Why do you post a 'Build Report'?

[jcpst]

I really hate this kind of corporate project flair. I really hate it at work but for pedals it seems quite nice. Something is always better when you are not forced.

I hear ya. There is definitely a difference between using trello for a hobby to represent something that’s a bit too big to fit in one’s head, and the oppressive governance of a system that sends managers warnings when a work item isn’t associated with a feature.

I see trello as a bit less industrial, and more like what I would build if I didn’t want to use sticky notes and a whiteboard.

It’s also handy for getting an album to the finish line. Recording, guest artist, overdubs, album art, editing, mixing, mastering, PRO registration, distribution, etc… lots of moving pieces.

 

[Coda]

I don’t, usually. I put no effort into artwork because that is a skill that I am lacking in, and there LD no reason anyone should look at my TS when there are 50 other build TS build reports…

That said, I will post a build report to document something I think should be documented. I guess you could consider it ‘juicing the algorithm’. For example, my last build report was for the Sunn Buzz, an obscure circuit that was new to me. I piqued my interest. I posted a build report, with pics and schematic so that now someone else might have an easier time finding and building it…

I also do it to encourage others. If I can learn how to build a vero echo pedal in 5 hours…from schematic, to breadboard, to completed pedal…well then it can’t be all that hard, can it?…

 

[owlexifry]

mostly as a sort of build log?
and then i suppose it's nice to have something to write about.
of the very few friends and people i interact with - many of them are gamers.
FFS. (gaming is not for me).
so i guess this shit is my hobby.
and no one else i know does stuff like this.
occasionally i'll share an IG post and yeah sometimes a couple folks be like wow bro how do u do dis omg (idk mate, probably because i'm a neurotic fucken loon / recovering alco with fuck all else going on outside of playing in a local band in a scene that died 10+ years ago.... what else am i gonna do lmao)

i mean yeah there's blogspot (as dead as it is) for shouting at clouds with build notes, but then who am i going to discuss the best way to dial an electrovibe with?
who else can i demonstrate to, that @Robert 's trace and production of the SLO pedal PCB is totally fine, doesn't require any mods, and doesn't oscillate at all, even if you dime every single control?

unfortunately, my builds continue to resemble kindergarten craft projects, so to soften the internal disappointment, i’ll usually try and accompany a build report with a demo to hopefully add some value.
imo a build report seems kinda incomplete without one. (unless of course it’s a super common circuit that everyone has seen and heard a hundred times +++)
but if you’re building something that’s out of production / rare - it's kinda mandatory.

 

[Stickman393]

Ego. Pride. Cause nobody else around me is particularly interested, and as far as I'm concerned y'all are just disembodied voices bouncing around my cranium.

So I dance, hoping to entertain these entities. For safety. To stave off their inevitable retribution.

*Honks a clown horn*

 

[pbrommer]

Ego. Pride. Cause nobody else around me is particularly interested, and as far as I'm concerned y'all are just disembodied voices bouncing around my cranium.

So I dance, hoping to entertain these entities. For safety. To stave off their inevitable retribution.

*Honks a clown horn*

*boing* *boing*

 

[Diynot]

*Honks a clown horn*

 

[KR Sound]

Strictly for the ego boost and the dopamine hit.

Just kidding.

 

[Hal Harvey]

To share my specific kink with like-minded freaks.

I love reading other people’s build reports

 

[Gordo]

Hadn't thought it thru too hard but if I show a build to my wife she goes "cow watching a train go by". I know she means well but it's like me seeing another pair of shoes.