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The Vela sounds great. I’ve been arguing with myself about buying one for years. I don’t need more guitars. I don’t need more guitars. I don’t …

It’s usually not a bad component. Could be, but usually not. https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/important-supplying-pictures-when-an-issue-arises-with-a-pcb-build.7081/

I haven't built it, but Q3, 4, 5, and 6 are on the hoof side. So those substitutions make sense:

Rat into Muff! Or: Green ringer into Rat into mosfet boost… oh wait…seems familiar ((( :unsure: )))

And gauges.

Yes, Tayda jumpers on the pots and Tayda 24 gauge solid wire soldered to the switches. Lightly soldered so they’ll easily come apart if needed. But maybe I just commit these to be breadboard switches. I was also thinking of dedicating one of the center holes to an ON-ON and wire it as a...

While auditioning clipping diodes, I realized it is more efficient and fun to take the time to setup some switches instead of manually swapping them in / out of the breadboard. In the picture below, the 2 switches are spdt on-off-on. The blue wires are feeding the switch from the op amp...

Is R12 brown-black-black-red? I can't see it well enough in the picture, it's the bottom one on the right.

I would color code check all of the resistors. Maybe you installed a 47R instead of a 47k, etc. I’ve done that before. I’ve never found a bad component. I’m sure it can happen, but in my case it’s always been bad soldering or incorrect component install.

I would figure out the led first. That should be easy. I would look at the schematic and check resistance between the + jack and the LED anode. Does it match the led resistor value? Then check continuity from the cathode to the - jack with the foot switch on and off.

Pros and cons vs The Delegate? (Up above on the previous version you commented “not as good as the delegate”)

What is the purpose of the dual gang pot?

I use graph paper. And then I fold it into airplanes when done. I at least identify which nodes are overloaded and won’t fit on one breadboard line. And then layout the circuit blocks in a logical pattern. After that, it seems like a waste of time and it’s easier to work the small details on...

Ok, here is what I learned today: This pedal (breadboard) is very cool and I’m going to build it with no modifications. I get very noticeable changes for each of the knobs. 1. At first, I wasn’t sure how to use it. 2. Then I maxed the Q and set the gain pretty high. I played a couple of...

Jeff, did you mess with this anymore? I got my breadboard working. It's functioning and I should get some more time to play it tonight. I did use a 56pF instead of the 60. As I was building it, I noticed some things: 1. R16, 17, and 18 are strange values: 215, 287, and 24300. I stacked...

And don’t get frustrated. I spent 3 days debugging this mess. I had ONE resistor going to V+ that should have been going to ground. I had to walk away from it multiple times. I was about to tear the whole thing apart!

Did you lose the 0.1 uF that goes from the diodes back to the base of Q2 and Q3?

It's looking great for a first try. I've only done a few myself, you'll get better at organizing the layout each time. Don't be discouraged if it doesn't work right away and you need to walk through it again. I like to think of it in terms of the nodes, and how many "things" should be...

Yes. My only suggestions would be to 1. swap the 3 wires going to the bottom 2 rows, to keep + along the red line and - along the blue line. Just to avoid confusion, but It will work the way you have it now. 2. Pot pins are too large and can damage the breadboard. I would move them off to...

The links jimilee and I posted both do the same thing using slightly different wiring. They give you two options depending on what you connect to the outside poles. You could get a third option if you use an on/off/on switch. When OFF, you would have no clipping diodes.