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I bought an LM308 from Jameco a couple years ago. It has the exact same numbers as an LM308 I got on Ebay a couple years before that--and also a couple photos when I google "LM308" show those numbers. That's suspicious :unsure: Both work in a rat circuit and sound OK, like OP07 OK. I'd have to...

I'll buy more Ge lots as soon as I make a dent in my giant stash of <50hfe transistors that have been like 85% of what I've gotten on Ebay. I wouldn't change a thing, but by my math it's cheaper to buy tested parts that are specced for gain & leakage. Like this deal (which somebody posted here...

There's these: https://guitarpcb.com/product/pcb-secure-mounts/ There's also the thick clear strips that are sold for mounting stuff to walls. I haven't used it yet, but it would probably hold up to messing with ICs in sockets, etc.

Yeah I think Tayda's right angle pots cost around 10 cents more, and that's less than the boards cost at around 20 cents. It does makes sense for boards designed for wired pots, etched/vero, changing the pot layout to reuse an enclosure, etc. Also helps use up those pots accumulated due to...

I worry about movement of the wire while the solder transitions to solid, causing cold joints. Probably not a big deal, but it's bringing me down. So I laid out this helper for wired pots and just got the first draft from JLC today. I included some pads for adding fixed resistors to change the...

I got them from alexer1 on Ebay. They show as "out of stock" now, but it wouldn't hurt to ask them or any other UA seller.

I wouldn't call it mojo, but I did get a few of these in the mail today. УД1408A, apparently the Soviet analog of the LM308. I haven't stuck it in a Rat yet, but it seems like a fun alternative.

This discussion shows up as a similar thread: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/pack-rat-stock-turbo-%E2%80%9Cyou-dirty%E2%80%9D-rat-clipping-options.6202/

It certainly would be an appropriate mod for a pedal called lab rat. I don't fully understand that moonn board though--it looks like it just switches between single diodes instead of pairs? I guess you could stuff two opposed diodes in one space. Guitarpcb has the Rototone, which looks like it...

Only with PNP Ge things, and with those I just dangle it off the back. 🤫

"Sudo" is already built into the system, so you don't need to add anything for that. Getting Homebrew up and running is among the harder things I've done on Mac, as a Mac user since the 1980s. Last time I did it I gave up a couple times before finally getting it right. IME the most important...

Sure, PM me your snailmail and I'll send them. It may be a few days, because my 15yo is totally fixated on the mini-amp, preferring it over the 1x10 and 1x12 amps in their room. It has an interesting crunch tone, and I'm gonna convert it to a head when I can get my hands on it. But I can swap...

I too am confused. But I would imagine that since it's working in reverse--full volume CCW, no volume CW--the taper wouldn't need to change in order for it to otherwise feel like an A taper? The "S" shape is backward, but it would still be most gradual at either end and faster change in the...

Nerf enthusiasts sometimes mod their blasters with these: https://www.nerfmodshop.com/shop/p/led-vm ---or are you looking for a more fully featured multimeter?

Gonna try it! The onboard speaker is 8 ohms so it will be an easy thing to test. I took a look inside but haven't done the cutting of plastic needed to fully liberate the internals yet.

Pardon the necropost, but I thrifted a Fender MD-20 mini amp the other day--it's got four 18mm chickenhead knobs (push-on 18-tooth, short shafts). I was reminded of this thread. It sounds like a carton of lousy and is barely worth the $7.95 I paid for it, if the case can potentially fit a...

There's this mysterious knob: https://www.quilterlabs.com/index.php/product/micro-chicken-heads/

Steinberg/Yamaha and Roland/Boss tend to update drivers for their legacy devices, much more reliably than say M-Audio or Avid/Mbox. My kid uses the cheap Behringer UM2 with a GLS 57-style mic and I can't hear the difference from high end stuff at work. The School of Rock kids at their HS have...

I once attended a workshop where the presenter demonstrated his preferred desoldering method: move the iron around the relevant pads for a few seconds, then whack the board on the corner of a table to launch the part away.

I use the FX888d in my office. It works fine, but I really dislike the temp adjustment. I set it for my usual temp (330C, no offense to anyone 🙃) and a couple steps up for high-mass joints. I find it necessary to keep that part of the manual taped to the wall behind it. If I regularly switched...