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Bringing this back from the archives. I received this little guy from Tayda (I know, I know) a couple weeks ago. It's lacking the dot of the example OPA2134PA at the top of the thread. The "BB" logo is a different font and lineweight too. Do I have a fake here?

I tried it without the star washers on the toggle switches per Robert's suggestion, but no bueno. Checked clearance between the pot legs and switches, looked for overlapping bare wires, checked for cracked traces...nothing. I did notice that the solder joints here seemed a bit dodgy, and...

Thanks everyone. I'll try each of these suggestions tomorrow and report back.

Thanks for the ideas Robert and Gordo. I forgot to mention that the pedal works in the box, but only if the jacks aren't making contact with the chassis - see attached. The pots are in good working order, verified with my DMM.

Hello! Just finished a Curds and Whey today that sounds awesome... but only outside of the enclosure. Once it's boxed up, it starts behaving erratically. Any or all of the following symptoms have occurred: - Sometimes the Blend pot only has full volume at the extremes and is very quiet for...

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Reviving this thread to ask Synthrotek has two options for VTL5C4 - Economy at $4 or Xvive at $7.50. Any reason not to go with the cheaper one for the General Tso and Trembling Loon? https://store.synthrotek.com/VTL5C4-Vactrol-Optocoupler_p_805.html Thanks!

Hello! I'd like to build an optical tremolo and have my eye on the Trembling Loon. However, I also saw that the Pendulous will be available at some point, which got me thinking... Would it be possible to mod the Pendulous to have both harmonic and amplitude trem? I've seen some threads...

Can you explain your test setup there? I think I see two DMM's and what appears to be a current-limiting light bulb. What's connected where in the circuit?

My first pedal was a BYOC Tremolo for my brother-in-law a couple years ago. My kids painted the enclosure. First pedal for myself was a Si Tonebender on vero a couple of months later. The fuzzy mustache hides a messed up LED hole drill, but became the inspiration for the googly eyes. The...

I love everything the Vandals put out in the 90's: Fear of a Punk Planet through Hitler Bad, Vandals Good... Warren Fitzgerald is a guitar hero.

Check out Caspar Babypants if you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole. It's Chris Ballew's solo project after POTUSA. It's technically kids music, but it's really damn good stuff.

I'll be watching this closely too. I have a late 50s Ampeg and an early 60s Kay to rehab, so this should be a good preview. Are you replacing all of the caps, or just the electrolytics? What about the carbon comp resistors? Some of the CC's in my amps have drifted way out of spec.

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Curious to hear if anyone has a HB-sized P90 that they like? It seems that these are generally regarded as not sounding like a "true" P90, but I don't have any P90 experience. I'm looking for something that has more grit than a single coil, but less output and bass than the humbuckers I have...

Came across this on Guitar.com today. Seems relevant to this thread: https://guitar.com/guides/diy-workshop/how-to-fix-snapped-broken-screws/

Wait, you're not going to OPEN it, are you? Just think about what an unopened kit is going to be worth in 5 years...

Going down the drill and plug path... Could you use a plug cutter to cleanly remove material around the snapped screw? That might contain the damage better and give you more purchase on the screw, plus it would give you a nice round hole for plugging

Hi! I have an X-Tronic 3000 Series soldering station: https://www.amazon.com/X-Tronic-3020-XTS-Digital-Display-Soldering/dp/B01DGZFSNE/ I'd like to get a variety of tips for it, but I'm not sure what specs to look for. Anyone have recommendations or guidance to set me on the right path? I'm...

Dumb question, but can this do both harmonic and standard tremolo? Or is it harmonic only?