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Another question on the Percolator: that 50 nF cap... can I use a 47 nF cap? As much as I want to attempt your sweet mods, I may opt to go an easier route prior to some next level wizardry...

Sitting in the dark! Brilliant. Thanks! I was using my thumb for a bit... :ROFLMAO:

(photo links in titles of pedals, from my browser, the links look just like regular text!) Sea Horse - I may try to tinker with the ticking. For whatever reason, my pedal's ticking is SO faint and quiet, might not be worth opening up things. Overall, the pedals is so fun, lots of options from a...

Glad your Magnetron is working, too! My pulsing LFO light (the bottom one by the foot switch) stays on all the time, even if the pedal is off. Does that happen for you, too? Anyone else?

Would anyone mind showing off a photo/schematic of your mods for the ticking? These might be obvious: - When you say "remove C19..." - remove the cap and leave the gap wide open? - When you say "connect a 10 nF cap..." - is the only mod a MLCC cap soldered directly on the underbelly of the...

Hard agree on everything said - excellent product and top-notch community.

Hell, yeah! Sorry for the delay, I was noodling with the Magnetron for the last hour! TL072 for the win! Who needs a fancy pants OPA2134, anyways? Forum Hive Mind strikes again! Fired up real nice once that IC was in place. The wind was really outta my sails, and you guys saved it. Shout out...

Hey Folks - Can't believe I did this to myself - I glossed over my pick list, and didn't order an OPA2134 for my Magnetron Delay. Just finished soldering the jacks and 9V plug, ready to box up and drop in my ICs... and realized I didn't have the OPA2134! There are some threads talking about...

Okie dokie, I'm working on sourcing parts for this percolator - this is the first project of mine that would use transistors like these. Some noob questions for you all: Sockets - in order to play around with transistors, you use sockets, right? If so, do you use a socket like this from Small...

@Chuck D. Bones - where'd you end up sourcing the transistors and diodes? I tend to be a bit leery of hard-to-find-parts designs, but this one's really intriguing! @tcpoint - you mentioned in another thread that the GE diodes had to specifically be 1n695, how'd you come up with that spec?

I think you've said it before, but I can't find it in the forum. Can you remind us what that 4-strand hook-up wire is called, and where you like to source it? That looks pretty slick and convenient...

Coming back to this question: I've built three pedals so far (Bit Captain / Phase II / Sea Horse - build reports are a comin'!). The LEDs for the Phase II (3mm green) and Bit Captain (3mm blue) called for 4.7K, had to up them to 10K+ to tone the brightness down a bit. For the Sea Horse, the...

Love it, ya'll are giving me fish and teaching me how to fish. Best of both worlds. Thanks, pals!

Hey Folks - Total noob question: I got these 9V jacks from Tayda (part #A-991). I'm having trouble figuring out which lead off the jack is (+) and (-). Is this like caps and LEDs, where the longer lead is (+) and the shorter lead is (-)? The last 9V jacks I got had a diagram... these don't...

I'm interested in building the Mercurial Boost / VarioBoost. The PCB is a 3-knob, yet the three knobs are not oriented like the Tayda enclosure. You think I could get a 3-knob and flip the PCB around on the inside, and simply run slightly longer wires to the switch and the in/outs? I've...

Thanks, ya'll. I just emailed Tayda, just to let 'em know. Hilarious story, @Chuck D. Bones , nothing like efficiency vs effectiveness. ;)

Hey Folks - Working on my Seahorse, realized that I was sent 560-marked resistors from Tayda instead of receiving 470 Ohm resistors (for R20 on the schematic). Funnily enough, they all test at 480-ish Ohms, which is close enough. Have you all noticed this for your tiny resistors? I...

This is a sweet idea! I've been working on my enclosure options and strategies, this is a good tool to add to the kit. In case anyone else is doing artwork research, here are some things I've recently learned, maybe helpful for ya'll. Where to print? - The UPS Store near me will print stuff...

How'd you get the crisp pastel colors? They look really nice.

Big knobs are fun and sounds superior to small knobs. ;) For a 5-knob or 6-knob build, my measurements from the first pedal I build look like the spacing is just over 20mm between the pot centers. That sounds like a 20mm knob (like a Boss 20mm x 12mm) would be a little too close for comfort...