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A while ago (back in August 2022, gulp!) I bought a busted Boss CH-1 which I was hoping I could fix up. The pedal was in much worse condition than I realized (lesson learned: ask for more pictures) so not a great deal and not worth fixing. However, it did contain two very valuable chips...

I got a Small Stone from a coworker for free. It’s completely dead: no sound and not even the LED turns on. I opened it up today and couldn’t find anything obviously wrong inside. The foot switch seems to work and then components and solder joints look good. However I noticed that there is DC...

I made myself a little Inkscape template with all possible knob combinations that I can use as a starting point for my artwork (for laser cutting). I copied the template bits from a couple standard PedalPCB pdf templates to make sure I would get the spacing and hole size right. Here's an image...

Hey guys, I want to get a few things for my music room to make it a bit more useful for rehearsals. I need some sort of PA to plug in a couple microphones, keyboard and maybe bass (besides using guitar amps), but I don’t want to get a large portable PA system as it feels maybe overkill. At the...

I built the SoB a while ago and didn’t notice at first but I was playing through it today and noticed some amount of white noise coming from it. It’s very noticeable and increases with the treble knob (or the filter cuts it off). Is this normal behavior for this circuit? If not, could it be...

Just built this and I’m working on graphics. It sounds to me that when the switch is in the up position, the filter is narrower, but I wanted to double check that I’m hearing this correctly before I label it. Can anybody confirm this? Thank you!

I have been trying to load the forum on my iPhone (on Chrome) for a few hours now but it's not working. It either doesn't load at all (blue loading line at the top) or if it does load I can't tap on any links. Was there any recent change for iOS that may have broken something?

This one was a pleasant surprise for me. I don’t remember why I bought this board, I probably watched some demo and got interested. Anyways, I do like TS style pedals but I had never tried a Timmy, so I wasn’t sure what to expect (according to @MichaelW this is a modified Timmy?). But I have to...

This has been a long time coming. I built this pedal a few months ago (end of July!). The build itself went relatively smoothly although I think I need a better soldering station (I have a very old off brand one that I got on Amazon which I feel it doesn’t get hot enough until it’s too hot)...

Hey guys! Trying to get a bit more organized with my ICs, currently sitting in plastic tubes or on pieces of foam (that I got from the vendor) in various organizer bins. If I could just stick them to foam it would be much easier for me to organize them in the bins (and print labels etc) rather...

This was my first build after my long building hiatus (I swear this is the last time I mention it). I waited to post because I was working on the faceplate and I finally laser cut it today. I had definitely lost my building rhythm and I made a few rookie mistakes on this one. But it gave me an...

First build report after a long hiatus! I was definitely getting rusty and had some trouble with this one (https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/burned-charge-pump.17734/). This is not actually my first build since hiatus (Son of Ben report coming up after I laser engrave the faceplate), but the...

Hey guys! I haven’t worked on builds for a while and I’m slowly getting back into it. Today I boxed a Transcendence Boost in a 1590B which was exciting! However when I put the charge pump in the socket I realized I put it in backwards. So I removed it and flipped it but in the process I may have...

Hey guys, I am in the process of sourcing parts for the Sonomatic. It calls for J112 and I have some J113 that I was wondering if I could sub for? Honestly I am not entirely sure what the JFET does (it's not part of a gain stage) and I am having a hard time understanding the switching in the...

I see that the 220uF caps are used as part of the charge pump circuit so I assume they need to be 35V or even 50V? Can’t use those 10V I have lying around I assume…

Today I laser cut a very handy jig to assemble PedalPCB boards (per other thread, huge credit to @Robert for standardizing pot placement) and I find it very very useful. I’m happy to share the svg if you’re interested. Here’s a pic: Besides following the drill template for all PPCB enclosure...

Monday's off to a good start! I found a few 2N7000s, a bunch of MPF102 and 2N5951 (could I use either of them for a phaser?), MPSA06, 1N270 (any magic in these?), a ton of 1N4148 and a few LM358N. I also found a ton of 2N3904 and BC637 and I have no idea what circuit I could use them in, maybe a...

First of all, phrasing. Second, I pulled out my iron yesterday and started going at it but I noticed a little bit of gunk on the very tip that I could not shake off. Also phrasing. In seriousness, the conductivity of the tip seems a bit diminished and I had to get the right angle to enable the...

This is loooooong overdue. I finished soldering and boxing my Paragon probably a year ago. Back then I made a troubleshooting thread (those pesky metal LED bezels!) but not a build report. Since then, I had to pack all my stuff because we had a very long renovation at our townhouse. We jumped...

Hey guys! I am soon going to have access to a laser engraver/cutter and I want to make some faceplates for some pedals I have on the TODO list (I will probably switch to UV prints later but I already purchased a bunch of enclosures). I was wondering if anybody had recommendations on which...