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I use a similar tackle box type thing and hot glued the dividers in as I was having trouble with parts slipping under the divider into neighboring bins. That said I DID drop and spill it once… at which point I said, eh, resistors are cheap enough… I’m just trashing these and starting over 😂

To be fair I think General Tso is the only PedalPCB comp build I’ve done…. But that said it’s one of my favorite compressors I’ve ever played in general. Different strokes for different folks of course but I’ve not felt a need at all to bother building any others as I have a very very hard time...

I’m not particularly well-versed in fuzzes so I might be totally off-base here, but one of the first things that came to mind is the “Paper Scratcher”/EHX Ripped Speaker fuzz. I don’t know the topology or what family it’s in or whatnot (so may be the same as something already mentioned here) but...

Do you find it’s adding a bit of compression? Kind of sounds like it from the video, but then again maybe YouTube is just up to tricks. (I don’t mean that in a bad way, though!) I really like the sound either way. There’s a nice punchiness to it without being too “spiky” or abrasive.

I put this guy on the shelf and got a line 6 ex-1. Works perfect BUT I can’t stand the sweep/feel of it. Returning… Bit the bullet and bought the Shnobel lifetime string. Got it strung and working perfectly in 5 minutes. I guess that’s what I get for trying to re-string it with an old string at...

Going to interject a bit here and hopefully not hijack too much as it’s a bit on topic. My acoustic’s action was just a bit high. I wanna say factory spec is about 0.080-0.090” at the 12th fret low E (bass side) and 0.050-0.060” on the 12th fret high E (treble side). Mine measured about 0.115”...

Honestly I have had very good luck with these cheapies from Amazon, which seem to be the same as Tayda sells or more or less just the same generic DC plug that a million different Chinese manufacturers sell… Luomorgo Right Angle 5.5 x 2.1mm/0.22 x 0.08 inch DC Socket Jack Charger Power Plug...

I think you are right. Honestly I’ve strung up various EBVPS more times than I care to count but I guess that’s what I get for doing it too late at night… had it wrapped around the pot the wrong way. So I did it the right way and… the string ended up snapping. Haha. It was getting a bit worn...

Hi all, so I’m curious if anyone has any insight here. I’m looking to use my trusty Ernie Ball VP JR as an expression pedal, specifically with my HX Effects. I’ve seen mixed messages on the matter; some folks say it doesn’t work, others say it works with reservations, others say it works with...

So I had a pound spool of Kester that lasted me for YEARS and ran out recently. Decided to give a cheap Amazon brand a shot (“Maiyum”) and it kinda sucks. Doesn’t really “flow,” just kinda melts and turns blobby if that makes sense. It’s like a quarter of the cost but I can’t stand it. So I’m...

I really like this pedal but would also agree that it can be a bit on the bright side. I generally have the cut about 3/4ths or thereabouts to get it sounding right to me. That said I also find it’s definitely one of those pedals that feels more tuned for “in a mix” than soloed/isolated (and...

Hopefully a fairly simple question here. I’m basically just wanting an AB switch with a volume control on each input - something to be able to quickly swap between two guitars but compensate for differences in each instrument’s outputs. It doesn’t necessarily need to be buffered but wouldn’t...

I’ll give another vote for the Hakko 888 or whatever the number is (lol). Can’t overstate how much of a total game-changer it was for my soldering game.

I have a feeling that a lot of the differences we tend to notice are also influenced pretty significantly simply by KNOWING there's a difference, know what I mean? When I swap a TL072 in for a 4558 obviously I'm aware of that change being made. And I suspect that alone causes me to "hear" it...

I've really wanted to try this guy. I don't know exactly how to describe it but some of these effects like this that are a bit simpler or "old school" often feel like some of the most "musical" to me. In particular this guy feels a bit like a poor man's Strymon Flint (and I don't mean that...

Kind of the experience I had. Huge Zeppelin fan and had a guitar wired up "Page-style" a years back. Maybe I had it wrong or something, I was pretty new then, but found the same...just not a ton of use for me beyond the novelty of it. Fun to mess around with but practically speaking didn't offer...

The nice thing about this community too is that people are generally happy and willing to help you with any mods/tweaks you might want to the "stock" PPCB board, too. Just might have to ask... Like if you buy a basic TS808 board but came on here and said, "Hey, I'm wanting this 808 to sound...

Not OP but here's a crummy drawing of a vaguely phallic LED and how I arranged mine. I did also do the same with heat shrink and sealing the top closed though. Works fine for me, used green diffused LEDs FWIW. I'd be curious if there is any appreciable difference between the different methods!

I've been curious to try this one out. I don't know how similar/different they are but i LOVE the original LTD and Half Gainer (which I believe is more or less two LTD's)

SD-1 has gotta be one of the most underrated pedals out there for me. Not just a "good for the money" (as they are VERY cheap) but just a really good sounding drive in general. I know they moved to SMD somewhat recently but the old through hole ones were really fun mod platforms too. A lot of...