Caution: gruesome guts of first pedal thread.

[Tremster]

Don't have a picture of the guts of my first pedal, which was a Musikding Red Llama kit.
But it looked as bad as you can imagine.

[juansolo]

I love how the zip ties are trying their best to help there.   

I don't really have an excuse. We tried to blend two pedals together on that one. It's a valvecaster and an LBP1 on vero. First time I'd ever done it, no idea if it would work. So I built it on the desk and actually liked the sound of it. I may have totally over estimated the lengths of the wires. It's also using giant pots. I measured them wrong and drilled the holes all wonky as a result. So I had to 'modify' those to fit and hide some mistakes under some stuck on bits

Overall the pedal was a complete mess, but actually sounded good. I ran it for some time before it was binned for something new.

[selfdestroyer]

I have shared my disaster builds before but this still takes the cake!

The baggy was there to add a protective film to keep the escaping electrons at bay. Very important for the TONEZ.


Cody

[alanp]

My "Mr Futs" (Lovetone Ringstinger clone) has a plastic bag around the daughterboard with the transformers. (Yes, I'm a horrible lazy person for not bolting it to the side.)



No, a battery does NOT actually fit in there.



No, it didn't pick up any radio stations

[matmosphere]

Love it. I'll have to dig out my first build and join in.

The plastic bag thing is a clever idea. I encased my first couple boards in electrical tape to keep them from shorting.

[alanp]

Funny you should say that...

[EBK]

I encased my first couple boards in electrical tape to keep them from shorting.

We're not supposed to do that?!  My entry in the BOTY 2017 contest essentially used a slight variation of that technique!
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=26825.msg263154#msg263154
The only pedal I've built that has an absolutely permanent place on my pedalboard was built this way too.   

Standoffs are so standoffish.   

[blearyeyes]

Electrical Tape Encasement.  A new art, a new mojo.