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I guess I'll try removing the regulator and running at 12V. Although that's a bit annoying, as one of the reasons I chose the project is that I had a free 18V output, and I liked the idea of running the same voltage as the original Mistress.

Maybe it got lost in the shuffle, but the noise issue goes away when I run it without other pedals (but still using the OneSpot). So I'm confused why 18V would be the source of the problem.

Does your amp have an effects loop?

No it does not. Mojotone Blackout Tweed (5E3 style amp)

Question... in your video you posted, is your mistress after an analog delay?

It was brought to my attention by @blackhatboojum that the pedal is behind a man O war delay and the mistress does not play well behind other clocks. Have you ran this isolated with nothing in front of it, mine is dead quiet.

Correct, in the video, it was after the Man O War. I previously tried it several places on the board including the very beginning, with the same result. BTW I'm using a OneSpot CS12 supply and the CurrentLover has its own isolated power (as do all my delay/modulations).

HOWEVER I had not tried it all alone yet for some reason... guitar->CurrentLover->amp, the ticking does go away! There is a mild hiss that swells and recedes with the LFO, is that normal?

So that tells me the pedal might be working fine, my board is the issue. But if I can't put the CL anywhere on the board without issues, it's unusable.

Any tips for the board? As I said, I'm using an isolated supply, and only a few drives are daisy-chained. No noise issues at all except with the CL

Thanks for replying. The wires' proximity doesn't seem to matter actually, I move them around and nothing changes. So I'm skeptical shielding will help. I can try un-grounding one of the jacks

Is there any noise in the matrix mode?

No, matrix mode does not have any artifacts

That is weird.  If you move the output to a longer wire that runs around the outside of the board does that improve the noise.  I'm wondering if the wire is picking up noise from the BBD.

I lengthened the wire so it goes completely to the left and around the board...no change

Happens at all Feedback settings. Here are some pics of the board, as well as a short video with audio so you can hear the artifacts.

*Clock trimmer was replaced with 30k, not 100k as stated above

https://imgur.com/a/CEp1sTB

https://imgur.com/a/fVhMKfR

Anyone have any ideas what could cause this issue, please let me know. For now I fear this one is destined for the junk pile. Checked all my components, soldering looks good...no idea what's wrong. Dang.

good catch. In cases where something like this happens ( and it happens to everyone) I always go with what the schematic says. On there it says 100R so it's more than likely that.

Thanks! that makes sense. I went ahead and changed R20 to 100R but it made no obvious difference. Still can't get rid of the chirps

Thanks for the response. Real quick, I did find another discrepancy; R20 is 470R in the table, but labeled 100R on the page 3 board graphic. (I've got 470R there currently)

For Clock, I replaced the 10k trimmer with 100k, it's what I had.

However the artifacts still won't go away, they just speed up in tempo as I turn the trimmer, but never disappear.

I built the CurrentLover 2023 in the MN3007/18V configuration. It worked right away and sounds like a flanger should.

I followed the setup instructions exactly. However, through the entire range of the Clock trimmer, there are always clock chirps as it peaks. There is no setting that eliminates them, even all the way up.

Possibly related: the build doc lists a 10k trimmer for Clock in the tables, but the board graphic on page 3 shows 20k. I'm currently using 10k

Any initial advice? Do I need to adjust some values somewhere (ie a 20k trimmer)?

I once owned a DM2 and from what I recall it's on the darker and grittier side of analog delay. But the PCB topologies are so similar between these two, if not labeled I would assume the Aquaboy was the Man O War...all the chips, pots, switch are in the same place. I know that's potentially a superficial similarity but that makes it feel like a redundant build. I'll probably do it anyway 

I've built the Man O War DX and the Total Recall delays and love them both.

I was interested in building the Aquaboy Deluxe too but at first glance the PCB looks extremely similar to the Man O War. How are they different? They seem to have the same feature set so I assume it comes down to a slightly different voicing.

Can anyone compare and contrast these two delays and if I have one do you really think the other is worth building?

Thanks all!

That looks great! Did you use any of the add-on services (white, gloss, or emboss) for this?

It does have the "emboss" option. The graphics are raised and tactile with a glossy, gel-like appearance, looks really pro. Everything is also printed in the white layer under the colors.

Since I did this, they've added a "double-pass" option for white and color, but I don't think you'd need that unless your enclosure is black or very dark.