This pedal lives up to the hype. This was my first SMD project! I used it to build up to building an FV-1. Though, I think SMD transistors are more challenging to solder by hand, as they're so small and shift easily. Anyways, this went together fairly easily. I took my time with the j201's and checked continuity between the SMD transistor and its through hole counterpart. I also checked continuity between the transistors and the resistors that they go to to make sure that the soldering was adequate. When I installed the Q1 trimmer I forgot to adjust it 2k. Luckily, I found a thread that told me how to fix my mistake without desoldering the trimmer.
Before I decided I was going to do faceplates for this I had bought knobs. So, when I decided to order form @amplifyfun I looked over the faceplate selection and decided that I preferred the orange on white look. This was the first design that I did. I wanted it to be simple and have a border. I grabbed the knob surrounds files from @dmnCrawler and used the 9v and input/output arrows from them. Those files came in handy over the course of this process. The problem I'm having with making my pedals look presentable is I want to show them all off on my board, but I really don't need four dirt pedals...
Before I decided I was going to do faceplates for this I had bought knobs. So, when I decided to order form @amplifyfun I looked over the faceplate selection and decided that I preferred the orange on white look. This was the first design that I did. I wanted it to be simple and have a border. I grabbed the knob surrounds files from @dmnCrawler and used the 9v and input/output arrows from them. Those files came in handy over the course of this process. The problem I'm having with making my pedals look presentable is I want to show them all off on my board, but I really don't need four dirt pedals...
