What's on the workbench?

[ICTRock]

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isn't there already a PCB for this?

 

[MichaelW]

Silvertone is DOA.... Brand new.


I think I found the culprit.
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Is that hand soldered?? Sounds like something WE would do hahaha

 

[Robert]

Ok, resistor is properly installed, time for some Silvertone goodness!

Well.... you'd think. If the Silvertone amps were completely silent this thing is authentic!

There's another issue. So far not blown away.

 

[Roberman]

Ok, resistor is properly installed, time for some Silvertone goodness!

Well.... you'd think. If the Silvertone amps were completely silent this thing is authentic!

There's another issue. So far not blown away.

Good thing that unit ended up in the hands of somebody who could fix it and not somebody who'd just return it and leave a bad review.....

because that might cost them some sales

 

[spi]

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Is the PDF-2 (or -1) still in your development queue?

 

[jimilee]

Silvertone is DOA.... Brand new.


I think I found the culprit.
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That’s a “feature”

 

[spi]

Aren't these the same church guys selling 300 dollar boost pedals to P&W guitar players? Very Christian like.

I thought Strymon had that market locked up.

 

[ICTRock]

not working when it arrives in the mail is exactly the experience of Silvertone amps ...

 

[Robert]

So, in addition to the flying resistor that was never installed, we also have a bad footswitch.

This pedal was clearly never tested after assembly.

 

[Harry Klippton]

I redesigned a turret board layout and thought it would look cool in clear, so I cut it from some plexiglass - like the parts are floating.
While it looks cool and sounds great, I'm going to have to tear it down and use FR4. Getting the turret hot enough to take solder also melts the plexiglass. That's why the solder joints look kinda wack.

That indeed does look cool af. Sorry it didn't work out

 

[music6000]

Silvertone is DOA.... Brand new.


I think I found the culprit.
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What's with the white like blotches on the Board?

 

[spi]

What's with the white like blotches on the Board?

relicing.

 

[Robert]

What's with the white like blotches on the Board?

I assume some sort of flux.

Looks somewhat like the residue my no-clean flux leaves behind.

 

[Robert]

Is the PDF-2 (or -1) still in your development queue?

Most definitely, and the 1X as well.

 

[benny_profane]

So, in addition to the flying resistor that was never installed, we also have a bad footswitch.

This pedal was clearly never tested after assembly.

I mean, you don't really know that it wasn't.

 

[Robert]

You're absolutely right, I stand corrected.

This pedal was clearly never tested after assembly.

This pedal clearly never worked properly after assembly.

 

[jimilee]

So, in addition to the flying resistor that was never installed, we also have a bad footswitch.

This pedal was clearly never tested after assembly.

Sounds like it was barely assembled.

 

[music6000]

You're absolutely right, I stand corrected.

This pedal was clearly never tested after assembly.

This pedal clearly never worked properly after assembly.

This is my Version from 2017:

 

[Robert]

Finally, an original overdrive circuit

Where?

 

[Robert]

I've never really cared for the Full-Drive but this one actually isn't bad... Maybe the "pre-MOSFET" folks are on to something.