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That is still absolutely superb..

i wish i had a mill for cutting tube vents. i had to use a drill and files to make them for a build that i acid etched and drilled a...

I was just about to say, if it's good enough for the KoT... 🤣

Yeah I went ahead and sent it off to tayda for drilling... plus I got a faceplate.. ordered all the parts from AP,Mouser and Tayda that...

Still a lot cheaper than a noble! According to my spreadsheet, I spent 205 on parts for mine, but that was before tariffs, doesn’t...

I'm kinda giddy that I have one of these pcb's on the way and I ordered all the parts today.. building for a guy I play with.. I've...

Oh yeah, tons of respect for the folks drilling rows of holes and fileing them into slots by hand, but I’m doing it the easy(ish) way...

This is a top 5 overdrive IMO and that is why I have built different versions of this pedal - but this is my favorite. I wanted to use...

Confirmed…. I cleaned up the other pedal that I couldn’t get working and desoldered the diode… The pads were in fact compromised by me…...

that was it dude!!!!! thanks so much! OK so from now on Im socketing all my ICs and tranistors. And yes I definitely need more...

The solved threads are usually the easiest.

I got it working Coda.... I likely damaged the pad from VCC to the zener.. Ran a short lead from a resistor to the diode and all is well..

I'm sure your right about the odds of two in a row being bad... I did in fact feel a bit of resistance getting those leads in the...

I have the first board I can try to clean up and post a pic… definitely weird.., but you could be right.. The zener I used does have a...

This one gave me a fit to get working but after all said and done it works and sounds pretty good, Not my favorite fuzz but it is loud...