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    Can a Mini Rotary Switch (1P8T) be wired to PCB instead of mounted?

    So I've never worked with a rotary switch. Long story short I didn't measure my enclosure drill outs correctly and my rotary is in the way of my jack. I was wondering if I could wire it in instead of mounting directly into the pcb to save some room. I noticed there's a little tab on the switch...
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    Black carbon fuzz ground issues

    So I'm getting ground noise.high pitched..when touching the guitar strings and the footswitch/pots it goes away. I noticed it happens when the guitar cable is plugged into the output. When plugged into the input it doesn't happen. Anything I can add to help ground it? I'll try to reflow the...
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    Very low vol on carbon black fuzz

    I socketed the transistors to mess around with. Even with low gain 50-60hfe I'm getting super super low vol. I'm waiting on 2n3903 in the mail but if I have the same issues, what's the first thing to approach...solder joints? If I turn my amp up basically all the way, it sounds really really...
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    Chela OD

    Initially received this PCB from @swelchy I had it working and for some how I broke it...( Common for me) So I ordered another one. The graphic had some bubbles in it so I figured id start completely fresh...well, I ended up messing up the graphic even more on this version but I'm sticking with...
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    Electrovibe switch question

    I bought a different switch this time. The black one which I figured would work fine and I'm not getting any sound from chorus and the bulb is not flashing. My 3rd electrovibe build and I was careful this time lol so I'm a little stumped.
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    CD4049UBE noise

    I just got done building the GTC Bloody finger ( chrome dome) and the noise floor is just insane. I built the board just as it called for but used MSPA18 in Q2-3...I read about some people having issues with the tone control, everything works fine......its just sooo loud. Is there anything I can...
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    Jack Johnson song cover with electrovibe

    this is such a fun pedal. I only did the unity gain mod for this pedal, the next one im going to try the darlington mod and the increase/decrease speed mod.
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    Silismile fuzz

    Fun, easy build. I had more issues with my enclosure but that's usually the case lol Inside is sloppy right now. I'll clean that up later, just got done. Def recommend it for a quick build.
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    Electrovibe no sound

    This is my 2nd electrovibe. First one went perfectly. No issues. This time no sound when engaged. Bypass sound works, LEDs light up. Click vibe and no sound. The bulb is lit but it's not pulsating...moving gain and bias brighten and dims. No pulsating tho. Can someone explain to me like I'm 5...
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    JHS VCR (VHS)

    Well this was an pretty easy build that I made more complicated. I pressed out the LED spots on the PCB so I had to wire the LED thru the SW and left side of the resistor. Which now I know you can do lol The reverb at about 1o'clock sounds like a spacey delay. Not sure if that's normal. The...
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    VHS reverb sounds like delay

    When the reverb is turned all the way up the reverb sounds like a delay..is this normal? From videos of the VCR I don't hear it like in mine. My main LED is not turning on so I have to fix that. I'm wondering if that would cause it. I'm putting that led on the side of the footswitch so I have...
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    calling all Germanium Transistor Gurus

    I have some Ge laying around and im wondering if they are of any use to anything on Pedalpcb. the only one I know that I can use is the 2n404a for the harmonic perc. im sure you guys get this a lot, sorry if so. SFT353- hFE 269 SFT 319- hFE 23 Acy31 - hFE 82 AC162- hFE 192 2N408 -hFE 71 2N1305...
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    Dizzy Tone clone

    This was a fun one. MP16B in Q1 and 2 AC125. I've been noticing a lot of crackling/high pitched noise now..sometimes it doesn't happen. Sometimes it does. It's my first germanium build so I'm not sure if that's normal but it's a monster of a fuzz. Shout-out to @swelchy for providing the...
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    Ginormous fuzz

    I drilled the footswitch way too low. This is a 1590xx you'd think I'd have plenty of room lol. I love this fuzz tho. Controlling the fuzz with the vol on the guitar is really fun and probably my fav way to use fuzz.
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    Arkaim fuzz

    This pedal is louddddddd. My god
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    does diff. Volt matter much in Film cap?

    so for some reason I bought a 1600v 4.7nf and its massive. I made it work but I could have bought a 100v polyester film and it would have fit much easier...im wondering the audio difference and how much that affects the sound.
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    I made a mistake buying random pcbs

    im new and I just bought 3 fuzz pcbs. one being the gnat fuzz. I didnt do my research on GE transistors and I guess will just be buying random ones until i get it right. I'm seeing a lot of the dizzy tone clone when I search on here about the gnat so I maybe just try that...if I can figure out...
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    Electrovibe first build that wasn't a kit

    I didn't listen and built this in a 1590bb and I'm pretty sure the bulb is totally against the back plate. It was such a tight build and being my first...wow I'm surprised it even works lol. The blue led is way brighter than the green but it works. I won't be building it in the same case if I...
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