First build component sourcing

Fama said:
Yeah the 400V ones look too big to fit very well (you might be able to lay it sideways just for a laugh though), but be careful with those 6.3V electrolytic caps, most pedals run at 9V or higher and 100uF sounds like it might be doing power filtering duty, so you should preferably have at least 15V rated caps there, maybe 25V or more just in case someone (or you) runs it at 18V at some point. I'm not confident enough to say that it will explode for sure, but I wouldn't use it to be safe.
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That is exactly the kind of thing I needed to know, thank you! I imagine I'll have to learn this kind of thing at every turn at first, you guys are very helpful.
 
JimmyS2 said:
That is exactly the kind of thing I needed to know, thank you! I imagine I'll have to learn this kind of thing at every turn at first, you guys are very helpful.
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Yep, it is annoying and tricky at first, but it does get much easier. The electrolytic caps are really the hardest ones, since you need to keep size and voltage in mind (and getting higher values in the required voltages means they can be too large, at times). It's not really an issue with most other parts though. Of course IC's can come in SMD configurations, but that's not as easy to mistakenly buy the wrong one.

Transistors are also annoying since you can't always get the exact correct one (or they would be very expensive) and it's not always clear what equivalents would work and what would not.

But apart from those it's pretty simple, film box caps and ceramic caps are simple, and resistors of course (especially from Tayda, just hit the "easy order" page or whatever it's called - although I never find it first try).
 
Well, I think I have almost everything in order to build these 3 pedals.

I had planned to start with the amentum, as the entire thing is pretty small and consists of relatively few parts. Thats why I chose it in fact. But  somewhere along the line I decided I really like the look of little tiny 1590a single knob boosts, picked a color and here we are.

I'm trying to decide if its worth the effort/possible, or if it just shouldn't be first anymore. How hard is offboard wiring with no experience? There's only the one pot after all, I bet if I could get that connected off board everything will fit.

Am I asking for trouble? Should I just give it a shot and if all else fails put it in a larger enclosure? Maybe just dont do this one first?
 
JimmyS2 said:
Well, I think I have almost everything in order to build these 3 pedals.

I had planned to start with the amentum, as the entire thing is pretty small and consists of relatively few parts. Thats why I chose it in fact. But  somewhere along the line I decided I really like the look of little tiny 1590a single knob boosts, picked a color and here we are.

I'm trying to decide if its worth the effort/possible, or if it just shouldn't be first anymore. How hard is offboard wiring with no experience? There's only the one pot after all, I bet if I could get that connected off board everything will fit.

Am I asking for trouble? Should I just give it a shot and if all else fails put it in a larger enclosure? Maybe just dont do this one first?
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offboard wiring as pot is easy.. just make sure you know what pin#'s are for orientation.
 
In fact, finish it all up except for the pot. Solder the pot's lug 2, and then just hold the other two wires in place and test the pedal (rockin' it before boxin' it) and then you can confirm which way you want the outer lugs to be wired and solder those wires in place.

I still have trouble working out on a schematic which way a pot's going to turn to do what I want.
Rat's "Filter" for example, I prefer the "wrong" way round.
 
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