 and 220 resistors and I assumed those would...