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I just have to give some shout outs here. I know very little about circuit design, it's mostly paint-by-numbers for me, but am always looking to learn more...I don't have this particular pedal, but just wanna say it was cool to see this discussion go down, Chuck walking thru the circuit and...

Looks like OP never posted again. Wonder how this turned out? :P

Yep, used the included PCB... I am a bit heavy-handed thorough with my solder on the switch PCBs, so maybe there is some underneath the board causing an issue but I couldn't or measure anything that seemed glaringly off. Ultimately it's just a cheapo Tayda switch though so maybe I just got a dud.

Nothing too much at the moment. Crazy busy but managed to find a few minutes over lunch break to re-flow and double check the connections to/from the footswitch but haven't had a chance to test yet...Hopefully tonight if I'm lucky. If that's no good then I'll need to order some new 3PDTs...

IIRC Hammond enclosures use 6-32 screws which would be imperial... I assume Tayda's Hammond clones would use the same

I don't know about comparing vs ultra-high end boutiquey-parts but I have compared some Tayda builds against the "real thing" and found no appreciable differences, at least not that couldn't be accounted for by simple parts tolerances... Tommy vs Timmy, Glory Hole vs Morning Glory, Pauper vs...

I will start by double-checking the connections to the main/3pdt PCBs. Seems like an easy first-check. I don't think I have any spare 3PDTs on hand (or any other footswitches at all, for that matter, haha). I know I've read in the past that if you're not careful and lay down too much solder on...

Hi all, hopefully a quick/easy troubleshoot here: Wrapped up a Kliche (full, not mini) build a few days ago. Went to test and it's not bypassing properly. When engaged it seems to be working just as expected: LED comes on, all controls work as they ought to, and it sounds like a Klon. But once...

To be honest whenever I get a component that comes taped to a strip like this I pretty much just yank off the lead and solder it as usual. In my experience the iron is always hot enough to pretty much disintegrate any sort of residue that's left behind and then I clean the whole PCB with rubbing...

I think it's kind of an "it depends". I think a lot of noise comes from vibration. I have a big old and HEAVY drill press with cast iron all around. It's got a much larger motor than many of the smaller benchtop presses but it's considerably quieter as it seems like the weight serves to dampen...

Honestly probably the biggest source of error for me is simply when the drill template gets misaligned, not put on just right. What I have done to (mostly) eliminate that error... I put a little bit of double-sided tape on each of the corners of the face of the enclosure. Then I have an old...

They are a bit spendy for snips, but they're Knipex, so you know it's good... Wire-catching snips. They have a little spring-loaded bar that catches the leads as you snip away. Don't have to worry about bits going flying or whatnot. Kind of a luxury thing but I love them.

Hi all, just a few (hopefully) quick questions for the Son of Ben. 1. Can anyone confirm to me the correct pinout/orientation of J201 mini-PCBs? I ordered a few from Aion. It looks like the proper orientation (assuming the power, I/O, etc is facing up/north) is for the J201s to go D/S/G (L-R)...

Maybe I have just been especially lucky, but I've put together probably a dozen pedals with what I assume is Tayda's Lumberg-knockoff and never had any issues, except maybe that one or two have wiggled loose if I didn't tighten them down enough... I've really had it on my list to put together...

I will also recommend dual lock over Velcro. That said if you are really sure you have something you don’t want to move… I use bicycle chain links. Attach to the pedal using the screws that hold the bottom plate on, then screw the other hole of the chain link into the board…

I'm in the same boat. Got a massive 17" for a ridiculous deal on Craigslist. Old school, cast iron all around and all that good stuff. Weighs as much as a small car. I love it, but it's WAY more than I need 99% of the time. Still prefer it to hand drilling, though. We use one of these little...

Huh. Well, that's pretty much exactly what I was looking for! How interesting :P

Random question I just thought of while working on a project yesterday: How come most component values seem to be kind of "odd" numbers? (Not literally odd/even but just...not particularly "round") Take resistors for example. You'll often see values of 470R, 4.7K, 14.7K, 47K, 470K, etc....but...

Done it a few times on drill press...Hardest part for me is finding a way to securely hold the knob AND keep it at a perfect 90 deg... Have more than my fair share with a slightly tilted hole so that it spins a bit crooked. :P

Not sure if this is the right place for it, but idea pitch: Ability to filter builds by component/s. Feel like this would be especially handy these days with certain parts' availability being a big question mark. For instance...seems like J201's are hit or miss. But a lot of builds require...