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  1. derevaun

    Baritone Brothers....got (a new) question....

    I'm using EB "Not Even Slinky" 12-56 for B tuning on a 28" baritone. Actually I swapped in a 24 wound for the third string. OK, and a 58 for drop A tuning.
  2. derevaun

    XR2206CP Sources

    I've looked at those a few times too. Next time I order from Jameco I plan to pop one in the cart and see. I don't see them at Cabintech, but Retroamplis has some.
  3. derevaun

    Any current sources for LM308 out there?

    At risk of causing another stampede... ... I recently bought four from Retroamplis. They're at least single opamps (different date codes) and sound fine. They were the last ones in the third of the three different LM308 items that are listed there now, so YMMV. If you're in New England, I...
  4. derevaun

    Jameco LM308

    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...
  5. derevaun

    Don't be surprised if the price of Germanium transistors and diodes goes up

    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...
  6. derevaun

    Mounting a PCB with wired pots

    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.
  7. derevaun

    PCB Pots Tricks

    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...
  8. derevaun

    PCB Pots Tricks

    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...
  9. derevaun

    Lab Rat build!

    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.
  10. derevaun

    Lab Rat build!

    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.
  11. derevaun

    Lab rat expanding clipping options?

    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/
  12. derevaun

    Lab rat expanding clipping options?

    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...
  13. derevaun

    Are 9v batteries worth it?

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

    FV-1 DEV BOARD ...Now what? (noob woes)

    "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...
  15. derevaun

    Knob quest: a smaller mini-chickenhead

    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...
  16. derevaun

    Schematic help something is not quite right

    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...
  17. derevaun

    Pedal size voltmeter?

    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?
  18. derevaun

    Knob quest: a smaller mini-chickenhead

    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.
  19. derevaun

    Knob quest: a smaller mini-chickenhead

    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...
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