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PREAMBLE/RAMBLE: Hello everyone! Let me start by saying I HATE JFETs. If I build a pedal and it has a frustrating problem you can bet it has a JFET. Rant over!! That aside, I just built a Chop Shop after much recommendation from the forum. I've read all the tutorial posts from people talking...

Agh! Thank you. This was the intel I was lacking

Hey all! I’ve built many and mostly have it under control at this point. But one thing I can’t get together is sourcing tantalum caps! I need some 100p ones. Any leads? Many thanks Christian

I got the SMD ones for sale on here! I’ve had some terrible luck in the past. Hoping this goes better

Hotter than PAFs! It’s a 70s Epiphone Crestwood

Thank you all! Im thinking the Red Herring and Chop Shop might be my next moves!

I built the Mach one but I didn’t love the EQ profile of that one. The drive level was nice though.

Can a chop shop user tell me if it gets drivey on single notes (I only ever play single notes in this band). I hear it drives a little on a chord. Demos sound great!

Hi all! Thinking about my next build. I want an”always on” OD pedal out front of a silver face Princeton. Really just to add a tiny bit of breakup. Think Ricky Wilson B52s. I was using a Duocast, however I just got an old Epiphone with some pretty hot humbuckers, so now the minimum drive on...

OK so I checked continuity from both the empty sockets and each leg of (collector and emitter) of Q2 when it was socketed to their corresponding resistors, both worked so I think we are all good there. Im thinking next step is maybe trying other Transistors in there (when they arrive). If anyone...

Tried switching out Q1 to no avail.

I do! I’ll try that tonight. So glad I socketed that one

Would the transistor being the wrong HFE cause this sort of behavior? I have a tester on the way. Others have mentioned around 80 as optimal, can others confirm this?

I’ll investigate this method too. I was wiggling the can with my fingers yes.

Excellent! Massive thank you. I’ll look into this soon as I get a break from work (Saturday I’d say)

This theory holds water because when I jiggle the transistor about the signal cuts in and out. But it really seems like it’s making contact, I’m not sure how it wouldn’t be

Oh fantastic! I didn’t want to remove the transformer. I’m going to go over the values asap. How might I ensure contact on the transistor?

Ps thank you for looking this over. I appreciate it!

I had also read this and was operating under this assumption can someone confirm?