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I know there are several far more tube amp experienced builders on this forum, and am trying to figure out "what went wrong." I'm using an Allen Encore, which is loosely based on a Vibrolux Reverb. (I built this from a kit about 4 years ago, and it's worked great, more than great!, since day...

Before my order comes in, trying to do designs and not sure of diameter—does anyone have any of these, that can give me a measurement?

For those of us that realy don't like software by subscription, Affinity is (currently) one of the few competing packages that offers an Adobe alternative. I'm still using A.I., but have been using Designer for a few years now also. If I were starting from scratch (been with A.I. since the...

My email from Antique Electronic Supply showed these, and I suddenly knew just what pedals have been waiting for them...

This is an offshoot and a deeper dive off of a post I did in @BuddytheReow fabulous purple kit thread, into choosing what type of abrasive to use for finishing. The most common two choices are abrasive sheets and steel wool. The main difference between them is that a sheet of sandpaper will...

July 4th sale.

A friend came over last night, brought his Shnobel Daily Driver. He left it with me, and I’ll get a chance to really listen to it over the next week, but my initial impression was quite favorable. So, I‘ve been looking at the Chauffeur Driver schematic. in several places there are pairs of...

When I was building my amp, I planned on getting a pair of the Fender side legs to allow tilting, but then ran into a picture that showed a pair of slip on legs, and decided to give it a try. These work really well. I have an stl file I made for them, but they need to have the geometry done...

Two pedals that have been getting almost non-stop use lately are the Champ Stamp and the Equilux. I can’t say enough good things about the way they sound and feel. But both share a level of noise, not dissimilar to preamp tube noise, as the level control is upped. It’s not keeping me from using...

Drilled several boxes today. The spacing on the Octarock is off (between the stomp switch and the pots/switches—it’s 40 thousandths (wee hair over a mm) too tight. Has this been an issue for others? This was based on the printout. I’ve checked everything over several times. The holes were...

Everyone may already be doing this, but it didn’t occur to me until I had an Octarock board almost completely populated—covering the parts call outs that are printed on the pcb—“damn, why didn’t I take a picture of the bare board, so I’d have a reference for possible trouble shooting or...

I’ve been enjoying this immensely the past week, and am curious about the interaction between the gain stages. Is there a schematic available for this design? At 18v, it has usurped at least one pedal (and possibly two!—must wait for extended honeymoon to see) from my drive section, which is all...

For years I've made simple drawings of pedal tops, with all the knobs and toggles, so I could keep track of specific settings on them. I have pdfs for the dozen or so PPCB pedals I've made, and am happy to make them available. Not sure of the best way to post files for sharing—so if anyone's...

I like to think I'm selective in what boards I buy—don't we all?— and I look forward to seeing what the hoopla is all about. Some pedals, more than others, and this one was way up there in terms of high hopes. Other than not finding an LND-150, and wondering if the 250 was a good sub (from the...

I (re)learned an important lesson yesterday. I finished the pedal in the morning, and did a quick hook up to check that all was working. It was, but I was bummed out—all of the settings had a staccato choppiness to the echos—almost like a comb filter. I've had (but didn't keep) larger digital...

Since they were easily available, I got some of the SOT-23 packaged LND250s from the site, planning on making a crossed wire adapter to change the source and gate positions to match the through hole configuration. But, the board does have SMT pads, and both transistors share the same pin out in...

The PedalPCB store is out, but says "substitution is available"—is this just a copy from the suppliers site, or does the store carry a sub? There is a second depletion mode mosfet, the LND250K1, that is also listed—is this a suitable sub? Looks like Mouser is out of the 150 until April.

Because of the 9 volt batteries that were once so necessary to run effects, the industry has been almost completely stuck on 9 volt supplies. There are obvious exceptions, but it’s the overwhelming standard. Yet, for pedals that are NOT trying to distort the signal, you typically get increased...

After publishing several build reports, I've been asked about the shielded wire I use at my inputs and output runs. In all honestly, I have no idea if there is a benefit from doing this—Robert's boards are well laid out, with large ground planes on both sides, and we're dealing with a pretty...

If I run both my Mesmeriser and Deep blue, I get a strong low freq. roll off. If I have a buffered pedal between them, it’s not an issue. I’m thinking this is impedance related. But it’s odd, as I don’t get this type of interaction with any other pedals in front of the Deep Blue, and with...