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Enchanted Boost/JHS Pedals Prestige Buffer / Booster. I thought I would assemble this tiny board while waiting for parts to start other projects. What a fun little project! I polugged it in and it had unity at zero, and then it gets very loud and very clean. Excellent clean boost!
I put this together in a very short time and when I got it up on the PedalPCB Auditorium Platform it worked straight away. Again, It has some powerful boost! Just one knob. I did change two things from the build docs: instead of a 180n at C1 I used a 220n and instead of a 125b I used a 1590a enclosure. I used a ribbon type connection for the footswitch because I did not want wires interfering with the jacks. BIG MISTAKE! Super fragile and it broke in a few minutes of regiggering. So I switched to 22 gauge wire and that did it. I moved the input/output jacks and power jack to the side of the pedal. You can see where I had to file the lip on the enclosure cover to accommodate the Lumberg input jack. I am new to the pedal building hobby so it was fun to attempt a deviation from the build docs.
Total time start to finish was about 5 hours (the majority is getting this in the enclosure without screwing anything up). A bit of time was spent deciding how to position the jacks. And then removing everything to take the ribbon connection out and put in the 22 wire. I did use a low profile footswitch (very slender) from Stompbox just to gain a little bit more room. I needed to bend some solder lugs on the footswitch to get the breakout board on the lugs of the footswitch. I also ran power and grounds out of the top of the board because of the potentiometer’s location. I did use the 16mm right-angle PCB mount pot but I bent the pins on the potentiometer to get the board closer to the top of the pedal. I also tilted the board down near the LED so that a jack could sit above the board. That potentiometer has a much needed dust cover installed!
I did a bit off dry fitting and measuring to fit this in a 1590A. Everything does fit and the caps are not too tall. The Lumberg jacks worked well here; I am not sure Switchcraft jacks would fit and enclosed jacks are just too bulky for this application IMO. As it is the Lumberg jacks can only be positioned in a certain way so that the connections are not touching anything. I did use a few heat shrink wire wraps in the build. I opted for a 3mm led in this small enclosure. If you are thinking of putting an Enchanted Boost in a 1590a, do not be intimidated. It fits you just have to be willing to jiggle things around and cover some connections. Even if you do not go small. it is an excellent boost pedal!
I am not sold on a the knob. I tried several styles, I am open to ideas because I have a variety of knobs here.
Edit: I was trying to breadboard this circuit but sadly my schematic reading is not good enough. It is such a nice boost that I wanted to breadboard it and then maybe add a clipping stage or mess with it - maybe a tone knob? I really love it and I am not a person who normally likes boost.
I put this together in a very short time and when I got it up on the PedalPCB Auditorium Platform it worked straight away. Again, It has some powerful boost! Just one knob. I did change two things from the build docs: instead of a 180n at C1 I used a 220n and instead of a 125b I used a 1590a enclosure. I used a ribbon type connection for the footswitch because I did not want wires interfering with the jacks. BIG MISTAKE! Super fragile and it broke in a few minutes of regiggering. So I switched to 22 gauge wire and that did it. I moved the input/output jacks and power jack to the side of the pedal. You can see where I had to file the lip on the enclosure cover to accommodate the Lumberg input jack. I am new to the pedal building hobby so it was fun to attempt a deviation from the build docs.
Total time start to finish was about 5 hours (the majority is getting this in the enclosure without screwing anything up). A bit of time was spent deciding how to position the jacks. And then removing everything to take the ribbon connection out and put in the 22 wire. I did use a low profile footswitch (very slender) from Stompbox just to gain a little bit more room. I needed to bend some solder lugs on the footswitch to get the breakout board on the lugs of the footswitch. I also ran power and grounds out of the top of the board because of the potentiometer’s location. I did use the 16mm right-angle PCB mount pot but I bent the pins on the potentiometer to get the board closer to the top of the pedal. I also tilted the board down near the LED so that a jack could sit above the board. That potentiometer has a much needed dust cover installed!
I did a bit off dry fitting and measuring to fit this in a 1590A. Everything does fit and the caps are not too tall. The Lumberg jacks worked well here; I am not sure Switchcraft jacks would fit and enclosed jacks are just too bulky for this application IMO. As it is the Lumberg jacks can only be positioned in a certain way so that the connections are not touching anything. I did use a few heat shrink wire wraps in the build. I opted for a 3mm led in this small enclosure. If you are thinking of putting an Enchanted Boost in a 1590a, do not be intimidated. It fits you just have to be willing to jiggle things around and cover some connections. Even if you do not go small. it is an excellent boost pedal!
I am not sold on a the knob. I tried several styles, I am open to ideas because I have a variety of knobs here.
Edit: I was trying to breadboard this circuit but sadly my schematic reading is not good enough. It is such a nice boost that I wanted to breadboard it and then maybe add a clipping stage or mess with it - maybe a tone knob? I really love it and I am not a person who normally likes boost.
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