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Haha that’s fair. My apologies. The *no experience* disclaimer was to cover my ass just in case ;)

Why Chuck sad?

*no first hand experience with this circuit* I think 1N4148 will sub just fine

I really like those labels!

What have you got for zener diodes? It’s there to protect the input of the JFET from voltage spikes (like static). It’s more commonly seen on MOSFETs as they’re more susceptible to static and what not. I’ve rarely seen it on JFETs. The default there is a 9.1v zener, a 12v would work there just...

Yes, the PCB’s are sized properly for solder lugs.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091281YKX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_DBB5K61RMZJ43KE1BF4J?psc=1 This is the exact one I bought. It’s useful and cheap but it has its quirks such as being iffy when testing FETs. https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/looking-for-a-transistor-tester.8779/page-3 It’s...

Here’s a quote from Chuck found in this thread: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/the-bollocks-a-king-midas.3258/ This is pretty much what I’ve read elsewhere. ESR is often not expressed on datasheets, but instead is noted as Max Ripple Current. For high frequency switching stuff, the internal...

If you would like to sure! I’m still unsure of what the implications of ESR are in different situations.

No worries it’s out of focus anyways. I believe they are mostly “Arcotronics” as I bought most of them before 2019, except the ones in the photo were bought in 2020 and I think are “Faratronics” I see ones in their site now cited as Faratronics and JB as well, I don’t believe I have any of...

Greetings. I was working on a build last night and decided to measure my 470nF film box caps from Tayda before using them. I found they all had a pretty high ESR, around 6-8 ohms. So I went on a bit of a testing spree: 220nF caps from Tayda in the slimmer box measured 17-18 ohms! It’s worth...

This was a great read! Nice work. I want to get a DS-2 one day because John Fruciante… Good call replacing the electros, they last a good while in pedals compared to the ones in tube amps and such since they are often run well within spec, but you never know as the decades go by. The films and...

As pointed out, I would be very careful with that email especially if you didn’t enter a sweepstakes, lots of Amazon scams out there. Don’t put your account information into any links from the email, if it’s legit they would just link you a code or include it in the email. Forgive me if you...

Ah yes, it’s my dad’s go to. I’m working on getting all my boxes converted to Molson trays and Newman’s coffee boxes, but as of of late my demand has exceeded supply…

The lighting could be better, I’m getting another ballast light to go over the soldering area. The space is fantastic! I’ve seen travel videos about Chinese electronics markets and they do a lot with much less space than me, so I have no excuses. The stool… it has a twin and I believe we had...

Made a lot of progress in my work area today: The new bench is in the back with the soldering setup on it. The bench on the left is what was already there, and I’ll be using it mostly for guitar work, random projects like the odd PC build, and for messier stuff like cleaning flux off...

Looks good! As you noted, some of the wires could be a little shorter, but honestly it’s not bad at all. There’s production pedals out there with enough spaghetti for dinner and leftovers!

No first hand experience with this particular one, but I thought of some stuff from looking at the build doc: The input stage should actually have a bit more gain than usual, since the emitter is put directly to ground, omitting the usual resistor there. I would take another look at that part...

Maybe just a tone control of some type before or after the stage?

I would consider the isosceles or integral preamp, both based on the TC Integrated Preamp, with the former being the Fortin Grind/33. It sounds like you just need to push your amp harder, not necessarily add more clipping before the amp. These pedals have a lot of clean gain on tap and...