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It would be comical if on your earlier build you drilled the holes incorrectly and were able to use header pins, but on this build you drilled them correctly and were now questioning it. haha

I haven't built the full size Low Tide only the mini but, this looks consistant with other Low Tide builds I've seen on here in terms of footswitch and PCB spacing. I haven't noticed anyone using header pins to connect the two. The builds I've seen, people are using something like the scrap legs...

This does help put things in perspective. The NOS excitement wore off after I posted, and I can solder SMD components or get the pre-mounted ones with better tolerances like you said. This is the way. Thanks!

That's an awesome collection! The Old Ephraim has me curious. What does it sound like with the mixture of OpAmp stages, transistors distortion and Ge clipping? Is it based on an existing circuit, or is it an original?

That makes sense. Thanks for replying.

Thanks Erik! I plan on just doing just the top and sides of the enclosure. Were the bottom plates an issue because they are a high contact area that gets rubbed a lot?

Hello. I am looking for feedback from folks who use spray clear coat over their powered coated enclosures. For those who use spray clear coat like your basic Kylon clear coat or rattle can clear you get from your local hardware store, do you use any type of adhesion promoter or clear primer...

I bought this assortment of Heat shrink tubing like two years ago and still have a lot left. I typically cut pieces even though the pieces are already small. It makes it last longer. It's relatively cheap but it gets the job done. For heat I use a mini heat gun similar to this one, it's small...

Forget the $2 J201's. I think I am going to order the adapters from Aliexpress along with 100x SMD J201s from Mouser and have enough to last me a lifetime of pedal building.

Have you used these adapters from Aliexpress? Are they any good? The price sounds too good to be true.

You're not wrong... I guess I am just getting sucked into the hype of trying to source these in the TO-92 package. Its not a big deal to just solder the SMD version directly to the PCB either when the board has the pads, but on the other hand we're talking NOS here, and part of me wants in on...

Hi. It looks like there are some NOS Fairchild J201s available on Small Bear again. Any personal opinions on if these are worth grabbing, or would you stick to SMD J201s going forward? I myself am on the fence on whether to pick up a few...

haha, Scrub Jay ready to scrub. Cool build! I also ran into the biasing confusion like you did when I built this circuit. It was worth figuring out though. Its probably my favorite light overdrive. I use it so there's light overdrive when playing a bit more forte, but when I lighten my touch it...

Son of a gun! I thought I might have had my first solve. I'd probably check to see if either there is a cold solder joint that got knocked loose when it fell, or if one of the wires coming out of the break out board to the board got knocked together in a way that are causing the to short together.

Hard to tell from the picture angle, but is 51p C5 position cap making contact with the anode pad of the LED or the positive power pad?

Awesome build. The dog stamp is incredible! Who doesn't love a chubby puppers?

Cool build! I really like the aesthetic you got here. It is super clean. Can you tell more about the process you used to oxidize the enclosure?

Howdy all. I sold the Mach 1 pedal I built a few months ago to a friend. Ever since then I've missed it. So I decided to build 2 new ones! I built one in a 125b enclosure, and one in a 1590b enclosure. I built one in a 1590b box because despite what people say, sometimes smaller is better... or...

That enclosure color makes me want to click my heels together and go back home to Kansas! It’s awesome. Did you paint it yourself?