EPisode booster

[Synchrony Pedalworks]

Made the Episode booster this weekend. I made the project much harder than it should have been. I created a faceplate with the help of Amplifyfun. With the pedal, I wanted to use a BFK (Big f&%king Knob). To accommodate the BFK, the toggle switches had to be moved down. I had thought through the drill pattern changes and executed that well, but didn't think about pot and toggle switches. I had bought a PCB pin pot, but realized that I was going to need to off-board wire the toggles and the pot. (By the way, I really dislike off board wiring). While squishing the board into the closure, I broke the pot. I don't know how, but I did... Luckily, I had an extra C10K pot, but with a spline shaft. Fortunately, everything fit together and it really plays well. It drives my Fender VibroChamp clone nicely. Great pedal!

 

[jhaneyzz]

Nice job. Nice knob!

It looks super badass!

Learn to embrace off board wiring... it can be fun.

 

[jjjimi84]

Love the colors on this! Looking sharp!

 

[Synchrony Pedalworks]

Love the colors on this! Looking sharp!

I will have to give the credit to my daughter. She has a better eye for color!

 

[jhaneyzz]

I will have to give the credit to my daughter. She has a better eye for color!

Same, which is the secret reason my pedals are all monochromatic...

 

[Feral Feline]

Great build.


Now I'll have to have a big knob for my build.

I looked at the build doc and thought moving the switches to the mid-point of the enclosure looks like it'd give enough room for a large knob;
then looking at your build it seems the switches are equidistant from the top and bottom, too. I wonder if a long-legged pot would work... No matter. I've got a bunch of lugged-pots to use up.


So, just how big IS that knob, diameter in millimetres?