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madbeanpedals.com v.3 will be coming in the next few weeks. It will feature new sections, a re-designed projects page, new store page, plus a bunch more!

The EgoDriver, Pepper Spray, Low Rider, Grean Bean, Pork Barrel, Slow Loris and Mudbunny are in stock on the Projects page!

Big big sale on PCBs on the Projects page! Many of the sale items will be discontinued once they are sold out so this is the last chance to get them.

Check them out on the Projects page! Chunk Chunk, Glitterrattii, Karate Shop, Poindexter, Snarkdoodle, Yellow Shark, and the King of Klones.

Check them out on the Projects page!

The new FatPants boards are in! Check it out on the Projects page. Also, the issues with ordering from the projects page should now be fixed.

The new projects page has been uploaded, along with the release of the five newly manufactured boards. I've tweaked the page into more of a category style, which I think helps organize things a little better. Also, I've added "archive" downloads that contains many of the older versions of the projects.

The five new boards available are for the Slambox, EgoDriver, Serendipity, Sabertooth and the Darkside. Each project has a new document with both the layouts for the fabbed boards, and for the single sided design. So, now you only need one document. A couple of the single sided designs were tweaked in minor ways, too.

The first build-off competition here at the madbeanpedals electron factory of love has been announced. The competition deadline in July 17th, 2010. Prizes will be awarded for the top three builds! Check out all the details, ask questions and get ready to build something unique and fun :)

Two new projects are available: the Chunk Chunk (Dr. Boogey) and the Faultline (SFT). Check them out on the Projects page!

After a 12 hour Eagle, Photoshop and Word marathon, about two dozen projects have been updated to the latest versions...and all with PCB artwork. Check out all the latest revisions on the Projects page. Next up: several brand new projects are coming over the next week.

There are numerous price reductions across the board for the projects! Most boards have dropped $1 or more in price.

Eventually, I will have dedicated pages for every project. ATM, I have one for the "Aristocrat" as an example of what is to come. Considering each project document takes about 15-20 minutes to make, and each project webpage will take an hour or so, it is going to take quite a while to create content for the 50+ current projects. as of now, I have included the PCB artwork in the following docs: Aristocrat, Rangemaster, Serendipity, Mudbunny, Thunderpuss and the new Zygote - mojo ed.

Someone brought to my attention that there seems to be a mistake in the Deadringer layout. It looks like the DPDT is wired incorrectly. I'm working on an easy fix. If you have one but have not built it yet, I'd hold off just a bit. If you've already started, there will be a solution posted ASAP. I'll make an announcement once I have it sorted out.

In charting the course for the development of this newly launched site, I've given a lot of thought to how best to marry commerce, education and fun into a comprehensive resource on stompbox building. While I have released many projects on some of the big DIY forums like www.diystompboxes.com and www.freestompboxes.org in the past, there have always been a few which I've "reserved". The reserved projects were more of a means to drum up business for me by making boards for small profits. These projects did not include the actual PCB artwork. That's going to be changing over the next several weeks. I have decided to release ALL of the PCB artwork with every single project...completely free. This means you can make your own boards, if you like, using the info in the project docs.

Of course, buying an occasional board from me will help support this site, and allow me the freedom to continue working on it. But it's your choice. You can make your own or buy one from me. There will even be tutorials on the Learn page (coming soon) to guide you through the process of fabricating your own PCBs for these projects or any others you find outside madbeanpedals. There will be lots of tips covering a wide range of methods. These will include my secret 'bean alchemy' for getting consistently great results. So, the future is wide open for you here!