Stuff you wanted to know but were afraid to ask

[Nostradoomus]

We covered this on page 1

baby pedals not babies I'm not that dumb

 

[giovanni]

These two don't seem to be using any protection.
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Reported.

 

[Stickman393]

baby pedals not babies I'm not that dumb

I mean, in a way:

Little hands do little work.

So it's kinda like...you know...the same. Except for childhood exploitation for profit.

And tidy pedalboards. Ain't no way no grown ass man putting them things together

Tiny, tiny hands.

 

[lowpitch]

I assumed if you short circuit a capacitor or a resistor it is essentially out of the circuit because electricity will take the path of least resistance and since the resistance of a bare wire is near 0 that's where current will flow. Then I was looking at the schematic for the Engl Fireball and noticed the depth switch at the beginning, see the snapshot below, full schematic at https://el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/Engl/Engl_fireball.pdf
Shouldn't it make no difference if the cap is connected or not since it is shorted anyway?

 

[jwin615]

I assumed if you short circuit a capacitor or a resistor it is essentially out of the circuit because electricity will take the path of least resistance and since the resistance of a bare wire is near 0 that's where current will flow. Then I was looking at the schematic for the Engl Fireball and noticed the depth switch at the beginning, see the snapshot below, full schematic at https://el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/Engl/Engl_fireball.pdf
Shouldn't it make no difference if the cap is connected or not since it is shorted anyway?
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It's allowing certain frequencies around the pot from the looks of it.
Since the gain pot induces resistance, the depth adds a parallel alternate path of less resistance , frequency dependant via cap values.

 

[jwin615]

where do baby pedals come from

They're made from Baby Metal

 

[Stickman393]

They're made from Baby Metal

Btw, saw them earlier this year.

And like, they fucking ruled.

 

[Aentons]

It's allowing certain frequencies around the pot from the looks of it.
Since the gain pot induces resistance, the depth adds a parallel alternate path of less resistance , frequency dependant via cap values.

You are looking at the bright switch cap C4. That depth switch cap C3 is not doing anything.

 

[Robert]

This is only a guess, I am not familiar with the Fireball circuit, but this might make more sense.

 

[lowpitch]

This is only a guess, I am not familiar with the Fireball circuit, but this might make more sense.
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Yes, that must be it. The Engl Powerball has a similar switch and in that schematic it's depicted like above, so probably just an error in the Fireball schematic. Thanks, guys!

 

[spi]

I don't see a depth switch on the panel of a fireball anyways.

 

[lowpitch]

I don't see a depth switch on the panel of a fireball anyways.

Only on the 60 and 100, not the little 25.

 

[Feral Feline]

These two don't seem to be using any protection.
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Responsible pedal chaperones will keep a minimum distance between pedals' jacks with appropriate patch cables and will ensure there's a buffer somewhere in the chain.

Somebody lets un-buffered pedals couple like that depicted, then that player deserves the resulting inundation of 1590As...


Just sayin' ...

Practice safely.

 

[jcpst]

Your the only 1590B for me…
If I ever catch you with another enclosure,
I will pop a cap[acitor] in yo [fiber gl]ass!

 

[Diynot]

 

[DeadAirMD]

I've been using smd jfets more recently and have been soldering them as one of the last steps while populating the board. I know some components are sensitive to heat (IC chips/transistors), but is it okay to solder the smd jfets as a first step, before there are components in the way of the soldering iron?

I have smd>to92 boards which I use sometimes if I'm jfet rolling, but have a decent stash of loose jfet smds. I have no issue soldering them (especially since I bought a fine needle-tip angled tweezers) and I'm also not a dufus burning the board. Just wondering if soldering the rest of the components after I solder the smd jfets first would cause an issue?

 

[Nostradoomus]

if you're careful, no.

if you didn't measure them anyway, yes.

 

[giovanni]

if you're careful, no.

if you didn't measure them anyway, yes.

I didn’t measure the smd jfets for my Benson before soldering them in and the pedal turned out great. Did I get lucky or is that circuit forgiving?

 

[GizzWizzKing]

I solder the smd parts to the board first. Never had an issue (except for that one time where the FET was fake and then I lifted a trace trying to swap it out), but I never even considered that it may be putting a lot of heat on the lil guys.

 

[Robert]

I always solder SMD components first, that's going to also be the case with any manufactured PCB as well.

I'm not encouraging you to abuse them, but components can probably handle a lot more heat than you realize. Go check out a video of wave soldering.