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The one I have is SRA #135 flux, no zinc or ammonium chloride. The instructions on the back of the puck also say to "remove residue with a rag", which I didn't know is an industry term but I guess you learn something new every day!

Unbuffered input for running older pedals before it, but then you can compensate with two buffers on the output!

Thanks, looks like I might not be able to get that one in Finland, I only have some very basic solid flux, but I might give it a try with that.

Pots were all correct, at least according to what's written on the pots themselves and on the PCB. 1.) Cleaned out the flux with isopropyl alcohol, no change. 2.) Desoldered Q4 and switched it out for a 2N5089, no change. 3.) Took out Q1-3 and added sockets for Q2-3 (1 already had a socket...

Ok, thanks. I think this is my plan now: 1.) Clean out all the flux around the JFET's. 2.) Desolder Q4 and socket it, try out a 2N5089 or MPSA13 there (I have both). 3.) If those won't help, then I'll probably desolder Q1-3 and socket them instead and try out alternatives. I have some J113's, I...

To reiterate about lag when playing or recording - this is the important part. Your computer specs don't really directly affect the lag (or more accurately, latency) you might get. They do affect it indirectly though. But assuming you're using the ASIO drivers for the interface and there are...

I think with Q1 at 5V and R4 at 1k I can saturate Q2. But the output level is still too weak. So I assume it has to be something past that. I did use MMBF4393, so I guess that part should be fine. From what I gathered, the "Forward Transfer Conductance" is sort of what I could use to maybe...

I did some more testing, switched R6 out for a trimmer so I could bias Q1 at exactly 5V. That didn't change much, but switching R4 to a 1k made the gain range much more useable. However, the level is still quite weak. At full blast it's fine, but could go a bit higher, and then 90% of the pot's...

Man I wish I had checked your mockup before getting the UV print done, the build docs say "Low cut" so now my low cut adds lows when you turn it up... oh well, it's not a big deal. But I was pretty confused at first. @Robert pretty low priority thing, but IMO "Low cut" should be changed to Low...

I posted here https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/viceroy-very-low-gain.20176/ But the voltages were 5.37V drain and 1.63V source for Q1, 5.12V and 1.13V for Q2. I can fine tune Q1 a bit lower if that would help. I believe I checked all the components (except for C2) and they should be correct.

The Engineer SS-2 seems to be in the range of 40€ here, but I wonder if I could just get a piece of the silicon tubing and stick it to the end of my current cheapo basic solder sucker...

I only just remembered I also have the Effects Layouts King of the Morning which is apparently a KoT and a Morning Glory in one. But for whatever reason I didn't really like that. I really like how the Pot and Kettle presence control allows you to smooth out the tone in a very pleasant way...

AFAIK I'd categorize the Katana as a digital amp modeller - obviously it's also a solid state amp, but it might not act quite like regular solid state amps would. That being said, I'm a bit surprised that it's clipping, I would have thought it could handle quite a lot of signal and emulate the...

Weird perspective

EQ controls seem to work fine. Bass is not "wafer thin to BASS BOOSTED REMIX" strong, but it's clearly working like a bass control. Treble and presence both also work like I assume they should.

Can you confirm that just plugging the pedal in normally, you don't even get bypass sound? Does unplugging the power to the pedal make a difference? If so, I think the pedal is wired for true bypass, so that means the bypass signal goes from input jack to 3PDT and to the output jack. So the...

Built up the Viceroy, and it passes signal and sounds somewhat like it should if I dime level, gain and juice and toggle juice to be enabled. Toggle juice to disabled, and it's more of a mid gain thing. Lower either level or gain and it gets way too thin. In short, I don't have as much signal as...

I've only built the Pot and Kettle, so not going to vote. But I only got that one because it seemed like the most full featured one.

I'll get to it after Christmas (y)

I've used a lot of them too (the basic, cheap Tayda ones, soft click and fully black with a normal small nut, just black) and never have any trouble. I don't usually intentionally pace myself, but I often do the two resistor leg hooks in the bottom first and maybe the two topmost ones, so four...