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Howdy! I built the Pitch Witch PCB recently and while all the controls work correctly the volume drops enough to be annoying. If I adjust the trim pot to where the volume is better the signal distorts if I play hard. Anyone else dealt with this issue? If so, how did you fix it? Maybe a...

Howdy! Just curious if anyone who has built or knows anything about this can help me figure out how to bias this correctly. I realize some of it will be to taste but ideally I could get it where it's supposed to be to start. Do I need to turn the sag all the way one way or the other first? And...

Yeah for sure, I always use those plastic covers on my pots if they are definitely going to be close to the pcb.. I did all that stuff and checked values of everything. I changed up my search on here (I think I was either looking up westwood or sherwood and I needed to look up the other) and...

Does anyone have any ideas for me to try? It's weird that its almost perfect but the treble cut doesn't seem to work.

That is a wonderful question! Now that I am really focused on it - it definitely boosts but doesn't seem to cut. Maybe I have a bad pot/cap/joint? Edit : I cleaned off the pcb a bit, re-heated the caps and pot I assume are the correct ones - didn't help. I took the pot off and made sure it was...

Hello! 👋 I built the Sherwood last night and everything seems to function but I think in general there is too much treble even with the knob turned all the way down. From what I can remember it should be pretty flat when the bass and treble are at noon but it seems like there is a presence (?)...

Hello pedal pals! I ordered a Mystery Machine PCB without looking at the parts list first and now I see I need a couple of germanium transistors. I have never had any luck finding germanium transistors for a decent price so I have avoided building anything that requires them. Is there a decent...

I did the ol' swapparoo. It did help me get it a bit closer to where I wanted it so I think this is going to be the "fix" I go with. I ended up being pacified enough to box it at least!

Oh wow, I never noticed the Mystery Machine. Maybe I will try that down the road! What kind of differences would it make? Maybe I should order an inductor and try it. I noticed there were different colors available that were supposed to sound different as well.

Howdy! I just finished building the Conqueror Fuzz and it sounds pretty darn neat. The only thing I would like to change is getting unity volume at least a little closer to noon. Right now I would say its around 2:30-3ish? Give or take. Not sure that it's going to help but I think that's the...

The gate pot has an effect on the chorus? Perhaps I really need to dial this in more with the trim pot. I think right now I have it at what I would call maybe 2 o clock? It sounded more like a filter and not so much like it was gating and chopping off sound. I might need to hear more demos to...

Hey! My PCB actually has part values printed on the board. I still took the parts off to check and it seems like they are/were correct. That is a keen eye though! Also general update to anyone who sees this later. I think my low tide is basically working now? I can see that I definitely want to...

Hey! Thanks a bunch for all the stuff to check out! Unfortunately I cant find another 2sk30a in my parts stash right now but I did swap the 258 for an LM358. I removed the dual gang and put some electric tape and hit all the parts under with the iron again and added a little more solder. Cleaned...

Thanks for the heads up on Cabintech! Shipping looks super cheap if you only want a single part too which is killer. Picked up a couple just incase mine are janky after all. Super odd on the legs. If I pop a j201 (smd on a board) into the through holes It works as is - if I swap the 2...

It's hovering quite a bit but I can add some tape. The pcb was clean right before the photos but I decided to try reflowing and it got looking like that again! I will clean it up when I get home.

Sorry about the lack of photos! Looks like they are too big to attach here? Anyways here are some - Imgur photos .

Howdy partners. I am not a circuitry genius like it seems like a lot of people online are. Perhaps I am not skilled enough to finish this but I think with a few nudges this can be figured out. I have built quite a few pedals and troubleshot a bunch on my own but I am just not sure what to do...

I got a Low Tide PCB last month and I have had some issues getting all the parts so I put it on the back burner. Today I opened up the Low Tide document and it looks like it was just updated (today actually) - if anyone in the know happens to know what the differences are.. What are they? I see...

I swapped out c7 for a few other values and it didn't make a difference. It was kind of neat sounding without it in at all though - it added a sort of crackle into it.