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Pomona brand. Pricey but worth it. Get the pre-made ones, you'll probably spend more to get the clips and make them up yourself. Available in different lengths and colors.

Nice! If you haven't already try out the brightness and focus knobs. In your picture the trace looks a bit bright. To work on a pedal you need two connections, a ground reference and the point you wish to look at. Connect the clip on the black wire to a ground point on the pedal and the tip...

Great graphix but where's Trixie and Chim-Chim? Nice pedals!!!

I've had to use them at work too in past jobs. At home I've never used them and do live in a dry desert climate prone to static electricity. Never had a failure i could attribute to static (knock on wood). But I am careful to touch my workpiece prior to introducing a static sensitive...

Shrt version of how an old CRT oscilloscopes works: CRT=Cathode Ray Tube. Internally it generates a beam that when it strikes the phosphorus coating inside the screen of the tube lights it up and it will glow for a very short time. This beam creates a pinpoint of light that can be steered to...

Tektronix is a great scope. Once scope is on and CRT has came on press and hold BEAM FIND button that is next to CRT. If necessary adjust various POSITION knobs along top to center trace. Release BEAM FIND. Start with a single probe plugged into Channel 1. Put the CH1 BOTH CH2 switch to...

Nice find!! Other places for unique tools is search ebay for both Watchmaker/Clockmaker tools and Dental pliers. Yes, they can get expensive for really good sets but for just bending wire the inexpensive ones work fine. I've got both, the inexpensive set was bought to modify. The tip of...

When I learned to solder in the military we were taught to bend component leads and wire with this type of pliers. They can be found at Hobby Lobby type stores in the jewelry section or online fairly inexpensive. Round nose pliers.

With a signal or tone Generator you can put a steady signal into the pedal and trace it through. Alternatively you  can use music or other audio but its very difficult if not impossible to sync the scope to see the waveform or any distortion.

You might also consider either an Audio Signal Generator or a Cable like this with the appropriate phone connection and Tone Generator app. I downloaded "Frequency Sound Generator" by LuxDeLux and it's good so far; very basic and simple to use. I paid for the pro version-you pay what you want...

The best thing to do is just start using it. On the scope it should have a test output, a squarewave. Put the probe tip on that and figure out how to adjust the SYNCronize or Trigger (same thing) for a stable waveform. Also learn to adjust AMPLITUDE and TIME/DIVISION. These labels can change...

Thanks!! However that was more due to poor planning than anything else. The bezel needs an 8mm hole which was drilled by Tayda so I had to work with it. Luckily the legs were wide enough to do what I did. A Dremel would have made short work of it but I just used a fine tooth file. If...

Another Lune. Built per documentation, no intentional mods other than status LED location. Did have to file the leads on a couple of pots for the 5mm Rate LED housing I chose, shown in the photos. Tayda drilled and UV printed enclosure. Artwork was freely downloaded .png image that I worked...

I've had good luck using a potentiometer for this in the past. Just dial in the brightness you like then measure the resistance of the pot, use an appropriate resistor for permanent installation.

With all of this in mind I have to think distortion is not the cause of the difference they are hearing. Then what is the cause? I'm at a loss. I was thinking maybe the resistors have some capacitance or inductance that was a possible cause. So I got out my (relatively inexpensive) LCR meter...

Yes I do understand we currently have a big capability of analyzing audio, but aren't there advances made frequently that continually advance our capability? This is exactly the point I'm making. Another way of thinking about subjective is that it cannot be measured- yet. Just because...

People can be fooled, no doubt, especially when it's your intention to fool them. Alan Funt did this time after time... But proving a person, or even a group of people, can be fooled doesn't prove that no one can hear differences between various components. You proved you can easily fool...

RG Keen is truly a wealth of experience gained knowledge and an inspiration for how freely he shares it. Thanks @owlexifry for posting that. @darwin999 very nice write up. I believe you are absolutely right about noise, the science backs it up. I agree with most everything thing said with...

The common name is the resistive element in the resistor. Metal film is just that, a thin film of metal or metal oxide that is sized (cross section & length) to provide the resistance required. The film is applied to a ceramic core spirally and topped with a protective coating. These are the...

Too bad it isn't 42 or 44 ga, that's pickup winding wire... Very generous of you to offer this!!