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Got it! I'll keep an eye out on any 1S1588's I come across. The question of "Magic Diodes" seems as if it will forever divide the industry... ;) :D

These were some I'd gotten from a guy in the Netherlands if memory serves. I'd never had any issues with Mr. Hacker - how did you know the 1S1588s weren't on the up and up?

Honestly I'm still working through it. The DIP switches on the inside made adjusting difficult... though the "stock" settings on both sides sounded killer on a Benson amp at my FLGS today...

The Dimetrodon Distortion is based on the venerable MXR Distortion+. The original versions of that pedal would have used all "vintage" bits - so I figured it would be fun to try and build a Dimetrodon Distortion using parts similar to the old school Distortion+. I'd also built a couple of...

One of my earliest builds was a clone of the King of Tone pedal using a Musikding kit and a PCB Mania board... and I actually got it to work! However, this was in my "pre-dino" enclosure days, and I'd always wanted to circle back and make a real "dino" version of the pedal, so I finally took the...

Quick question - should one of the two Op Amps circled below be IC2A????

I'd ordered some enclosures for my Lot Lizard board, but unfortunately one of them was misprinted at the factory. This is a fairly rare event, and Tayda always makes things right, but I wondered if it might be possible to use this particular enclosure for something fun - so enter a special...

I always make sure I have the full Faraday cage going. I'm going to swap him one I've verified the jacks and enclosure are all grounded to each other. I'm guessing the pedal is amplifying a signal coming in from elsewhere in the chain, but I'll re-check his once I have it back in hand.

Thanks all - I'm fastidious about making sure everything is grounded, but something could have come loose on this one. I'll also check the I/O wires. If it's not either of those, anyone have a Plan C????

I've gotten a question from someone with one of my Black Ash clones and they're getting radio pickup. I've done some reading and it seems like the signal could be entering from a variety of sources, including the guitar, cable, etc. Any thoughts to help him troubleshoot and if it does turn out...

If you can get me a .jpg, .bmp, etc. I should be able to give it a whirl

I've brought a lot of art into Illustrator from other sources and created vectors from it using image trace. What format is your art file in? If all else fails, you could send it to me and I could vectorize it for you... (or do a zoom call and walk you through it).

Power Boost is one of my all time favorite circuits. If I'm playing Floyd (or rather, attempting to play Floyd) - I tend to use it as a clean to slightly dirty boost either in conjunction with a Big Muff or alone. ... and I never touch decaf... :D

I'd built an IVP in the past, but I honestly was never happy with the enclosure. I'd gotten a request for one, so I decided to go all out this time! As I mentioned in my previous build, the IVP is one of the few builds that gets a full 5/5 difficulty rating on the AionFX scale. There are a...

Plug cutter is kind of what I'm thinking if I can find one small enough...

I tried the small screw extractors first... too small, wouldn't bite in... :(

Yeah... ummm... I was using hand tools... On those screw extractors - I saw them, but they have terrible reviews... and this is maple on mahogany so I doubt they'd do anything other than continue to make a mess of it... I may try one though as they're cheap(ish).

I thought about going thermal, but I'm afraid if I go too cold it will crack the finish of the guitar...

I've thought about one of the screw rescue kits, but they're really spendy... I haven't been able to get a vice on it yet... I may try my channel lock.... Otherwise, yeah, I'm going to have to drill and plug... unfortunately I don't have a lot of room for error as the strings are through body... :(

I tried filing a slot in it sadly that didn't work, it just snapped again... picture of the disaster coming soon... Edit: Picture...