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So I was fooling around with ChatGPT and drifted on the subject of building pedals. For fun I ask if it could help me troubleshoot a pedal... Here's the answer: I'd be happy to help you troubleshoot your effect pedal! Here are a few steps you can take to try and diagnose the problem: Check...

I had never tried that, seen a few here and there and yesterday I figured ”Why Not ?” I perused the different build docs and elected to try a Sandspur Fuzz. Seems probably the simplest, 20 components and I pretty much had every parts. I had to make a few substitutions, didn’t have BC108 so I...

Finally got to finish it. A Muzzle, no twist, no mod, except maybe for the external range switch. It works well, but I still got to figure out how to best set it up with a delay in the FX loop. Probably the build that requires the most planning when it come to fitting all this in a box. I...

I’m trying to wrap up my muzzle build, but looking at the wiring diagram for the sidechain passthrough I’m really confuse. On the key input (left side of diagram) I see connections on switch tip and tip. On the passthrough I see only a connection to tip. What about sleeves ? Should there be...

So I'm thinking of a new design for a dual pedal. It would be a Kliche Mini with a Tommy in a box. Individual on/off Foot switch with my order selection twist... However, I'd like to add another footswitch on it to add gain to what ever pedal goes first. Now, I was thinking the Kliche...

I had that one almost completed for a while, but I was dreading the assembly. I was hoping to socket the 3-pins connections between the boards, but the pins didn’t fit in my sockets. So I went ahead and solder them. Big risk, as if it didn’t work, I would have been in trouble. How do you guys...

Dear experts, I got my hand on a busted TS9, and offered a friend to troubleshoot the issue. Long story short, he inserted a 12v reverse polarity adaptor, saw or smelled the smoke and voila. Remotely, we had identified that the reverse polarity/voltage regulator diode had broken in half, D8 in...

I have a friend with a TS9 that failed after plugging in reverse polarity from a 12v adaptor - smoke, crackle, pop…. After visual inspection it appears that a diode busted, it actually seems to have popped in half. After research I found this part of the TS9 power circuit: I didn’t quite...

I've been ask by a friend if I could build a Tri-Chorus, now I looked it up and I'm not sure what exactly is a Tri-Chorus and if there's any PedalPCB board to do that or other PCB out there I could use... Any suggestion welcome !

So, I have a PCB for a twin face and of course I'm not able to source AC128 from my regular sources. I started looking at potential replacement and saw that there's tons of options. But, I'd like to stick with Germanium for the PNP side. Did some research and it appears that Ebay is pretty...

This one was a tough one. This was only my second combo attempt. TS with Fuzz is always a good pairing. I build the combo with the ability to switch the order of the FX, so even tho it can be odd, with this one you can flip from TS into Fuzz or Fuzz into TS. i had a very hard time getting the...

Ok, I was hoping never to have to do this, but here we are… my first troubleshooting thread… I think :D I built a combo; Frost Drive in a Raincoat. RainCoat seems OK. But the frost drive for a TS, doesn’t do what I would expect. And there‘s a few this that are just odd. Here’s the list of...

I built this one before, but it was for a friend…. I had another one for myself, so I figured it was time to build it. Little Green Screaming Machine (TS-808)…. The one for my friend looked like this: I didn’t want to do it identical, so I put pen to paper and draw that: And ended with...

Stupid question but that my first time solder a dip switch. Should the on position match the square white painted side ?

Another build completed, an Episode Boost combined with a Dirty Sanchez. My first dual build…. Three stomps, left and right are on on/off and the mid flips the order with a matching LED color. Green Green Red, OD first, Green Red Red, Boost first. Fun build for a friend, let me understand a lot...

I just completed the episode boost. Now I need to bias it with the trim pot. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to look for in terms of value or even sound. I assume I’m biasing Q1 (2n5457) based on the trim pot location. I read in some Other thread that I should aim for half of the voltage. So...

I’ve been working on a dual pedal and wanted to use a bi-color led to indicate which way the effect was running; A-B vs B-A.. My though was simple, and was to reproduce the standard power LED circuit through the foot switch. So started testing with a 9V supply and a 4K7 resistance. I noticed...

Not sure it belongs here, but I figured this could be interesting. I have heard of people running EMG pickups of 18V instead of 9V as it give the pickups a lot of oomph. So considering that to do that, you have to route a second 9V battery enclosure, I started wondering if a circuit board...

I put a suggestion for PedalPCB to build a utility board for a 4PDT Order Switch with LED PCB. If you like the idea go vote for it :D What I wonder is, would a standard 3PDT Order Switch PCB fit on a 4PDT stompswitch and leave the last row of lugs for me to fit a bi-color led and a resistor ?

So I've been planning a dual pedal build (OD and Boost in a box). I want to have a flip foot switch on it to reverse boost and OD FX order. I have found the wiki wiring diagram, however, I do not have the 3PDT Order Switch PCB. If I look at this diagram: To what pin should the wires go ...