Hi everyone--finally joining in the fun around here with my first build report on this forum. I sold a Tone Machine build I had done a while back because it was so rough-looking. I wanted a PCB that was pretty much a straight clone with no mods, so this one definitely fit the bill. I did try to be a bit more intentional with this one compared to the first, though. I noticed on the Foxxes that Aion traced, whether the transistors were high or low gain, they had the highest hfe in the Q1, descending from there. So I used o.g. 2n3565 of 330, 280, 240 and 240 hfe for Q1-Q4. Also, on the diodes, I noticed a lot of folks are using BAT46 for the octave up diodes per a suggestion from Mark Hammer. I used some old 1n279 for those positions as they were closely match at 0.247fv, and they also have a bit of that low-leakage, reverse resistance behavior (thanks again to Chuck and jubal81 for walking me through how to measure that!) so maybe work a bit closer to a Schottky in this context. I used some unmarked diodes of about 0.27fv for the hard clipping diodes, which actually came out of the 1n60 bin in the electronics lab where I work. No idea what they really are! This sounds amazing and seems a bit more musical/less RF prone than my prior build.
Of course, this being my first PedalPCB build, I managed to put the LED in backwards because I forgot the square pad goes with the cathode. It did get fried. Oh well! I'll grab another and swap it out at some point.
Of course, this being my first PedalPCB build, I managed to put the LED in backwards because I forgot the square pad goes with the cathode. It did get fried. Oh well! I'll grab another and swap it out at some point.
