Fingolfen
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I really liked the sound of the Jext Telez White Pedal, but I really hated the price. Fortunately the PedalPCB Conqueror Fuzz board is out there, so I decided to take the plunge as after mulling it over a bit, I had "an idea" (be afraid, be very, very afraid...).
Overall the PCB itself isn't that complex, but it does have a few specialized components. I'm doing a pretty "modern" build on this one without NOS vintage components. The resistors are all 1% metal film Yageo and I think one KAO Speer. The film capacitors are all Wima (5% and one 10% tolerance) and KEMET (all 5% tolerance). The electrolytic capacitors are all Nichicon, apart from the 470uF, which I had to go to a Panasonic to fit the available footprint on the PCB. The design uses both BC548 and 2N4125 transistors. The BC548 transistors are the B variant with a medium to high gain. The design also uses an Inductor - I went ahead and sprung for a Dunlop Fasel re-issue.
Everything fits very neatly into a 125B enclosure. If I'd moved some components around a bit, I may have been able to even add a battery to this one, but I decided against it as I had "an idea" for the art and sort of needed the space. The off-board wiring follows my normal procedure - star ground on the input and ribbon cable connecting the 3PDT daughter board to the main PCB.
For the enclosure, I needed to make a reference both to the pedal (the White Pedal) and a dinosaur. I mulled it over for a while, and then my inner Tolkien geek asserted itself and the answer was obvious - "Sauropod the White!" I already had a couple of good licensed Tolkien fonts, so getting the pedal design together from there was easy. If you're wondering, the Elvish around the stomp switch says,
Steggo Studio's resident Sauropod, Belvedere the Brachiosaurus, couldn't wait to show off with a couple of these. I'm not sure what he's doing what that ring, though. I may be a bit worried...
Overall the PCB itself isn't that complex, but it does have a few specialized components. I'm doing a pretty "modern" build on this one without NOS vintage components. The resistors are all 1% metal film Yageo and I think one KAO Speer. The film capacitors are all Wima (5% and one 10% tolerance) and KEMET (all 5% tolerance). The electrolytic capacitors are all Nichicon, apart from the 470uF, which I had to go to a Panasonic to fit the available footprint on the PCB. The design uses both BC548 and 2N4125 transistors. The BC548 transistors are the B variant with a medium to high gain. The design also uses an Inductor - I went ahead and sprung for a Dunlop Fasel re-issue.
Everything fits very neatly into a 125B enclosure. If I'd moved some components around a bit, I may have been able to even add a battery to this one, but I decided against it as I had "an idea" for the art and sort of needed the space. The off-board wiring follows my normal procedure - star ground on the input and ribbon cable connecting the 3PDT daughter board to the main PCB.
For the enclosure, I needed to make a reference both to the pedal (the White Pedal) and a dinosaur. I mulled it over for a while, and then my inner Tolkien geek asserted itself and the answer was obvious - "Sauropod the White!" I already had a couple of good licensed Tolkien fonts, so getting the pedal design together from there was easy. If you're wondering, the Elvish around the stomp switch says,
... of course!
Steggo Studio's resident Sauropod, Belvedere the Brachiosaurus, couldn't wait to show off with a couple of these. I'm not sure what he's doing what that ring, though. I may be a bit worried...
