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It also helps in shipping costs to order parts for several pedals at a time rather than one by one. I tend to get passive components, ICs and transistors from Mouser or Digikey when I can and get at least 10 (usually 25 or more resistors) of each value for the price break. It doesn't take long...

I've actually soldered in a socket upside down. It bothered me enough that I fixed it.

Have you ever had an issue with a socket causing a bad connection to the chip? Do you use the solder or machined (Tayda's description) sockets?

Great idea! I have a sig gen....hmm Thanks for this!

In an electronics repair shop I worked in we had a Huntron Tracker. Similar to an o'scope but different-it applied an analog sine wave to the device under test. When a single component was tested a specific waveform would be displayed. With the probes not connected to anything a horizontal...

I'm planning a build that uses several ICs and transistors and this is one thing I'm wondering about-should I solder for better connection or socket for easier parts swapping? I'm not concerned with amount of work or cost. So I'm asking what everyone's opinion is, Socket or Solder? Please...

Maybe something like a StompBox footswitch, push on/push off? Or the latching circuit from a pedal that uses a momentary switch.

LED Polarity. Stickyed above.

Amazon example I found it searching for "lead socket" but the example calls it "pin socket".

I like a PDF for reasons mentioned. Maybe keep ALL revisions available. In addition to the PDF it would be nice to have an Excel (compatible) BOM file, with or without links for individual parts. With links would be kind of a low maintenance Interactive BOM. Actually, if the BOM was posted...

Using Star Washers will insure a good ground.

About the silicone suggestion, Thanks but I can't take credit for it since I got it from an old timer years ago when I was into Radio Controlled aircraft and cars. Think small 10-30k RPM Nitro burning engines that were such great vibration generators they'd make a certain very popular woman's...

Use some Electronic Grade Silicone, strategically placed droplet sized blobs, to secure longer wires to the enclosure. Great for controlling vibration and mechanical shock related failures. Using small blobs makes future repairs/mods much easier. Also good for securing components into...

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Try adding a capacitor in series with the signal in from your sig gen to block the DC offset using your original setup.

How does it sound? If the answer is "GREAT!" why mess with it? We're not building HiFi pedals after all....

Ditto the blob. I go through very few tips, honestly cannot recall last one I had to throw away. I've never had any problem using leaded on a lead-free tip. As @jwin615 said I think they are just ROHS compliant. I don't use lead free so can't say if it's a problem with a leaded tip. Guess...

Here you indicate 8.80 volts on the Base but on the schematic you show 7.9 volts. Possibly a cold solder joint? You can check with a meter by putting the probes on the leads (not solder pads, the component leads) of Q3 base and corresponding lead of R11 and measuring voltage with pedal powered...

More questions... Does it make the noise in bypass? When does the noise occur-is it constant or only when you are playing? Does it make the noise without the guitar cable plugged in? Have you checked the jacks-are they loose? If the noise is present with nothing plugged into the input, then...

Also interested in this. It'll be worth the wait I'm sure :)