Pedalpcb pastel

[Harry Klippton]

I assembled the PCB in January and just got around to finishing the enclosure. I'm not a fan of the offset footswitch but what are ya gonna do.

I made some rookie mistakes on this one from not having built many pedals lately. My text is a little too close to the pots so I had to use smaller knobs than I had wanted to. My decal crinkled real bad but I'm gonna live with it. After all, it's a thing to be stepped on. The graphic design is from a series of blank tapes from 1970 that I collect. I redrew the whole thing in inkscape manually.



I did some wacky series resistors to get to the odd values. I wrote them down but I don't have the post it note right now. I will update later, but they look like this


I only tested this out on my desktop amp to make sure it was working. I'm planning to spend some time with it tomorrow with a real amp. I'm excited to put this on my board though

 

[Erik S]

Looks awesome. I kinda like how the wrinkle looks like the bent corner of an old record or book jacket.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Looks awesome. I kinda like how the wrinkle looks like the bent corner of an old record or book jacket.

I agree. Here's a cassette with the same design and some worn corners

 

[OD is Glorious]

Thanks for the report. I am trying to build one now

 

[EisengesisFX]

Love the graphics, and I think you might be the first builder I've seen since joining the forums to pull off a three-resistor tenting! I also agree with @Erik S -- the crinkle is fitting with the natural wear of the source material of the tape packaging.