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Ok, thanks. Just a follow-up. I’ve purchased new “solder lug” pots on stompbox. Hopefully I’ll have better luck with those.

What I’m trying to accomplish is bringing those internet controls to the outside. Explain to me why this is not a good idea. I know it has level, fuzz, and sundial on the outside. I’m assuming you are saying that the sundial is the bias where it’s min and max are controlled by the internal range...

I’m using them as a modification to board mounted trim pots for the bias.

I’ve been doing that, and they work initially but by the time I solder, heat shrink, and install them, they break. I read through the reviews and was reading that they break easy. They can’t take much heat at all according to one review. When I test a broken one, I get the OL reading until...

I narrowed it down to a potentiometer. Is it possible I got some bad pots? I ordered these from Amazon. At first I thought it was my soldering, but I’ve soldered them three different ways and the result is always that they end up broken. I can get them to work if I put a little pressure on them...

I’m working on a Sandspur Fuzz build and my bypassed signal works fine. The engaged circuit signal was working fine for about 5 minutes and then all on its own the volume dropped significantly. What are some common reasons this would happen?

I’ve been working on the Kliche Mini (Klon type circuit).

For the Kliche Mini, how would I go about changing the frequency boosted by the treble knob. For example, if instead of lifting from the mid-high range, is there a capacitor value I could swap out to make the boosted frequency higher?

Makes sense.

The more I look at this JHS pedal, the more I start to think they clear coated it before screen printing the graphics on. I don’t know how they do it but I like the quality.

I’m not planning to do a super thick clear coat layer. Something like what JHS does. Shiny but not too thick.

Feels like a catch 22 in that if I drill first, I get metal scraps in the not-fully-cured paint job. If I drill last, it could crack the clear coat (if the layer is thick enough). I’ve not done this before so maybe I can drill first and can clean the scraps off successfully.

Which order is best?: Primer > Paint > Graphics (screen print) > Clear Coat > Drill Or… Primer > Paint > Graphics (screen print) > Drill > Clear Coat

Ok, cool. This makes sense, but not what I expected based on this diagram image of the item I purchased (below). I thought it was negative, positive, ground based on the diagram (below). My guess is it just depends if the circuit calls for a negative or positive pin tip from the DC jack but I...

Okay, interesting. So, I’ve got this circuit where I’m modifying it from internal trim pots to external pots. I’ve got it wired like this (see pic). It may be overkill that I’m wiring all three lugs. Maybe I could get by wiring only two lugs.

👍 The way I’ve been remembering it is the capital letter “A” has longer legs than the capital letter “K”.

Okay, so, in these figures below we have a “clean 50K” trim pot and a “bias 5K” trim pot. Help me clarify or understand something please… is the “clean 50K” pot an example of a variable resistor instance where lug 3 is unused? Also, is the “bias 5K” pot an example of a variable resistor where...

Voltage divider vs variable resistor? I’m not sure. This is a good question as it will prompt some research on my end. I’m not even sure if I understand the difference yet. I was under the assumption that a typical level, tone, or gain knob on a pedal circuit are 3-pin pots acting as variable...

I’m new to this and wondering if there is a such thing as a custom-range potentiometer. For example, if I bought a B100k and wanted to configure it so that at the bottom of the range it started at 12k resistance and at the top of the range it landed on 88k resistance. My uneducated guess would...

I’ve been using 2-pin DC jacks. They work great and the pedals I’m building do not have a 9v battery. I’ve recently ordered some 3-prong. So, instead of simply positive and negative, it has positive, negative, and ground. My question is… Since it doesn’t have a battery, how should I wire them...