Hydra Delay

[caiofilipini]

I've been meaning to build this one for the longest time, and I finally got around to doing it. It sounds beautiful!
The faceplate makes it look very professional (much, much better than my first decals).
Got it with the FV-1 presoldered, very handy!

 

[JamieJ]

I am almost finished my hydra build and scouring the forum for design and mod inspiration. Your build is awesome. I love how all of the nuts on the switches line up (not sure if that was intentional).

 

[cooder]

Mine is in the mail somewhere... can't wait!

 

[caiofilipini]

I am almost finished my hydra build and scouring the forum for design and mod inspiration. Your build is awesome. I love how all of the nuts on the switches line up (not sure if that was intentional).

Thanks, Jamie! It was sort of intentional and probably the only times I managed to align so many!

 

[caiofilipini]

Mine is in the mail somewhere... can't wait!

It'll be worth the wait, it's a great sounding delay!

 

[fig]

Fantastic! I haven't built any of the FV-1 pedals (yet). I did see that the chip is pre-soldered so that loosens the sphincter a tad, but they are always out of stock so I will put it on the wishlist.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[caiofilipini]

Thanks, fig! I haven't ventured myself into the SMD world just yet, so I chose the pre-soldered option. It was out of stock for a while, so I waited until it showed up to order it.

 

[JamieJ]

I’ve seen a few SMD soldering tutorials and they make it look so easy but I haven’t tried it myself either. Seems you are okay with your normal soldering iron tip but it’s good to have quite fine solder. I didn’t fancy testing my SMD soldering on a $18 dollar chips so I had mine pre-soldered too.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

I’ve seen a few SMD soldering tutorials and they make it look so easy but I haven’t tried it myself either. Seems you are okay with your normal soldering iron tip but it’s good to have quite fine solder. I didn’t fancy testing my SMD soldering on a $18 dollar chips so I had mine pre-soldered too.

If you’re just soldering a single smd chip like on the majority of FV1 boards, your easiest option is probably to just get some solder paste and a cheap toaster oven that you use only for non-food stuff. It’s super easy that way, and you can also use the toaster to cure paints and try DIY powdercoating

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

I’ve seen a few SMD soldering tutorials and they make it look so easy but I haven’t tried it myself either. Seems you are okay with your normal soldering iron tip but it’s good to have quite fine solder. I didn’t fancy testing my SMD soldering on a $18 dollar chips so I had mine pre-soldered too.

If you're confident with your soldering, you'll be fine with finer solder. I did a full on SMD project and it went great for the best part. I almost ruined a chip I paid too much for (reflowing it when it wasn't the problem...), but all was working in the end.

I say that, but I also just ordered a VHS board with the chip already soldered

 

[Feral Feline]

Looks fantastic!

I figured it was very intentional based on the carefully positioned pots, but the nut on the stomper cinched the assessment.

So far all my PedalPCB boards with FV-1 have been ordered pre-soldered. The most recent round I had to sideline the Leprechaun once again due to unavailability of the FV-1. Plenty in the queue to do and the Leap-a-chronic will get its due eventually.

 

[caiofilipini]

Thanks!