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@Bio77 @zgrav Good tips! I've gone back and forth on sockets for transistors. Never had an issue either way until now. Maybe I'll switch back to soldering them directly.... Tried again and the original 5088 does in fact work, but I need to press it in the socket in a specific way. Won't stay...

And there it is! The 5088s all seemed fine in their sockets and I had pressed on each one to check it was snug, but the legs on Q1 were a tiny bit wonky and I just swapped it out for a fresh one and pedal is working again! The footswitch is fine it seems- there was continuity as expected in both...

@Bobbyd67 how should I go about checking that? Would certainly love this to be a switch issue :D

I have a Caesar chorus I put together several months ago. To my relief, it worked first try and this has been my favorite build so far- I love how this circuit sounds. However, it crapped out on me recently. First the effect got noisy, distorted, and weak, and then stopped working entirely. I...

Also @Diynot great idea on using the little plastic tubes. I was struggling to get some cardboard measured out, but was making a mess of it. This is so much neater and fits perfectly.

@Diynot That makes me feel better at least! Seems like it's a recurring issue with this one. I saw someone else did something similar, and I was looking at doing that too. Did you totally surround those ICs, or is it sort just surrounded on three sides? Also are you grounding those little...

@Bret608 It's definitely worse in bypass. The ticking seems to go through the filter when effect is on, so adjusting the settings/trim pots can cut it down quite a bit. I had thought about the LED- I have it connected with some wire so I could place the LED lower down on the enclosure, and I'd...

Also I have spent time experimenting with the trim pots. Adjusting those has a huge impact on the sound of the pedal of course, but the ticking doesn't change at all regardless of how those are set.

Hi all, I just built a Minnow (Maestro FSH-1) and am getting really pronounced ticking from the LFO in Sample/Hold mode whether bypassed or not. I've read around about how other people have addressed the issue in this pedal and others with LFOs, so I have routed the output wire that would...

Peccary- thanks! Glad it helps! This design took me a long while to get laid out correctly (I’m also not much of a designer) so figured someone else could use this too.

I recently finished my SuperHeterodyne Receiver build, and thought I'd share a few things that could help others and save some time. I used the Tayda printing and drilling services with a 1590XX enclosure, but I couldn't seem to find the coordinates for the holes to be drilled. The drilling...

I built an Abyss (The Depths) several months ago and it's been on my pedalboard since. I've had a problem come up all of a sudden I haven't experienced before. I lose a whole lot of treble when I switch the effect on. It's like I've put a blanket over the speaker or turned my guitar's tone all...

@SYLV9ST9R Definitely! When I ordered these I wasn’t sure if that was an option, but I’m def going to do it next time given how cheap it is. Just one less thing to deal with.

A couple new builds I finished recently that I’m really enjoying. I’ve started using Tayda’s UV printing service and been really happy with the results. There’s a bit of a learning curve with prepping the files in Illustrator but the printed enclosures come out looking great. Had some fun with...

@Nostradoomus where do you get the ribbon cable connecting the breakout board?

Thanks! Looking forward to this build.

This is a minor thing, but I noticed something on the Trembling Loon product page. Generally, the controls listed in the Description match the order of controls from left to right and top to bottom on top exterior of enclosure. However, the controls are in a different order on the product page...

Just finished this and love it! This is my third pedal build and first from Pedalpcb. Altogether a pretty straightforward build (at least once I tracked down an A25k pot!). Guts aren’t the neatest but everything worked first try. Nice and spacious board layout, though the A25k pot pads are a...

@music6000 is the footswitch connected to the board with resistors? Is there a specific reason for that? Looks amazing! I'm looking at doing my own Tommy III build as well.