Tayda breadboards…

[Locrian99]

So I didn’t realize the power rails on these tayda breadboards apparently are in two halves. So basically your 830 breadboard has 4 ground rails and four power rails.

I want the last 3 hours back. That is all.

And they also have crappy connections. No wonder they are so cheap.

 

[BuddytheReow]

I learned that lesson too, but didn’t take 3 hours. It was probably more like 15 min, but I know your pain. Tayda breadboards are hit or miss. It’s worth buying a few of them to get the Goldilocks one. Or buy a pack on Amazon. I don’t like the elegoo ones since I have to jam everything in there with tweezers. I tell myself it will loosen up in time, but that hasn’t happened yet

 

[PedalBuilder]

It's worth spending a few extra bucks and getting something like a BusBoard. I think my BB1460 was about $10 more than buying two of the Tayda boards, and it's way more than $10 more useful. Components don't lose connection when the AC turns on, and I've had fewer oscillation problems, too. I'd highly recommend grabbing one if you're unhappy with the Tayda ones.

 

[Locrian99]

I learned that lesson too, but didn’t take 3 hours. It was probably more like 15 min, but I know your pain. Tayda breadboards are hit or miss. It’s worth buying a few of them to get the Goldilocks one. Or buy a pack on Amazon. I don’t like the elegoo ones since I have to jam everything in there with tweezers. I tell myself it will loosen up in time, but that hasn’t happened yet

It probably wasn’t quite two hours but it was quite awhile. I was messing with a soul vendor and everything up until the power for q3 and the volume pot were all on the rails left side. Well this caused it to pass signal. Albeit it well below unity, a volume pot that didn’t work, and an effect where the fuzz knob and tone knob were working but a little weird. It probably shouldn’t have taken as long as it did. First thing I noticed was pin 1 of the pot wasn’t making connection to ground this was my first time building on the protoboard so I started looking for build errors etc etc. everything but that.

 

[Locrian99]

It's worth spending a few extra bucks and getting something like a BusBoard. I think my BB1460 was about $10 more than buying two of the Tayda boards, and it's way more than $10 more useful. Components don't lose connection when the AC turns on, and I've had fewer oscillation problems, too. I'd highly recommend grabbing one if you're unhappy with the Tayda ones.

Wishing I wouldn’t have used the adhesive to connect to the Proto board. I have others I like quite a bit more. Some elbow grease and I should be able to get them off though.

 

[Erik S]

Wishing I wouldn’t have used the adhesive to connect to the Proto board. I have others I like quite a bit more. Some elbow grease and I should be able to get them off though.

Break any strings lately? I removed some adapter plates from the bottoms of some pedals recently that were attached with adhesive foam tape stuff. A high-e string fished around and pulled through worked real nice.

I have the parts for a protoboard but still haven't assembled it. Now I'm gonna think about buying some nicer breads.

Happy Birthday btw!

 

[jessenator]

Sorry to hear. I wasn't too impressed with mine, except for the jumpers they came with. The numbering on mine were strange—maybe even backwards. Got the numbering removed (too easy…) and no matter what fine-tip pen type I tried, I could not make a mark on that waxy plastic to replace it :-/ I think mine also pushed out the conductive material on the power bus rails when I pushed too hard.

Don't know how you feel about buying "vintage" and/or used stuff, but I inherited a number of the made in USA Global Specialties/Interplex and CSC bus/breadboards from a neighbor, and they are golden.

Even though I have a similarly on-board powered one, I don't use the power—but I think I have serious power/wiring issues in my house—because these can be quite noisy for pedals, but the build quality is great on these and their un-powered ones.

Global Specialties PROTO-BOARD 203A Durable Powered Breadboard (Powers On!) | eBay

This item has been tested and powers on. This unit has only been tested to power on the unit. No other tests have been done to this unit. This item has only one owner. This is a fantastic buy!

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The only complaint I have with my CSC board (smaller than this one) is when unpopulated, the supply power lug screws touch the desk and scratch it, so I just remove them until I need them.

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