Happy to pay that GAS forward!
Honestly, it seemed overpriced looking at it but I feel it's a great value even at retail price. After seeing the amount of engineering and development needed for this product I'm a believer in Brach!
I needed a pedal power supply for my friend that is just too cheap to buy one or nine volt batteries....so the pedals just sit there. :*(
On the suggestion of @RetiredUnit1 I used the MP1584EN DC-DC Buck Converter and an old 3s 18650 pack I had laying around as a backup for my F8 field...
I did try it out a bit today. Butter smooth! I'm keeping the boost off for now but I've tried it and it's clean. Nice to have the option if I need it for a tube rig. I'm just happy I can now put it anywhere in my pedalboard sequence and things don't freak out! I had the old one setup as...
Wow! What a difference! This kit was challenging but doable.
It shipped and arrived quickly. Two cool points for the packing material of a uline catalog crumpled up!
Everything seemed in order, I even knolled for a picture but I didn't cross reference the BOM and I was missing the two LDRs...
With the guitar, my understanding is that the source (pickups) are different so the pots need to match. I'm sure someone much more wise can answer with assuredness.
At first glance, that's a lot of socketed transistors IMO. Sure makes for a bunch of possible points of failure.
Secondly, check this switch connection I've marked to make sure it's not bridged.