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A trivial design correction, two weeks, and a non-trivial amount of cash later, I now have fully working buffered bypass modules!

When I just want an image of my PCB layout, I use my OS'es built-in screen capture tool.

I originally started with Eagle, back in 2016. At the time, KiCad either didn't exist or I simply wasn't aware of it. I was active on diyAudio back then, and Eagle seemed to be the default everyone recommended. I didn't have any frame of reference for comparison, having never used any...

Agreed, woeful was probably too strong of a word. Honest question, as I've never done either: what's the effort and final result difference when comparing self-etched PCBs against vero board? This absolutely, 100%! I definitely got a little out of the book, but even if I didn't get anything...

I got this book as a birthday gift, and read it. I agree with most of the comments above: it's not bad by any means, but is woefully out of date. I kinda-sorta have been doing his "stamp" method, though having it explained explicitly was useful. In particular, it seems obvious now, but I like...

The default resistor footprints in KiCad are basically just rectangles. This, at-a-glance, makes them look very similar to the box film capacitor footprints. It appears other programs have "shaped" resistor footprints. For example, I think all PedalPCB PCB resistor footprints are not...

Beautiful work, as always. The knobs on the Paragon/KOT - are those aluminum or plastic? If they are aluminum, from where did you source them? How do you find the treble balance on the Cast Iron? Do you find the "neutral" setting (i.e. all knobs at noon) to be a bit on the darker side, and...

So... turns out build #2 wasn't a simple "plug and play" calibration like I initially thought. Tonight I plugged into my Hiwatt DR504 clone, and in the process of quick-checking my pedals, I immediately noticed Amethyst #2 sounding pretty bad. Not only was the "distortion" I described here...

I tweaked the clipping section slightly, with an ON-OFF-ON switch, so you can have all three options (max headroom, LED clipping, 2n4148 clipping). I made R6 33k in series with a trimpot.

It becomes a drop-in replacement for most PedalPCB PCBs out there. ;) But not for e.g. EffectsLayouts, Aion, Madbean, etc. I did think about that a bit. But, I decided to deviate from the PPCB standard because... I added "BPW", ("board power"), basically just the power input (typically 9v)...

I never thought about trying to solder it upside down. I might just give that a try!

I don't know, maybe? I think it's a "pick your poison" kind of thing. This is the wrong routing around that transistor: And this is the corrected routing: I think it would be tricky, since one of those SOT-32 pads needs to be GND, which isn't just a trace, but a whole copper pour. So pad...

I had an miniaturized surface mount version of this design ready to go as soon as the through-hole prototype was validated. I submitted this design to JLCPCB not just for PCB fabrication, but also assembly. They were delivered on Monday! I had a The Fingers PCB all soldered up, just waiting...

Thank you! Definitely not the metal-film silver, just "regular" black on the green. I believe it will transfer whatever color you print on the decal, and in my case, my laser printer is black-only. It's kind of washed out in the picture because I used a flashlight with a diffuser so that I...

I'm not really trying to clone a Cogmeister, so much as borrow inspiration from it. What I'm actually going for is just a 2-in-1, which isn't anything new. I mentioned the Cogmeister mainly because it's an interesting idea, and also because it uses a Rangemaster-derived circuit as the first...

Yes, the buffer is always on. And I did think about the pickup loading effect you describe. At least in the way I have my board setup, my first pedal is a tuner, which has a buffer. So in my mind, I'm already buffered, so I've already lost the ability to "unbuffer", unless I change pedal...

Here's my Tube Bender Deluxe. This circuit draws inspiration from the Dinosaural Tube Bender (offered by PedalPCB as the Pipe Stretcher), but has been given the hot-rodded treatment by our resident circuit expert, @Chuck D. Bones. (I haven't built or played the Pipe Stretcher or Tube Bender...

Here's a PCB that's been sitting in my "to build" pile for over two years. Is is the Dragons Breath Boost, based on the Catalinbread Naga Viper Boost. The Naga Viper is of course an evolution of the Rangemaster Treble Boost. What motivated me to finally build this was reading about the...

@Chuck D. Bones - I want to build the boost-only circuit. Is the first schematic you posted still considered good for that? Or is the tweaked more complex circuit in boost mode better than the boost-only circuit? And if that first boost only circuit is still viable, should Q1's drain be set...

It's a success! Build report here.