Recent content by xefned

I had that issue with switchable clipping on the harmonic percolator. I thought the LEDs would sound harsher than the germs. I traced it out, and was surprised to find the LEDs gave a more mellow distortion. Great looking build! Love the graphic, love the knobs.

Yep, custom art + friendship is the only reason to build in this case. Otherwise, he'd get a used CC off Reverb and be done with it. I built a deep blue with custom artwork, and the recipient loves it.

I've had to re-do enclosures because of issues with the white, so it's smart of you to check. I think you get this already but "#FFFFFF" ← pure white, will print: nothing on the color layer, and nothing on the white layer. Furthermore, if you print a color layer with only pure white...

This woman got help fixing her C64. Impressive!

Wait, you mean the next eight years, right? ;)

Thanks again Comrade Hoser for the volume hack. I added the mod to my build last night, and I'm declaring this an *essential* mod. At lower volumes, the Height knob produces an apparent decrease in volume at full clockwise. The new volume knob compensates for that.

You rock, thanks! Your mod is the thing that's gonna make this useable, and I appreciate that. +1 for making the DIY option better than the retail.

Hey, thanks for explaining this! Am I understanding correctly that we just wire pin 3 and pin 2 to these two spots, hijacking the signal to the output. (And pin 1 to gnd.)

Is it a mic preamp? Or something to run a microphone into stompboxes? I'd be interested in such a circuit. I have no idea what's causing the hiss, but I wonder if you could solder a dangling resistor to that pad to make the hiss go away permanently. 🤔

Watching now. Gotta love a band with 2 flying-Vs. 🤘

Holy @!#?@! this song is wonderful! I turned it up 3 times and it kept getting better.

I find PCB mount pots are enough to hold it in place, even when there's only 2 pots. LED holes often do not line up with the drill templates and require some bending.

Yeah, I think I'm gonna follow your lead and pre-emptively install a volume pot. If I follow this into something delicate like a TC Electronic Flashback, I imagine it won't have the headroom to tame it without distorting the front end. Thanks again for sharing your discovery.

Thanks for the tip, man. I wonder if I need to add a volume pot to mine. Or can I just attenuate at the next pedal in the chain?

No, the Countryman always needs voltage to drive the fet. The transformer is just a 2:1 ratio. The Unagi Magnetics E4305 (I'm guessing) is probably a higher-quality transformer since it's $62 compared to the $16 of the OEP clone, the Vigortronix VTX-101-002. I'll still build another cheap...