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I was searching for some electrolytics on Mouser. Generally I just filter by voltage rating and maybe manufacturer, don’t usually worry about tolerance for electrolytics. I just spotted another parameter I’ve never noticed before: Life. Options for the ones I’m looking at are 1000, 2000, 5000...

Putting together some project carts, and there are a few JFETS that I can only find at reasonable prices in SMD versions. Some are listed as SOT-23 package types, and others are SC-59. Some googling suggests these may be essentially two names for the same format. Can anyone confirm, or refute...

Picked up a Karaoke Chorus PCB. Probably won’t get around to actually building it for a while, but was wondering if there’s an easy way to add a Mix pot? Comparing it to my old Pork Barrel (CE-2) schematic, the output sections look fairly similar. Could I just do this: * full, hi-res Karaoke...

Here’s a PedalPCB Pitch Witch build. Gave myself plenty of offboard wiring on this one 😓 ;) But otherwise no real big challenges with the build. It features the Green Jay. A very common bird in far south Texas, but not to be seen anywhere else in the US...

Finally finished up this guy. It’s an Aion Graviton board. Generally, on all of my fuzz and distortion builds I do some kind of raptor. But for this one I though I should probably have the most metal 🤘 bird of them all, the avian abattoir-ist, the butcherbird himself: your very own Loggerhead...

A buddy of mine who’s a pedal steel player was asking me about modifying his guitar volume pot to make it easier to do volume swells with his pinky. Basically he’d like it if the knob hit Minimum volume somewhere around a half turn rather than at full counter-clockwise. Like so: He’s...

Due to wanting my own layouts (for aesthetic reasons) and/or mods, I frequently off-board wire my pots. Sometimes I just leave the board floating, but I’d like other options. Sadly nobody puts standoff holes in PCBs anymore 😢. I’ve tried at least one version of those edge-mount standoffs, but...

Was almost done populating my Aion Graviton PCB when I noticed I have a 2N3906 for Q3 instead of a 2N5087. How did that happen? Well, turns out the build docs list the 2N5087 for Q3, but the Mouser BOM (which I ordered from) lists 2N3906 for Q3. Some quick Googling suggests these two may be...

Yep, I guess this is the first actual PPCB project I’ve had occasion to post on here. There will be more to follow…eventually;) It’s the Deflector Reverb. I made it for a friend who used to have the EQD version, so I used the Afterneath control names figuring he’d already be familiar with them...

I etch my enclosures. And I’ve discovered, through trial and error, that getting the enclosure sanded to a mirror-like smoothness makes for a much more consistent (iron-on) toner transfer. I’ve got one of these: I start with a fairly coarse grit to make sure the surface is leveled out, and...

Several years ago I built the “deluxe” version of the Madbean Pork Barrel (the one on the left). I’ve got an Aion Lithium board to build and I thought it would be fun to try and match the design and the mods (art on the right). The circuits look pretty similar to each other. And I’ve drawn out...

Managed to finish up this guy over the 3-day weekend. It’s an Aion Torus (Mid-Fi Demo Tape Fuzz clone) PCB. Pretty simple straightforward build. No real issues. Used a 1590BB, just to give myself a little more space for artwork. And I changed the controls layout a little, so I had to wire...

…well, okay only one finished Muff at the moment. Second coming soon. I’ve had a GGG Op-Amp Muff kit sitting around forever, and a BYOC NYC Muff kit (guess it’ll be my last BYOC build 😢) only slightly less long. Finished the Op-Amp on Saturday. Features a Crested Caracara, pretty common site...