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I have the Wet Bar (Ibanez MF-5) on my board now and really love it. I was contemplating designing a three band EQ version. I’m not sure how best to proceed, so, I thought I’d put it out there to some of you with more understanding than I have. My idea was to add a third gyrator for highs and...

I just bought a Voodoo Lab PP2 on CL. I wanted to verify that I understand the current draw limits correctly with a few questions: 1. If a pedal needs 400mA and the max output of the supply is 250mA, does the pedal just not work? If it does work, is there any danger to the pedal or will only...

I was wondering I could sub the 10k volume pot with a higher value, like a 50k or 100k? It's a voltage divider with ground but I'm not sure what's going on with the resisters on the switch??

I'm building up a bass Klon using Chuck's mods: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/bass-klon.24042/ I have a stash of Ge diodes to choose from. Came from a PIF I received last year. I'll probably sample a few in the circuit before committing, but wondered if there were any guidelines or...

Was wondering if any particular Hfe for the 5088s was preferable in Q1-Q4? Any input appreciated 🤘

Been doing a lot of pedal repairs, recently. I notice most production pedals have off board wiring for pots. I was wondering if anyone knew what the cost or ease reason likely was ? Since for me PCB pots cost the same as lug and off board wiring is a PITA 🤷‍♂️

I was wondering why a LM1458 is used in the Timmy (Tommy III) versus a 4558? My understanding is that it's a stripped down TS, so, why not the 4558? Building one now and plan on socketing the op-amp, just wanted to get some opinions.

Hey Guys, I'm installing some new pickups. I have the attached wiring diagram. It seems weird to me that there isn't a ground wire from the volume pot to the tone pot. Is there a reason for this? It seems consistent across a few different wiring diagrams I've seen.

This is the Ibanez FL9 flanger laid out by our boy Clinton (blackhatboojum). Its sound is in the BF-2 camp but to my ears the slow flange sound has more chorus character. It’s defiantly different enough to warrant building both. At more extreme Robin Guthrie/John McGeoch settings, it’s painful...

I'm switching out the single coil neck and middle pickups on my strat for Seymour Duncan humbuckers. There are two versions: one for the neck and one for the bridge, which one goes in the middle? Also, any opinions on SJBJ-1s vs Hot Rails?

Always been a Boss DD-3, DD-7 (for the tap) user. I like clean long rhythmic delays. Thinking of looking at something different. Is there anything that is in the vein of the DDs but better I should check out? It would need to have tap tempo.

Thought this one came out cool. Standard FV-1 build but I added the slam switch. Needed to have all the pots off board to make everything more comfortable. I would have preferred a soft touch foot switch, but the client wanted the standard. Enclosure is no-film on a lightly sanded bare box.

For those of you who have built the Hyped Fuzz. How useful do you find the center toggle position (gain boost mode)? I'm contemplating building mine with a regular DPDT switch. I.e., just having Fuzz 1 and Fuzz 2 mode.

I'm always unenthusiastic when I start building drives but usually ends up being some of my most satisfying builds. 🤷‍♂️ A couple of MBP drives. The first is the Mysterioso, sort of a super Red Lama with two channels. Red Lama, is not really my jam, but I like the options on this one. The...

So, I'm diving into fuzz land. I ordered a few lots of Ge transistors from eBay and I'm planning to measure them all with my Peak DCA55. I was wondering how people usually sort them? Should I label each one or can I group them based on hfe and leakage?

This was a gift from benny_profane. It's a 1590BB layout of the Smallsound/Bigsound F@$k Overdrive. I didn't study the circuit in depth but the general tone has a Rat flavor to my ears. The extra controls on the bottom interact with the momentary switch to produce a broken speaker sound on...

Last one of '23. This is the MBP Degenerator. It's a cool 2399 delay with a pitch bendy feature (Bloom) on the delays. I think it shines most set up for slap back, the pitch bend sound really cool and interesting. Kind of a low-fi feel.

A different flavor of flanger, for sure. It's in the BF-2 camp but to my ears, sounds like the odd harmonic setting on a A/DA flange. I still want to wrap my head around the depth and clock trimmers. There were lots of variation in sound available by playing with those. MB's flanger magic...

This thing shreds! I dig it. The tone controls work, but if you're not a fan of the base sound they don't take very far away from that. No film Mr. Krueger on a bare box.

This one came out cool. The enclosure is no-film but I got the idea to paint the label before transfer to block in some white area. Went pretty smooth except I over glued and got some bubbles. Since it's such an ugly aesthetic, anyways, I left it alone. Goes with the way it sounds :cool...