bassmancharlie
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Great to hear!I just went for it and it worked out ok. But feel free to post your pictures still as a resource to others who might need it!
For anyone else curious, here's a guide on how to socket the SMD J201s, using the SOT23 through hole adapters.
- Solder the SMD J201s to your SOT23 through hole adapter boards (not needed if you bought them pre-soldered)
- Solder angled headers* to the adapter boards - the longer pins go through the adapter board, sticking out on the front side (J201 side, in this case)
- After the headers are soldered to the adapter boards, cut off the excess length of the soldered pins
- Once that's good, solder to the main PCB (see last photo for orientation)
*angled header used was Tayda part A-199: https://www.taydaelectronics.com/40-pin-2-54-mm-angle-single-row-pin-header.html but any 2.54mm right angle single pin header will work
![adapter board 1.jpg adapter board 1.jpg](https://forum.pedalpcb.com/data/attachments/5/5418-7b75a6736e2c14bb0ffa2ac5cb445431.jpg)
![adapter board 2.jpg adapter board 2.jpg](https://forum.pedalpcb.com/data/attachments/5/5419-50e1e1ec216d48faa3c744c3d34f8f02.jpg)
![adapter boards in the pedal.jpg adapter boards in the pedal.jpg](https://forum.pedalpcb.com/data/attachments/5/5420-69a5e93b9a718c1488ffc27de1c16df5.jpg)