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Cool, kinda figured it was mostly a non-issue for pedal stuff. Good to have it confirmed by knowledgeable folks 👍 Most of the re-capping stories I’ve read have been on synth DIY forums. People working on vintage synths with on-board power supplies, from the days before wall-warts became...

I was searching for some electrolytics on Mouser. Generally I just filter by voltage rating and maybe manufacturer, don’t usually worry about tolerance for electrolytics. I just spotted another parameter I’ve never noticed before: Life. Options for the ones I’m looking at are 1000, 2000, 5000...

Nice design! And the Nightjars get even spookier when you read about their old name… https://www.sibleyguides.com/2015/03/why-are-they-called-goatsuckers/

They also hand paint fake stripes on all the resistors. Some real artisanal shit!

They need some better marketing. I’d be selling this as a “Discrete-Channeled Differencing Mixer”! ;)

I now use a Hakko with a digital display, but before that for many years I used a Weller knock-off (Tenma brand) that just had a dial with hash marks. If I was using a new type of solder (I did use lead free a few times, but ended up going back to leaded), I would get the dial ‘in the ballpark’...

My sanding arm hurts just looking at that enclosure! ;) ‘Tis an impressive shine!!

The most obvious argument against multi-turn trimmers is that they tend to cost significantly more than single-turn. It only makes sense to spec a more expensive/precise part if your circuit actually needs that level of resolution to be dialed in properly. Of course if you’re just building a few...

This one popped up on a playlist the other day and I got curious about that guitar sound. Google reveals that Lindsey recorded it at home and played the bass and a “down-tuned” guitar. There’s some general stuff saying that he sometimes used an overloaded tape recorder preamp for his distortion...

That looks like the same signature blue that Park (bicycle) Tools uses. Can you true a wheel with this thing? ;)

My country is a roaring dumpster fire and I won’t have anyone say otherwise! ‘Murica 🫡 ;)

What’s wrong with it in this case is that the supposed aim of the tariff is to encourage increased manufacturing in the US. But if you slap non-strategic tariffs on everything, you wind up including specialty items (like rugby goggles for one example) that will never plausibly be manufactured in...

Except that businesses specifically competing with ‘Chinese fast fashion’ were more likely to be large retail chains and not independent mom-n-pops. And of course there’s all the small specialty shops that rely on imports of stuff that will never make sense to manufacture in the US. Just read...

Excellent! Thanks for the confirmation 👍

Putting together some project carts, and there are a few JFETS that I can only find at reasonable prices in SMD versions. Some are listed as SOT-23 package types, and others are SC-59. Some googling suggests these may be essentially two names for the same format. Can anyone confirm, or refute...

If it was me, I’d just paint over those little copper gouges with some black nail polish. I assume Wet-n-Wild is a high-quality insulator 🤷‍♀️;)

My Mouser orders ship from TX. They may have multiple distribution centers, I’m not sure. But a good chunk of their inventory probably comes from tariffed countries, so they’re giving it too you as a line item rather than just doing across-the-board price increases. I’ve seen other businesses...

Isn’t the CE-1 pretty much straight out of the Jazz Chorus?

Shrike + Sabbath = 🤘🤘🤘🤘 I’ve got a (slowly disintegrating) homemade (used to be into screen-printing before I got into pedal building) Master of Reality shirt that I still wear. “Children of the Grave” is an underrated classic. Dig that Doctor Who bassline!;)

A related Public-service Announcement: I just ordered some weirdo Euro-bulbs from a German EBay seller, for this epic project http://jhaible.com/legacy/compact_clone/ that I’ll definitely finish in a timely fashion;) He messaged today saying “I just received a message from DHL stating that...