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Hello everyone. I don't know if this has been asked before or not but here it goes.I just use in cans.  I've noticed that my top coats are not fully dry. They look and feel dry but after I leave them sitting on the shelf and decide to use, when i lift the pedal the bottom kinda feels like it was sticking with the wood of the shelf. The surface has dents and dirt sticking on it. I also noticed that some of these were pedals I made like 4-5 months ago. They are still wet-ish. How come? I usually spray 1st coat and dry for an hour then 2nd coat and dry for 24hrs. take note that the climate here is hot and humid. how do I fix this? Thanks for any help and advice.

Hello everyone, this is a vero problem and hopefully a lot of you have encountered it.  This is the 2nd time I've built this pedal and the first one had no problems. This is the layout I followed: http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2012/06/ehx-green-russian-big-muff.html?m=1

Problem is that after a day of not playing it, it works fine. Then after a minute or two it starts.  It's a scratchy sound like when you have a loose jack on your guitar.  The sound can be heard only when turned on.

Is this a grounding issue?  This happened to a Ts9 clone I made but the sound did not go back for some reason.  I noticed that the sound will be there when I box it, but was not there before when I tested it before boxing.  This has only happened twice to me and this time the sound doesn't go away.  Any ideas?

edit: changed the title to Green Russian Muff Troubleshooting. Sorry. Omg Mods I am so sorry, I am actually talking about this green russian vero I am fixing. And at the same time I am also troubleshooting a BE-OD vero.. But this problem is about the green russian not the BeOD. My apologies. Sorry to Jack for the confusion.

I was wondering if I can ask for help here about a vero project. If not allowed, mods it's okay to delete my post. Anyway here goes:

https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2012/02/mid-fi-electronics-clarinot.html

That's the vero layout and I built it but haven't boxed it yet.  Sounds amazing, weird.. but amazing. Although I could try and replace the LM386 chip used so I might look for something less harsher.  Anyway, I was waiting for the enclosures to arrive and all when I tested it again and noticed that the delay only had one repeat.  And then I realized, there is no repeat knob on this pedal! I watched a couple of YT vids and I knew right then that this is not how mine should sound like. SO, I just want to ask anybody to please point me to where I can look for faults/issues/mistakes on the vero layout there? Specifically the part where I can possibly check why this only gives out one repeat. I don't want to add another knob for repeats though.  The stock clari(not) is good enough for me. 

This is my first delay pedal project mind you. So I'm not that familiar with how PT2399 works. I'm a total NOOB on delays/time based effects.

And... what would you suggest for a less harsher LM386 power amp chip? I read that the 386 isn't easy for a direct swap.

Thanks in advance!

Okay so I have an extra enclosure from a delay circuit that I modded and rehoused. This enclosure was powder coated to army green and then the manufacturer painted the labels and brand on it. I made a vero EHX Green Russian Muff PI circuit w/c will perfectly fit the enclosure, 3 knobs, 2 jacks, dc jack, footswitch. My question is, is it possible to just remove the painted label and design and not damage or take off the powder coat? Sanding here is a big nope. The powder coat finish is a matte army green and perfect for the Green Russian. What should I use? Paint remover? Acetone? Thank you in advance. 😊

https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2015/11/earthquaker-devices-acapulco-gold.html

Finished wiring this up but haven't boxed it yet. I made just the one knob version and at full volume on my guitar even with the one knob on the circuit at 8-9 oclock the sound is too trebly. I used two les pauls on this and it really hurts my ears. Any one tried adding a treble cut switch? or what do I need to change here to lessen treble, the 4n7 cap? lower the value? I didn't want to add the gain pot coz I wanted the pedal to look simple on a 1590A enclosure.

Hi,  I was selecting a bunch of parts in Tayda Electronics a while ago and after I selected the items I wanted, I placed the order.  After logging in to PayPal, I decided to pay for the order later.  Fast forward, I tried to pay but can't.  I am in the "My Orders" page and it says that my order is pending for payment.  But I can't find a pay now button!  I went to my PayPal account but found no payment request from the Tayda.  Neither in my email too.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks you in advance.

Hi, I don't know if this is the correct place to post this. Please inform me if I'm in the wrong section. Anyway I'm modding and fixing an mxr distortion+ rev d. Saw one burnt resistor just below the dc power jack. It is tagged as R9 in the pcb. Anybody know the value? I tried to test it with DMM but got no value and google provided schematics, but only up until R6. It kinda looks like a 1M value so I replaced, but now pedal won't turn on. Here are some pictures.

Hello all.  This is my first post. I have already built some pedals and tried my hand on boxing circuits in a small tincan. After finishing two of these builds I was wondering how to attach the velcro under this type of tincan. You see, the bottom of the can is not flush with the bottom of the walls. Any ideas? I was thinking of drilling and screw on the velcro but I'm afraid the can might twist or bend since the bottom part of the can is thin.

Here are some pictures of the build. any help is greatly appreciated.