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I'm not great at describing tone, but sounds really nice to me. This is my first Fender-style amp. Although I've owned and built tons of pedals, I've only owned one tube amp before--it's Peavey Classic 30, and I've had it for almost 30 years now. So I don't have a lot of experience with...

Just wrapped this up. I took my time building it, also researched a lot both before and during. It has some mods, but nothing to change the tone much, mostly for safety: Added a RC filter stage of 22uf + 250R before my B+. This was to reduce noise and it also drops the B+ voltage by about...

Very cool. How come other Electric Mistress clones I see have way more ICs and parts? Are there more than one electric mistress circuits?

I saw those recommended elsewhere. And those are dead ringers for Harbor Freight, which is one of the reasons I bought the HF model. I'm guessing they're OEM from the same factory. It's possible the Weicon's have specced different blades or springs to change the performance, but I'd still be...

I did see these getting good reviews (as well as a couple of similar looking no-names) when I was shopping around. I figured the harbor freight would be equivalent to all these. And it works well with small wires?

Anyone have good recommendations for wire clippers strippers that are effective at 20-24 awg wire? (and that don't break the bank) For most, 22 or 24 awg seem to be the advertised limit, and from what I read they don't work well at the edge of their range. I just bought this inexpensive one...

thanks, I caught that before I saw your reply.

Both diodes go to Vcc. I would expect this to keep the voltages between Vcc +- Vf and clip signals above or below that range. On second look, one goes to -Vcc. So it'll keep the voltages between -Vcc-Vf and Vcc+Vf. It seems like that would have very little impact as the IC is also supplied...

Like maybe add tubes too?

I wonder how much business Tayda (and other overseas sites that cater to niche hobbies) is losing over this? I hope they stay in business.

Yeah, I used a standard 4 knob for mine, and added a washer on the switch to account for the larger hole (but that was because Tayda was still selling pre-drilled for cheaper than custom drilled).

Awesome, thanks everyone, I'll breadboard a few of these and see what works for me.

When using an audio probe it'd be nice to generate a signal (usually I use a looper pedal, but it requires some extra steps). I see this SMD based circuit in the shop here https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/pcb668/, but I'm more inclined to throw it on a stripboard. Anyone have a simple...

Perhaps your transistor isn't rated for above 9V? Which transistor did you use?

looks great! can you share a tutorial video (or more than one) that you found helpful?

Busboard also makes great vero/stripboard. The tracking and the traces are nice and thick.

yeah this one was underwhelming effect-wise (I assume that's what you're experiencing). I do find boosting the signal into it helps quite a bit, so try that.

is any company actually giving rebates?

I wonder if their low price shipping option weren't managing tariffs so they dropped it or something like that.

According to Aion's build doc for the Broadcast: "Others including the Dual Broadcast use the NTE 2N404A, a new-production germanium that is anywhere from 50 to 250 hFE. The 2N404A taken from a Broadcast in this video measured at 216 hFE with 125µA leakage." So I guess it sounds "relatively...