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Bringing back an old thread. I recently finished the Poison Apple and wanted to add to this thread. I also agree that when I play the guitar through this PCB, I can't really hear the impact of the Decay setting. But as I was fooling around, when my signal gain was turned way high I realized I...

I definitely don't have this happening on mine, including testing with a humbucker as well as single coils. What I have figured out is that I don't understand how to read/interpret signals through an OTA yet. But your symptoms (clipping/buzz, stronger on hotter pickup) sound a lot like when...

As an audio probe alternative, do you have a synth? Something you can latch with a basic tone? Maybe an oscilloscope? There are some crazy inexpensive items that aren't great for every situation, but I have gotten a TON of mileage out of a pair of these: Fnirsi DSO-TC3, which looks like they...

The 2N3906 is rough and ready and should work. If you go with the BC558A, you can get a grade with typical gain around 100, which seems about right for the Rangemaster. 2N2907A's are also fairly low gain.

I don't think anything is faulty. If this is what I have heard on my board, I think it's a known issue with the Fuzz Face circuit. I found some discussion by one of the high-quality references (i.e. ElectroSmash or RGKeen) but don't remember who discussed this. It specifically has to do with...

I have one of these built and unhoused, so I am curious to see what I get for low frequencies. Was this happening at all control settings, or only some specific ranges?

Any manufacturer's marks on these?

I use Affinity Design also for UV printing at Tayda. I still keep the white layer when I a printing on a white or off-white case. I don’t mind the extra thickness and think it looks great

I received a few of these from CabinTech this week. I decided to use this as my first excuse to also try adding JLPCB's PCBA service, so I put together a small (17x27mm) PCB with the circuit and components from the SSI 2100's typical application circuit. I set this up to connect out to a parent...

FWIW Metallic Gold is definitely available at the moment. It wasn't available for my summer order, but when I ordered a batch of boxes in November I picked one up. If you like shiny and sparkly, it's a great color. Compared to the champagne colors, it has a bit of iridescence in the metal flaks.

I had something weird happen in my last go-round, too. I basically had to delete my global colors and recreate them to fix the file.

I did receive one in December using the template linked below, and it worked out fine. So did the pedal - I haven't written up a final build report, because I didn't actually print this case (mistakes were made), so it's just a blank box with holes. This is setup for the Neutrik NMJ#HC-S style...

PS Drill Pattern This is my drill pattern. I move the LED around from the basic layout, and also this is setup for Neutrik NMJ style jacks (chrome nose) and a Lumberg 1614-09 style DC power. Looks like I never posted a build report with my last iteration of variant components (not really...

I have built a handful of these, with different setups to get variations in the sound. I found breadboarding was important, but then I snagged a Huntington Audio Fuzz Explorer from LoveMySwitches, and that lets experiment with transistor sets and dial in all of the resistors really nicely. I...

I’d be interested in building if @aion has any boards. After working through a dozen boards in December, including a batch of phasers, choruses and delays, I think I have figured out isolating issues now.

Which large film capacitors are you using? I have been using Kemet 1µF, which are 5mm wide, but come on long enough leads. They look weirdly bad (aesthetically) - like someone rushed a line into production and couldn't even source the same grey resin used in other Kemets.

My next build is also the first build of my Phido Sound "Big Dog" pedals for the bass guitar. This is the Oorang Airedale, based upon the Darkglass Alpha Omega, using the AionFX Empyrean Deluxe PCB, with the PedalPCB MicroXLR added in. Build This is my largest PCB to date - the first in a case...

I bought this and found that the original O-Ring was pretty soft and pulled out of position. I replaced the o-ring with a viton ring I purchased from Grainger (and which I had to shave down to size) and this works well for me. I coming this to remove components with SS needles to clear holes...

Interesting. I am almost finished a build of this as well - although I won't have a case for a couple of months. I'll be interesting to see if I feel the same about the sounds.

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