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It's been forever since I've thought about this circuit, but I think we learned a mid-shaper (active sweepable bandpass-filter) in front of a flat-ish overdrive is an incredible thing. This pedal fell off my board, mainly because I find the 'Push' control annoying, but a Varioboost into the...

In my early days, I did this mod to a real MIJ OC-2, and the square wave bled through at all times. I have some deep seated guilt over all of the Boss pedals I ruined while learning the trade.

I'd check all of the components in the regeneration path. If your Dwell pot isn't grounded (bad connection at pin 1) it would be always on max. If any other connections are missing, C3 is backwards, or your pot wiper is damaged, it would always be at zero. So check the values, check the...

The Spirit Box 'Dwell' control is dependent on the 'Depth' control. If the Dwell control is set low, I wouldn't expect to hear much regeneration. Try cranking 'Dwell' to max and see if you can hear a difference.

^ This. Audio Probe is the next step. You checked that the bypass is working, which is good, but now you need to demonstrate to us that signal is making it from your footswitch breakout PCB, to the main PCB, to the first active component of the circuit. Start with Pin 3 of IC1 and work backwards.

Nothing. That's a simple output buffer and nearly every circuit out there uses a value between 3.3k and 10k.

Definitely try the circuit with the charge pump removed. It should work. My thinking out-loud on this: VCC will be about 1/3rd, so you're losing a lot of headroom, but that probably won't be noticeable. Q1 is wired as a phase splitter, and will always bias at 1/2 VCC. Q2-Q3 should still be...

This is such a common problems with Charge Pumps. Remove it and see if the circuit still works. Then, take a picture of the chip or write down the part number from the face of it, and let us know which supplier you got it from.

Is it noisy? I've built quite a few RoG circuits, but avoided their final few amp-in-a-box designs, because I heard the cascading gain stages lead to a lot of noise.

The guys at RoG believe that JFETs clip nicely when they're doing light clipping, but sound bad when hard clipping. The LED's hard-clipping to ground were implemented to prevent the JFETs from hitting their saturation point. Notice that they're all at the transistor's Gates, rather than after...

Looks like you can only buy them in a larger quantity from Amazon now. Still a good option. https://www.amazon.com/VintageBee-Bracket-Fastener-Shelves-Furniture/dp/B07HHYPGQ7

Spot on. A multi-pole filter on a toggle switch would have been a much better option.

The first time I setup the pedalboard it was this velcro. The pedals went on great... but pulling them off the board turned into a life-or-death struggle.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H4L8R5G/ I also used these for cable management and really like the result. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FQ8PZRZ/

This is a common complaint with the Bit Commander and I've seen it a dozen times on other forums. A pedal like this really needs a multi-pole filter, but that would have added a lot of complexity. A simple fix would be to double the size of C13. Up it to 47nF. That will bring the corner...

Here's how the brackets worked out on my CS7's. Notice that the brackets wouldn't reach the board on their own, so finishing washers were used to bridge that small distance and provide a solid connection. The machined screws going into Power Supply were included with the CS7. I don't recall the...

My advice is you need way less velcro than you think you do. I started off with some super strong stuff and it took all of my might to peel pedals off the board. It also flexed and stressed the board every time I needed to move pedals around. Now I do two small strips of generic velcro on each...

I mounted 2 CS7's using commonly available right angle mounting brackets, and the machined screws included with the CS7s. The tricky bit is that the brackets would not make contact with the wood on their own, so I had to add finishing washers to that connection to get a few extra mm and make...

The worst I've come across was BJFE. I traced the Honey Beest and posted the gutshots. Bent, inconsistent components. Rats nest of light gauge wires. I was shocked it even worked. Apparently they're all like that. That said, I was able to resell it for like $200 after I was done. Often in the...

My first 7 years or so of this hobby, I only built circuits on perfboard. I thought I was too good to buy PCB's or even vero layouts. It led to lots and lots of hours poured into failed projects and constant repair on the ones that did work. Among sketchy soldered component lead connections...