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You’re not crazy, I had the same experience with a couple other pedals I’ve built. I’d test them out at 8:00pm with my amp at bedroom levels (or perhaps even lower, at the wife’s in bed levels) and I wasn’t impressed at all. The next day, I’d give it a shot at a decent time with the amp...

FV1 soldering doesn’t look horrible, but you may want to go over it again. The top right leg looks a bit lifted from the pad, even though there is solder there. Do you have a flux pen? You don’t need to use additional flux when soldering smd, but it’s an absolute game changer and all but...

In PA, but I’ve got TONS of components, so I should be able to find something that works. :) Thanks for the heads up on Retroamplis! I’m always looking for more respectable/trusted shops for weirdo components. I only use Smallbear, Qwest Corp, Cabintech maybe one or two others I can’t think...

Perfect, thank you!! Edit: holy smokes, those are not inexpensive…. Unless we can nail down a specific suffix, I think I’ll try what I have in stock. Maybe the 2sk209 as mentioned above. I’ll report back once I’ve built it. I’ve got a few others to get through first, but I’ll eventually get...

Great to know, thank you!! I do have a handful of 209’s already. They’re all smd and from the same batch, so I figure they’d be rather consistent with one another. Although, as you pointed out, it may not be the correct parameters for this circuit. At least I’ve got a few narrowed down to...

That’s pretty much what I arrived at as well. Looks like I may just get a handful of different LSK170’s and see what sounds best. Thanks!!

Looked around a few places and can’t seem to come up with much about this circuit, in particular a good equivalent to the 2sk170. I don’t suppose the old J201 or 5457 would work (albeit different pinout)? Also heard some mentions of the J112/J113 but apparently there are various versions of...

Since others have answered the question (I like Betty’s answer the best) I’ll share what I use. I used QD cleaner for over a year with great results. I then switched to 99% isopropyl alcohol, with the exact same results and more $$ saved. A plus is that it seems to dry quicker and leaves no...

Late reply, but I thought it may be worth it. I recently built a couple of these and had the same experience with it not quite reaching that “trumpet/trombone” sound with various transistors in the 187 hfe range. Found these metal can 2n2907a’s at SB and a lot of them were right in that range...

I can’t speak for Moonn (I’m actually looking at making a first purchase with them shortly, the Space Is Fun pcb). I did just build a couple of the Acapulco Tone’s from PCBMania and they’re pretty awesome. It’s a four knob version with EQ and a Clean Blend. I will say, however, that you have...

Same here. In circuits that use the LM386, I’ve had the least amount of luck with LM386n1’s. Haven’t tried the LM386n4’s yet, but have had consistently positive results with LM386n3’s and JRC386D’s. I wanna say that someone at StompBoxParts (one of my favorite online vendors) told me that the...

Not to be a stickler, but I don’t believe the EQD AG “needs” an LM386-n1. EQD uses the JRC386D, which is equivalent to the LM386-n3 (if I’m not mistaken). Just mentioning in case someone else sees the remark while building their first EQD AG.

Finally!

You get a pass on the crass. :)

I think you spilled something on that last schematic.

Don’t suppose we have a wiring diagram for the footswitches? :)

Deal! Our resident guru (Mr. Chuck D. Bones) said he had good results with trannies as low as in the 60’s. I want to say Betty suggested the 2n2369’s (I believe), but as Chuck pointed out you won’t want to feed them with anything above 9v (I think they’re rated at 15v). It may be a little...

Awe man, this was one of the first few pcbs I built and had the same experience. Especially for being a circuit with such a low parts count, it drove me nuts!! That was a while ago and I decided to put it away until I learned a bit more about building/deciphering circuits. This particular demo...

Love the color scheme! Looks gorgeous inside and out!! Nice work :) Edit: ooh, beautiful demo as well! You’re the whole package Michael!

Howd the buff/blend turn out?