Basic Workflow Tips for Building a PedalPCB

[Feral Feline]

Aye, but...
The problem is, bedroom / workbench volumes don't tell you what that effect is like at stage volume in the signal chain within the band mix...
I'm pro-boxing them all up, for now, but given the amount of botched drill-jobs combined with the build backlog... Maybe I should sell all my PCBs and go back to just breadboarding.

 

[giovanni]

Aye, but...
The problem is, bedroom / workbench volumes don't tell you what that effect is like at stage volume in the signal chain within the band mix...
I'm pro-boxing them all up, for now, but given the amount of botched drill-jobs combined with the build backlog... Maybe I should sell all my PCBs and go back to just breadboarding.

I like to just box them all. Even the ones I don’t like. It’s just part of the fun of building to me. A lot of my builds are perfectly working pedals that just sit on a shelf most of the time. I scratched that itch.

 

[tegendemuur]

Aye, but...
The problem is, bedroom / workbench volumes don't tell you what that effect is like at stage volume in the signal chain within the band mix...
I'm pro-boxing them all up, for now, but given the amount of botched drill-jobs combined with the build backlog... Maybe I should sell all my PCBs and go back to just breadboarding.

Maybe an idea for you as well: I am thinking of doing all my pedals eurorack style, and fix the guts to a 2mm aluminum sheet faceplate and screw that on a box (or, in your case, old, fucked up boxes). The power and jack holes can be standardized, so one sturdy template should be helpful in getting a uniformed style going.

Origin Effects uses this faceplate-on-a-box thing to0, though the PCBs are mounted onto the box as well. Classy as all hell.

 

[Matopotato]

I just use a 9v wall wart that I used to use for some pedals. Ideally you will want to have something at the voltage that matches what you plan to use for the pedal you are building.

Sorry for the long time in reply.... Most of my wall warts do not have ground, sometimes that introduces issues.