Pedal in a Zyn can?

[Thommysalami50]

Looking for the smallest PCBs you can think of. Thought about the arrows boost but leaning towards a fuzz. Smallest boards? I might need to get creative with the footswitch OR just leave it on all the time and use the trusty line selector in my chain.

 

[owlexifry]

if you're willing to try building with something different...

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[Band of Dans]

Green ringer is always a great option - https://www.pedalpcb.com/product/squidward/

Fits comfortably in a 1590a so I’d imagine a zyn can would be doable.

 

[tegendemuur]

What's the diameter of such a can?

Fuzz Dog has quite a few miniscule boards.

For something different: I think you can fit a dry blend board in there, with four jacks in cross formation and a knob on top. Or a parallel mixer that has six jacks in star formation.

 

[Fama]

This is the smalles one I can think of https://shop.mas-effects.com/products/3-picofuzz-pcbs

But you don't need that small I assume.

Edit: Here's one you can stick a 3PDT into https://shop.mas-effects.com/collections/diy/products/stompfuzz if that fits in the can, I'm not familiar with Zyn cans.

 

[falco_femoralis]

You can use the Je Taime PCB and fine tune it to whatever you want it to be - as it is it's a "distortion" but you can make it into a boost like the arrows or half a Tchula.

 

[Stickman393]

I think jacks is gonna be the hardest lift here. Curved sides and all. You could always like, "pigtail" it.

Honestly, the altoids tin is a better fit for electronics projects.

Then again, my relationship with nicotine kinda oscillates between stomping on zyn cans in rage and then crawling on my hands and knees to see if maybe there might be one last pouch in there to feed the monkey.

Fuck my eyes that stuff is bad for my blood pressure.

 

[Feral Feline]

15 ITEMS OR LESS!

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One of the active members on these forums (you know who you are), had used the term "Express Lane" to describe a pedal. What he meant was "15 items or less." We don't count anything that mounts on the box, such as switches, jacks, or pots. There are actually quite a few pedal designs that fit into this category, including the Rangemaster, Fuzz Face and Electro Distortion. The Fuzz Factory, for all it's versatility, has 13 parts. The Jordan Boss Tone squeezes under the line at 14 parts and the FuzzRite has 15 parts. The Zvex SHO has the lowest parts count I've found: 9 parts, 7 if you...

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FIVE ITEMS!
Make this Zyn project your first P2P jobbie: Bazz Fuss or M-Drive, but you're looking for fuzz so BAZZ FUSS for the WIN!

or...

There are some awfully small PCBs from Delyk; Too bad the Delyk Rdist is out of stock, DOD250/Dist+/etc in a postage stamp:

Mini Boards Archives - delyk PCBs

<p>These boards are designed to fit in a 1590LB enclosure.</p>

www.delykpcb.com

Small Boards Archives - delyk PCBs

<p>These boards are designed to fit in a 1590A enclosure.</p>

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and from ELS:

https://effectslayouts.com/product/lawn-darts/ teeny!

... amongst others.


From GPCB I recommend the Zenith-Mini [discontinued!] or the GBOF. ALSO teeny!

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Lotsa Fun small PCBs to choose from at Moonn, too.

MAE

MAS


etc...


Lots n lots out there...

 

[Feral Feline]

What's a Zyn?

 

[Erik S]

What's a Zyn?

 

[Brett]

Unless they’ve changed packaging, isn’t the case a flip-lid plastic? Will that support someone stomping a footswitch?

 

[jwin615]

Maybe boss tone style with one male and one female jack?
Though you're going to have zero shielding in a plastic tub.
Maybe upgrade to a metal can

 

[BuddytheReow]

Go buy a can of Skoal instead. At least you know its metal.

 

[Erik S]

Unless they’ve changed packaging, isn’t the case a flip-lid plastic? Will that support someone stomping a footswitch?

Yeah, but it's special "easy drilling" plastic.

 

[pricklyrobot]

Go buy a can of Skoal instead. At least you know it’s metal.

Huh, would’ve guessed Country…

Maybe I’m mixing up my dip genres…

 

[BuddytheReow]

Huh, would’ve guessed Country…

Maybe I’m mixing up my dip genres…

Skoal, Grizzly, Cougar. Whatever is at your local gas station.

 

[Nostradoomus]

It’s an upgrade from the Altoids tin I guess

 

[Feral Feline]

The only tin I'll have on my pedalboard is the classy timeless no-longer-available FISHERMAN's FRIEND

I didn't even know what an "Altoids" was for the longest time, just heard a lot of talk about having an Altoid amp. I thought it was something akin to the micro-amps ala Danelectro/Marshall/Fender or the Smokey...

 

[jwin615]

The only tin I'll have on my pedalboard is the classy timeless no-longer-available FISHERMAN's FRIEND

Discontinued you say?
Covid get him? I feel like it wasn't that long ago I saw those in a store.

 

[Feral Feline]

Fisherman's Friend pastilles are still widely available, in fact more so than ever because the brand keeps coming up with ways to ruin the flavour ... new flavours, like lemon and... OMGodot! It's become disgusting...





... anyway ... point being ...



GOOD LUCK TRYING TO GET A NEW TIN!


I'm down to my last tin...