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TBH, this for me, lol. I pretty much never bother cleaning boards and it's never caused me any trouble. I polish them up a little bit if I'm gonna share some up close and personal gut shots (but even in those instances it's never been a flux-related issue, lol) I guess if I was building to sell...

I've had an Amazon "subscribe and save" subscription for basic D'addario XL 11's for as long as I can remember at this point. With discount they end up being like $4.50 a pack or something silly cheap. There are other strings I've liked better but none have been "better enough" to justify the...

I can never remember which side is switched/unswitched or whatnot so whenever I use these (assuming I don't need the switched-capability) I just solder to one side and then bridge across to the other with a resistor leg or something :P

I think if I remember correctly the 5mm ones use a 5/16" hole, or I guess like 8mm metric? If I'm thinking of it right I'm pretty sure I go very slightly undersized though, like 19/64" or 7.5mm perhaps would work. But more importantly, as others have said - make sure the LED is seated in the...

Probably an easy/dumb question but what the heck. I've got a vero build of JHS little black buffer. It's fine, it works, nothing fancy. It's first in my chain but I'm wanting to split my signal so one output goes to an always-on tuner and the other output goes to the rest of my pedals. Again...

Oh wow!! :LOL:

This may have already been requested, but I haven't seen it, if so... I know you can already sort PCBs by "average rating," but it would also be nice to actually be able to see the number of reviews/ratings and star-rating right there with the PCB name/description. Just a thought :P

If you don't mind waiting a while for shipping you can get aluminum toppers/knockoff "barefoot buttons" on any of the cheap Chinese vendors (AliExpress, Temu, DHGate, etc) for dirt cheap

My tops: 1. General Tso: this is probably my favorite compressor I’ve ever played, DIY or not. I used a diamond compressor for a decade and it knocked it off. Pretty much never gets turned off. One of those “I made that?!?” Type of things. 2. Clandestine Preamp: it also rarely gets turned...

I’m a real sucker for “vertical” 1590BB dual pedals, too.

Seconded! It’s long been on my “Projects to do when things are EXTREMELY slow at work” list to make some kind of spreadsheet documenting each effect, the “based on” and what “family” it comes from, where applicable. For instance “Informant” is based on the 1981 Inventions DRV which is from the...

Pretty much the only thing I ever use blue tack for anymore is when a circuit has just one or two random tall caps that make it sit awkwardly to solder. Even then what I’ll typically end up doing is not messing with any tack or tape and will just do a tiny “tack solder” to hold the component...

For that matter, IMO the Timefactor still holds up awfully well and can be found for pretty dang cheap these days.

Keeley Halo (Andy Timmons) is really good

I would echo this. Not a Blues Jr fan at all. If anything I’d sooner recommend the Pro Jr for a smaller fender.

Years ago, back when I was in college...I was a pretty average guitarist. Not terrible, not great. On a whim I auditioned for a local band's lead guitar position and by some miracle ended up getting picked for the spot. Spent the next two-ish years touring the country and regularly playing...

I’ve noticed lately a lot of folks’ builds where they’re only connecting a ground wire to one of their in/out jacks rather than both. I’m assuming the thinking here is that the other is grounded thru the enclosure and it’s to avoid potential ground loops? Just curious as to if there’s any...

General Tso is perhaps my favorite pedal I’ve ever built. I can’t recommend that one highly enough! I would like to try the Kompromat too though. I really like the Barber to begin with.

That looks fantastic

Off the top of my head Morningstar makes a couple of bypass switchers that are midi controlled, no foot switches on the unit itself. I think a handful of folks make similar