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If you want a vanilla Fat Rat I also have a verified PCB. Just tweaking the layout/build doc for it

what are the switches?

I'm not familiar with the 1950 box. What are its dimensions? If you meant 1590b, then both the madbean slow loris and runt pcbs will fit.

haha yes I meant 1590b. I fixed. I am tired

Is there a difference between the runt and slow loris?

NM the runt is 1590a sized (baby board) but the Slow Loris has more features.

I have both an empty Hammond 1590b AND a NOS Bud box I would like to use for something. Are there any RAT pcbs that will fit in one?

Glad you got it sorted!
I just got an fx40 in yesterday but haven't had a chance to give it time yet. Note that the L/R delay is excluded on it. Have to patch a delay in front. I don't know if it was due to limited dsp on the fv1 or not but they pitched it as it being left to the user for flexibility.
I too have a realizer which I got for the reverse reverb but it feels a little too short to me. I like the SF patch so figured I'd give the fx40 a shot.
I attached the fx500 settings for patch 40. Note the slight offset between Land R channels.
I also just got a Logidy EPSi. It's out of production now but it's, to my knowledge, the only impulse response reverb pedal made. I'm hoping I can nail the reverse reverbs with it(along with other cool reverbs)

If I dig the fx40 and the EPSi works out, I'll probably offload the realizer.

Yea I also have an alesis Midiverb II for reverse delay. The realizer does a good enough facsimile, but if I'm recording it's the Midiberb. Patch 49 "bloom" on the Midiverb too... *chefs kiss*

It's funny all the rockier grungier guys in the alt-rock world were shunning the rack gear in favor of pedals and Marshalls. The shoegazers however.. why there was never crossover, I dunno

Before the famous big muff marshall combo Billy Corgan was using one. It might've even appeared on the Gish album. I heard that and was like "whaaa?" But Billy comes from shred roots I guess.

The stunning conclusion.. (not so stunning). So I did end up replacing the caps in the power filter section, and a new CMOS battery as there was some corrosion. Still 60 cycle hum. Then as I was studying the power supply.. it is NOT the stock power supply as it's only 10 volts. My crappy eyesight was reading the 120v as 12v. It is a yamaha power supply, but the "fx500" sharpied in gold on it is not right. I had assumed someone had done that as to not get power supplies mixed up. Ordered an aftermarket 12v supply and no noise. Well no unwanted noise. Well no deliberately unwanted noise, the distortion patches leave something to be desired. Works great now.

Now, what everyone wants to know, I have owned both a catilinbread fx40 AND I still own a keeley realizer (replaced the fx40) and the original patch is much better. Live I would use the keeley pedal as it's good enough, but on tracks, definitely the unit. Next, knowing me I will likely end up trying to find an spx90, but those things have stupid prices.

The large electrolytic should be discharged as good practice? Also glued to the PCB... acetone?

It's a pedal-module-based pedal floor "rack". That is so clever. I'm surprised no commercial company has come out with something like that. I mean companies design for eurorracks...

Nice. I'm learn-ding. If my dad didn't bring back covid from a european vacation i'd hit him up he's rehabbed some vintage computers (couple of c-64's and an Amiga).

Pro-tip stay away from european package vacations right now. especially France (no offence to any Francs here, my solidarity is with you)

C 147-150 c147 is. 220, you might try raising that or outing another one over the DC jack.


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c147 is 2200 and the 25 is 25 v correct? You are a big help dude

Found a yamaha FX500 for cheap, but has a significant 60hz hum and may need new filter caps in the power section. Can anyone help me identify which are the filter caps? I am not a schematic wizard.

https://www.synthxl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Yamaha-FX500-Guitar-Effects-Processor-Schematic.pdf

oh Bummer. I have a joe-sonic wah and he couldn't have been easier to work with. But then it was mostly a seller/customer relationship

looking over what they include I noticed the enclosures come from tayda. Wonder if the other parts too. thrifty.

I was hoping for something unique, bc108's are everywhere

Dad got me a kit for x-mas, anyone ever tried one of these yet? They did a good job making it super simple. It comes with BC108's but does anyone recommend something better in the npn silicon variety?