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I think we have a few more pounds of powder, I'll see about them finishing it out. Probably will be almost exclusively 125B.

Thanks for the love to all who grabbed a few boxes! It is a really cool color, kudos for pushing us to try something a bit different. Looks like the powder team has a few extra pounds so we'll do another run in the next few weeks/month to use that up!

Ready to go, this color looks SWEET! Really hard to take a picture of these. Head on, it's definitely a dark blue, edges and angles make the purple come through. You all have first dibs! Hidden link click here. DISCLOSURE: I'm not fully satisfied and selling them as B+ Stock for 10% off. Due...

I'm going to get moving on this tomorrow, it will probably take 2-3 weeks to get powder and work through Cusack's production cue. Since there's a good amount of interest in this, I'm going to go ahead and get about 80 in our standard variety of enclosures, majority being 125B's. It's a cool...

Ultimately want to stock only the best stuff. The Pro's are nearly indestructible, never had a single person mention a failure (yet, it's bound to happen). The standard ones couldn't hold up to wave soldering but did fine with hand soldering. I can dip one of the Pro's directly into the bed of...

Yup! Identical otherwise. SCPA is 0°C to +70°C SEPA is – 40°C to +85°C You can never be too prepared for those mid-winter outdoor jams. Datasheet.

Big fan of DeWalt 20v line of stuff. Use that at the shop and at home.

On these 1n34a's, the blue band side is the cathode side. That is a wider than normal red band, sorry about the confusion. On any germanium diode, the cathode side has the germanium pellet (the metal ball/disk inside the glass), circled on a few examples below. If you can see the pellet in the...

True! Your 1n270 may measure exactly the same as that double black banded diode, and I think any old ge will get the job done just fine. Honestly, you having another diode that measures close is more useful information than what I have and should be left as is for the project. The box had a...

Great looking build! Hammertone grey looks awesome! The 1n34a's we stock are the same ones that are in the original pedal. There are no 1n270's in the real thing.

Yup. Who's to say that the original even uses 1n270's?.....

Use isopropyl alcohol to get residue off. Or just clip the component/legs above the tape.

Went to gear swap a few weeks ago. Someone was selling a Distortion+ without the PCB, bottom plate, and missing a knob, I nabbed it for $20. I come from a background of repairing and restoring gear, and I've always had an affinity for restoring vintage gear and thought it would be fun to make...

@dan.schumaker You gotta bring this by the shop! This is bonkers!

You're really close. Don't measure across the 2M2 (you're essentially measuring across your power supply if you do that). Measure across the 2k4 resistor for both measurements. Disconnect/switch-off the 2M2 resistor to base to measure leakage, connect/switch-on to measure gain. Then do the math...

For board mounted pots, we just finger tight and then apply a bit of torque with a socket. With all the pots and toggles mounted, it should stay in place for its life. No need to tighten much beyond that or you'll risk twisting the pot legs and stressing the solder joints. For panel mounted...

We just sand down rocket sockets at the shop to get more life. Some heavier grit (~80) sandpaper to do the real work and shave off 1-2mm, then something finer (~120 to 220 grit) to clean it up.

Probably? I'll have to start a special request thread next time we get some pots made. We can get almost anything you want if you're willing to wait a few months!

Nothing to worry about with a little pot grease. It's intended for the interior to provide lubrication and to displace oxygen and moisture from coming in contact with any of the important bits. It frequently makes its way to the exterior of the pots on the manufacturing end, which doesn't hurt...

-Add leaded solder, more than you would if normally soldering. (leaded solder melts at a lower temp vs unleaded) -Get a pry tool in place. Small flathead screwdriver would be perfect. -Heat all 8 pins, dragging slowly and going back and forth several times. Start to pick up the pace as the...