Pcbguitarmania vu-tron

[NSJ]

Has anyone tried this and got good results?

https://pcbguitarmania.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Vutron-Building-Docs.pdf

Very few clones of mutron out there. Would’ve loved if PP carried it.

 

[Feral Feline]

Madbean Stage Fright is a Maestro MP-1 Phaser.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

Some update:

Found a clear missing link from R12 to the Range pot. Never ever have I found this on ppcb or other sites. Not sure if missing connects are normal. I hope not.. coz they’re painful to find.

With all what you said I’m impressed my first board has only one trace missing

One missing link ... you were lucky there .... my first, last and only order had a board that needed all this to (maybe?) work, like drilling a hole into the PCB to add a switch ...



He apparently knew about all those problems, as I got this pic when I asked questions.
The promised V2 of the PCB, to make up for this mess, was never sent.

 

[NSJ]

Holy Smokes!!! And he is still in business!!!!!

Btw, I haven't got any update from him regarding my refund or the new order. Shall I dispute with my credit card company?

I'm going to go with Fuzz Dog pedals microV - they've a similar layout PCB.
Let me know if they're good.

Micro V Filter PCB

Please see the kit page for full description. Direct Connect compatible (4 way) Inspired by: Mutron Micro V PCB size: 50 x 50mm

shop.pedalparts.co.uk

 

[Hirti]

Fuzz Dog is legit! Never had any problems with any of their boards

 

[Betty Wont]

Fuzzdog is an OG. He is one of the good ones.

 

[Robert]

I'm going to go with Fuzz Dog pedals microV - they've a similar layout PCB.

I suspect this is not a coincidence.

I've never heard anything negative about Fuzz Dog, I'd say that's a much safer choice.

 

[NSJ]

I suspect this is not a coincidence.

I've never heard anything negative about Fuzz Dog, I'd say that's a much safer choice.

Thanks to you @PedalPCB for helping build this safe, honest and detail-oriented community! Hope more people look at this thread or seek reviews on the forum before hitting that 'buy' button. It's always a great learning experience on these threads.

 

[cwsquared]

Let's just say this thread does not give me the "warm squishy" about the 5 PCBs I just ordered from PCB Guitar Mania when I got caught up by the 20% off a few days ago.

Black Mirror VII (I may be OK here according to @jeffwhitfield's build report, which is half the reason I was over there in the first place)
Lemon Rockverb
Sinner Bass Drive
Chopper Party Device
Kheiron Klon

Worst case, live and learn, I guess.

 

[Feral Feline]

PCBGM makes great drink coasters, so long as you plug all the holes with solder.

 

[Betty Wont]

The biggest issue is that PCBGM releases and sells boards that are unverified and/or with known errors on them and doesn't update the build doc or offer proactive support to those buying borked boards. But he is happy to take your money and the credit for other peoples' work. If you look at his version of the Maestro Phaser it is a direct ripoff of Madbean's Stage Fright, including Madbean's quirky mods like and extra phase stage switch, univibe mod, and CV input. Even his website is a tryhard.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

FuzzDog is awesome. You shouldn’t have any problems with their board!

 

[benny_profane]

Even his website is a tryhard.

I laughed way too hard at that.

 

[jeffwhitfield]

Let's just say this thread does not give me the "warm squishy" about the 5 PCBs I just ordered from PCB Guitar Mania when I got caught up by the 20% off a few days ago.

Black Mirror VII (I may be OK here according to @jeffwhitfield's build report, which is half the reason I was over there in the first place)
Lemon Rockverb
Sinner Bass Drive
Chopper Party Device
Kheiron Klon

Worst case, live and learn, I guess.

Thankfully, I got the Kherson Klon for free. Even then, my build was jacked right after building it. Something with the buffer. So,yeah, I steer clear of them.

 

[cwsquared]

Thankfully, I got the Kherson Klon for free. Even then, my build was jacked right after building it. Something with the buffer. So,yeah, I steer clear of them.

Well, maybe in my attempt to get my money's worth, I will learn a lot. Gotta look at the bright side of life.

 

[jeffwhitfield]

Well, maybe in my attempt to get my money's worth, I will learn a lot. Gotta look at the bright side of life.

 

[cwsquared]

Exactly what I was thinking when I wrote that sentence.

 

[Feral Feline]

Whee whi, whee whi, whu whu wuh whuh hwuh hwih

 

[swelchy]

madbean is a respected member of the DIY community, pcbguitarmania is not.

Oddly enough the three pcbs I’ve built from them all turned out to be duds… I troubleshot till the cows came home and gave up

 

[Feral Feline]

Oddly enough the three pcbs I’ve built from them all turned out to be duds… I troubleshot till the cows came home and gave up

Which ones?

I bought a few bulk packs that were on sale, so...

I've got a dozen or so of the damn drink-coasters and wayyyy too many legit PCBs in the build queue — I may just source the circuits I wanted to try from the bilk-packs [sic] from elsewhere so that I know I won't be wasting time debugging flawed PCBs.

PS: I really hate FecalBrook, and that's where the debugging info for these things is.

 

[jwyles90]

Let's just say this thread does not give me the "warm squishy" about the 5 PCBs I just ordered from PCB Guitar Mania when I got caught up by the 20% off a few days ago.

Black Mirror VII (I may be OK here according to @jeffwhitfield's build report, which is half the reason I was over there in the first place)
Lemon Rockverb
Sinner Bass Drive
Chopper Party Device
Kheiron Klon

Worst case, live and learn, I guess.

Hope it's alright that I'm resurrecting an old thread, but I just got a nice little bundle of some PCB Guitar Mania boards. Did you wind up having success with the ones that you listed here?