Recent content by swelchy

I'm an awkward introvert in person to strangers...... I don't think there's anyone near me on my side of Atlanta that builds that I know of..Thank God.. no social experiments for me.

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 I didn't have on hand....$66 of it all was just shipping fees from the different sources

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 never dropped $250 worth of parts for one build... dang

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… it was a tight squeeze plus I’m a bit heavy handed on the heat… I solder @ 400C so I likely comprised both PCBs with a fatty lead leg and then clocked both of...

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 hole... i bet I ripped both the traces.. it soldered up fine..... would make sense because both were bad in the same spot...

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 very tight fit on the pcb… I could have damaged the through plating installing both of them 🤷‍♂️

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. Q1 2n222 100 hfe Q2 Bc109c 403 hfe Q3 MP38 70 hfe D2 5.1 v zener D1 random Russian germanium .31fv

Solved…. I think others need to check their PCBs because both of my PCBs have a dead trace between R12 and the D2 diode.. Ran a pice of lead straight to the D2 diode and it works now.

R12 4.5 volts R14 0 volts D2 5.1 zener 0 volts C6 4.5 volts on pin 1

I'll do some voltage checking in a bit on it... had the exact same issue with the other board as well...

At my wits end with 2nd attempt… built completely stock specs basically Q3 is NPN MP38 70 hfe with about 200 leakage Used a 5.1 V zener I’m getting about 4.2 at Q1 collector I’m getting about 3.6 at Q2 collector I’m getting zero voltage at Q3 collector I’m not getting voltage at the zener...

Ahhhh..... Well that's a different story... if it just shows R1, C1 D1 kinda stuff it's probably pretty important to have a build doc... I dont think I even have a pedalpcb board on hand out of over 120 different pcbs in possession that doesn't have values printed on them?

Maybe it's just me but I'm pretty sure I've never used a build doc to build out a pedalpcb project.... Especially if it's just a straight up build with no specialty decommissioned submarine parts. I will on occasion use a drill template if it has something crazy with a lot of knobs and switches..

haha... I got a pm here from someone when I built one and called it my little klony..... Like I was possibly going to steal away from someones charity money with all the pedals I sell...... :ROFLMAO: ... I've sold basically nothing the last 2 years because I'm too busy with 5 kids to finish a...