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Hey Folks - I got an old Peavey Backstage 30 from a pal, I'm going to use for pedal troubleshooting, bedroom noodling, and home-karaoke wail-a-thons. :cool: 🎤 My larger amp likes to stay at the band's practice space, so this is a great solution. The only problem? The speaker surround is...

Learning lots over here in troubleshooting mode. I built two Deflectors (one for me, one for pal), and one works! I got a problem with my second deflector build... I'm sniffing around with an audio probe, photos and multi-meter. Any thoughts would be super appreciated, folks! Resistors All the...

Snagged a toaster oven for three bucks at a thrift store, so I'm trying out some toaster oven baking for a build. My first experiment was 200F for 60min, and the brass/gold paint held up really well and didn't fade next to my control. The goal is to make the final paint job more durable. After...

Wondering if there are any obvious pitfalls that I'm not seeing to building my own War Scythe/Hoof Reaper-type pedal? The three PCBs on the inside would be a Kazoo / Trumpeter and a Squidward at the end. I might put an order switch in there for the Kazoo/Trumpeter, we'll see. Slapdash "artist"...

Found this neat video of someone's Sagan Delay build. The dry signal and three "tape heads" are connected to their own LED, and the LED's brightness reacts to the volume of each delay. Sounds like the creator of this particular Sagan Delay has a special sauce recipe that they intend on keeping...

Hey Folks - Just finished my Harmonic Percolator (w/ @Chuck D. Bones mods!) - and it's great. But, adding this up with some other pedals, things are getting a little noisy. I'm considering a noise gate build. What do folks think of the Muffler (MXR Noise Gate) compared to the Muzzle (Fortin...

Fun build - took a while to find the time to make this for my pal. I played mine at practice a few months ago, and he said "FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN!?". So, I got around to tossing this one together, first official "commission" job with his requested color scheme and graphics. ;) This is the...

Hey Folks - I was wondering if there was any way to make an etched enclosure without using a printer and vector graphics. I do like making sweet waterslide decals, and I'm getting back into the swing of using vector graphics... but I'm interested in a more hands-on method for durable enclosure...

Hey Folks - I was going to use Tayda's custom drill service for a Chaos Machine 1590XX enclosure. Before I submit my order, I'm wondering if anyone else has done this already, and wouldn't mind sharing their measurements. Here are mine using PedalPCB/Tayda's format: SIDE HOLE NUMBER HOLE DIA...

Hey Folks - I'm up to 7 PedalPCB* pedals, plus Dyna Comp, Rat and TS-9... seems like my True Tone 1-Spot is getting to be overtaxed... right? Of course, not all are on at the same time, but it's nice to have an array of options for maximum tone diversity while picking and grinning. My...

(photo links in titles of pedals, from my browser, the links look just like regular text!) Sea Horse - I may try to tinker with the ticking. For whatever reason, my pedal's ticking is SO faint and quiet, might not be worth opening up things. Overall, the pedals is so fun, lots of options from a...

Hey Folks - Can't believe I did this to myself - I glossed over my pick list, and didn't order an OPA2134 for my Magnetron Delay. Just finished soldering the jacks and 9V plug, ready to box up and drop in my ICs... and realized I didn't have the OPA2134! There are some threads talking about...

Hey Folks - Total noob question: I got these 9V jacks from Tayda (part #A-991). I'm having trouble figuring out which lead off the jack is (+) and (-). Is this like caps and LEDs, where the longer lead is (+) and the shorter lead is (-)? The last 9V jacks I got had a diagram... these don't...

I'm interested in building the Mercurial Boost / VarioBoost. The PCB is a 3-knob, yet the three knobs are not oriented like the Tayda enclosure. You think I could get a 3-knob and flip the PCB around on the inside, and simply run slightly longer wires to the switch and the in/outs? I've...

Hey Folks - Working on my Seahorse, realized that I was sent 560-marked resistors from Tayda instead of receiving 470 Ohm resistors (for R20 on the schematic). Funnily enough, they all test at 480-ish Ohms, which is close enough. Have you all noticed this for your tiny resistors? I...

Big knobs are fun and sounds superior to small knobs. ;) For a 5-knob or 6-knob build, my measurements from the first pedal I build look like the spacing is just over 20mm between the pot centers. That sounds like a 20mm knob (like a Boss 20mm x 12mm) would be a little too close for comfort...

Ahoy! Just finished the Captain Bit / Bit Commander. First pedal build, made two for a pal and I. The sea's were a bit choppy, took on a bit of water here and there... but I made it safely to port all in one piece. Here are some thoughts/comments - mostly aimed at fellow noobs like me: Must...

Super excited for my first build. All the parts came in, and I started soldering yesterday. I got my work cut out for me, I ordered all 1/8 watt resistors for some future builds, and those things are tiny! Resistor #100 calls for a 4k7. It looks like I received a packet of 5k6 Ohm resistors...