Any idea what board this is?

[igogusto]

Picked up a used od/fuzz pedal. I was trying to figure out what board it was. I searched all of pedalpcb's boards and could not locate it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[BuddytheReow]

It's probably an older board. On the underside of the board should be the PCB number. Just search for that here.

 

[LukeFRC]

If they are J201 my money would be on a chop shop

 

[igogusto]

It's probably an older board. On the underside of the board should be the PCB number. Just search for that here.

Thanks for the quick response! I didn't know if it was printed on the other side. I'm a little apprehensive about taking it apart. I don't know much about pedals, but want to learn. Thanks!

 

[Robert]

If they are J201 my money would be on a chop shop

That's exactly what it is.

First revision Chop Shop before trim pots were added.

 

[LukeFRC]

That's exactly what it is.

First revision Chop Shop before trim pots were added.

I don’t know if I should feel proud I recognised it or go get a life!!

I’ve only made a couple of ppcb pedals and one of them was the chop shop… the newer version!

 

[igogusto]

I don’t know if I should feel proud I recognised it or go get a life!!

I’ve only made a couple of ppcb pedals and one of them was the chop shop… the newer version!

Thanks Luke! Appreciate everyone's responses. Looking forward to building a pedal soon. I have some decent soldering skills, what's a good first pedal to build?

 

[BuddytheReow]

Depends what you have and what you want to build? Booster, fuzz, EQ? We can point you in the right direction.

 

[Diynot]

Any of the small NPN fuzz circuits (sandspur, kazoo, two sticks of derm) are a good start, as well as your basic Rat (Muroidea), or any Electra based ODs (special k), or the El Sol.

 

[spi]

A good starter is the Mach 1. Low gain overdrive that's easy to build and sounds great.

 

[LukeFRC]

Thanks Luke! Appreciate everyone's responses. Looking forward to building a pedal soon. I have some decent soldering skills, what's a good first pedal to build?

You have two approaches...

Build what you want, or need approach
Select carefully the sound you're after, find what the best pedal for the sound is, do a quick cost/benefit of cost to build vs cost to buy .... and then choose carefully

Pokemon approach
Build as many as you can. In 12 months you will have 15 variants of tube screamers, 234 muffs, PILL noise things and a shelf of stuff you've not debugged yet...

 

[spi]

You have two approaches...

Build what you want, or need approach
Select carefully the sound you're after, find what the best pedal for the sound is, do a quick cost/benefit of cost to build vs cost to buy .... and then choose carefully

Pokemon approach
Build as many as you can. In 12 months you will have 15 variants of tube screamers, 234 muffs, PILL noise things and a shelf of stuff you've not debugged yet...

I only see one true approach here TBH. And the other is a fictional la la land.

 

[cwsquared]

I only see one true approach here TBH. And the other is a fictional la la land.

Gotta get 'em all...

 

[synthesiserror]

Thanks Luke! Appreciate everyone's responses. Looking forward to building a pedal soon. I have some decent soldering skills, what's a good first pedal to build?

My first build had 5 pots and 2 toggle switches (Parthenon). I had not soldered since college, but that was the easy part for me. Getting everything to line up in the enclosure, though... definitely a learning curve there.

Start with something that has minimal external hardware... 2 or 3 pots at the most. Cuss audibly and often until everything fits flush in the box, then get better at drilling. You can work your way up to the builds with multiple gain/clipping switches and too many EQ knobs.

 

[LukeFRC]

Thanks Luke! Appreciate everyone's responses. Looking forward to building a pedal soon. I have some decent soldering skills, what's a good first pedal to build?

Also if you’re in Europe - musikding is your friend

 

[HamishR]

It's probably an older board. On the underside of the board should be the PCB number. Just search for that here.

Where do you search with that number? I've tried that but it hasn't worked. I would like it if the PCB number was searchable on the home page because I often forget what I ordered and find a PCB months later and wonder what it is. Then I have to slowly scroll through the pictures until I find one which matches.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Where do you search with that number? I've tried that but it hasn't worked. I would like it if the PCB number was searchable on the home page because I often forget what I ordered and find a PCB months later and wonder what it is. Then I have to slowly scroll through the pictures until I find one which matches.

Type the number in the store search bar without hitting enter or adding a space after it

 

[HamishR]

Cool! Thanks!