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... any best practices? Since I have been on the mats in circuit dojo with sensei Bones, the importance of measuring jfets and IDSS and whatnot has become apparent. I have ye olde TC151 Amazon/Ebay made in China transistor tester. So how do I measure a grain of rice? Tack solder some...

My praise strat guitar dude coworker wanted a transparent overdrive, so I kicked him my old Cerulean build with the aion 18v breakout board. Since I rarely do decor, thought I'd put this out for posterity. The graphic is his custom and ridiculous request. Did some creative sanding, and...

Sorry, some have no gutshots since I don't have them. pPCB deflector aka Spirit Architecture: pPCB Twin Face aka Janus: pPCB Dragon's Breath (can't remember what I called it)

Holy geez. Most intense boxing ever. Crowded layout, double layers putting component ends on top of ICs and barely enough 3pdt threads to hang the nut, that big honking dual gang pot pushing all the off-board levels up, a huge 220 cap, and that's before I decided I wanted to try to make...

Here's my next PTP project, inspired by @GizzWizzKing 's build report of @Nostradoomus ' one-knob version of this @Chuck D. Bones Boneyard circuit, here. I reverted back to the OG layout because as much as I like one-knob jobs, I like switches and potentiometers and doodad parameter controls...

I was thinking of titling this one "Over the Hedges" as we have 6 non-PPCB circuits here. As per me, the circuits are built and functional, and I'm reporting on the circuits rather than my ability to execute the aesthetics. Sorry, ladies and germs! I have to get onto building my PTP circuits...

Redid JFETs according to Chuck's mods here, ended up with 2n5457 at 1.1 and 1.3 IDSS in Q2 and Q4, 1.7 in Q5; J201s at 0.46 each in Q1 and Q3. This gave me the best sound and also the best stability to address the ducking and swelling I was experiencing with the "Dynamic" pot set below 10:00...

Built it. Bypass, no signal. The classic. Checked to see if my 9v was correctly installed (that was the duh issue for my last troubleshoot). All good. Solder points at the jacks and switch. All good. Look at all of my joints. All good. Bust out the meter, measure the jack, and IC...

Given the extremely specific information on the 5457 specs in the Migfet build docs, I used my little box of Chinese Magic, the LCR-TC-1 Multi-function tester and no fewer than 11 through-hole 5457s. It gives the report as IDSS Id @Vg Id @Vg It's not super clear to me what these mean, I...

Here's a mystery: I completed off board wiring to finish and test 3 pedals. One, the Aion aurora deluxe/Keeley comp (the board was mistakenly sent instead of the Andromeda, and that's another story). I don't have super great luck with compressor builds, but as with aion's meridian, it fired...

I know it's yet another big muff variant and it's overhyped (in the bass community), but my friend had one and regrets selling it. Anyone have a reliable schematic or values or link to same? Can't find anything in the usual suspects. Gut shots don't give any hint to cap and transistor...

Alright PTP duders and dudetters, here is my last build report of the season, just for you. Decided to tackle the Moonn Sojus 31 because I really like the demo of that and the Bagheera. I did some research and original npn silicon transistors are around 100 hfe. I had nothing like that but some...

Some pedals are easy, others you have to fight every damn. Step. Of. The. Way! Have a troubleshooting thread on this pedal and crackle storms/bad SMD soldering, but i also had to redo the graphics 5 EFFING TIMES because clear coats blotted or smeared the felt marker. 3 stars experience, 5 Star...

I loved my PPCB Fuzzy foxx so much I decided to check out the aion version. I just realized I'm posting a lot of non Ppcb content; that's because I tart up the ones I give away and I keep all the good stuff for me hahaha. Anyway, here is the last one for my friend's kids. Amalanhig is a...

Again, a pedal for my friends means a pedal done up. Tried some ideas with spray paint, and I discovered that the clear coat makes marker run, but the overall effect turned out okay I think. A bit busy in the design. I should have kept the pedal name between the two rows of knobs. This one...

This circuit is the shizz, the bomb, the everything basstacular, the ne plus ultra of low dirt for me. Nasty as a rusty razor, don't give a effer about your "clean blend needs," but the cool kids all of a sudden start markering Jesus Lizard over their jean jackets. Don't blame it, it's cutting...

It's big, it's a bit technical, it has SMD (I won't say what those initials mean to me) but it works! Made this for the daughter of a musician friend who is filipina, so I named it Anagolay, a goddess in filipina mythology who gets rejected and cast aside by the other gods and discovers the...

At the request of members, here is the new, improved, and moved from "Build Reports" Top Five Pedal Builds for 2024/2025!!!!!! The idea remains the same, though. Name your top 5 pedals to build, and give a reason for each. Can be short, can be long, ranked, unranked, can be top 5 just in the...

Here is my post transferred from general questions forum. This began because I wasn't detecting any noticeable effect, and now I am looking for probable causes to fix this: Was testing [Median compressor] last night with the blend all the way CW, and a big crackle storm with jumps in volume...

After back-to-back failures originating with my SMD soldering (I load flux on the pads, load solder on the pads, flux on the smd legs, place on pads, touch with iron technique), I am wondering if anyone actually enjoys soldering them, particularly JFETs and transistors--those squirrely little...