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I made so many mistakes building the stripboard, These not only included a solder bridge and having to remove a cap in the wrong place, but I had to rip out a board-mounted potentiometer - all 3 pins - that were in the wrong spot as well (don't do detail work at 2am, kids). Some of the track...

3x 2N2369 @ ~60, 80, 80 hfE. Biased to ~7.8, ~1.7, ~7.8. It is stupid loud. Unity is around 9:30. This is in a 1590B. I have since reworked the layout so it can be dropped into a 1590B or with pots flipped, into a 125B - along with a few other tweaks. You can see the pot pins on the bottom row...

UPDATE: With trimmers on Q2c, Q2e, Q3c and the "Loudness?" (between +9v and Q3c), I got some great thick fuzz and no appreciable noise at: Q2c 78K Q3c 820R "Loudness" 2K4 Most, interestingly with this setup, the Q2e resistor acted like a filter and functioned throughout its range. At 0, it...

So I have been experimenting (at reasonably loud household volume) with a silicon bender on my bread board the past few weeks. I started with the widely recognized GGG / Orman / RDV TBii schematic: https://generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_tb_m2p_sc_ns.pdf Comparing it with the Carbon Black (EDQ...

Mini hacksaw and 120g sandpaper

After a couple prototypes of my prototype test box :rolleyes: I have completed one that I am satisfied with... 3 switches L-R: Power, Bypass, Channel: front (PCB), rear (Breadboard) Bi-color LED indicates bypass (red) or active (green) The board inside has polarity protection, power...

..but the PCB doesn't accommodate it, do you just tack the cap to the transistor? I am talking for example putting a 120-150pF cap across Q2bc of a Si fuzz face

Is there any best practice / consensus if it is acceptable to wire jumpers on the back (copper-side) of the stripboard, assuming youre not doing so over/across lumps of solder?

Thanks for the quick reply.. Oops on C1, my old eyes did not see the (-) polarity. Flipped, thanks! D1 in series now.. I've typically not used the series R1 resistor either, but wanted a generic design for if/when I may need. So, any resistor on the board can be substituted with a 0R jumper...

... I thought I'd bring myself up to speed on the newer DIYLC (its been a minute) by putting together a stripboard to centralize power / ground connections to a filtered power supply. I had seen several threads discussing the idea and had a try at a layout: The filtering section is pretty...

I found plenty of info to do a simple on-off SPST, but wondering if anyone here can share how to implement a SPDT with transistors. To illustrate in its simplest form, I am looking to have a red LED turn on as a normally closed circuit and when a signal is received by a transistor the red LED...

I came up with a great way to repurpose your old dried out pens.. 1 Bic Pen "Round Stic", with cap 1 breadboard jumper wire, with male pin 1 physically small capacitor - smaller than pen inside diameter. I used a .22uF poly Stranded wire of desired length Heat shrink tubing This choice of...

Hi, I am looking for a simple way to make a socketed a/b cap switch. I have attached one way I was thinking, but concerned it might be a bit chunky. Maybe wire the switch to a small piece of stripboard with socketed caps instead? What are other / better ways? Thanks..

Thanks all..great community.. the aluminum foil seems to be doing the job. I think I will just get some copper or aluminum tape, apply to the underside, reattach ground and call it done.

Hi, I've been lurking for a while, but its time for a first post.. Some background, and 2 related questions: My breadboard (2x Busboard 630) is mounted to a 1/4" thick MDF base using the backing adhesive. I am building a Sandspur and prototyping some mods with BC108s and getting a decent amount...