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Thanks for all the comments everyone...It's not so much balls as much as not knowing what the hell I'm doing  . Anyway, FWIW I was pretty quick with regard to soldering the IC's but now that you got me thinking about it I'm a little worried about the CD4047, since I remember spending a little more time on that one with iron.  How delicate are they? Is there anyway to check them before the build is completed? The rest of my parts arrived except for that damn NE570, I'll probably end up waiting a month since its coming from China. Good thing my Os Mutantes Fuzz Kit arrived in the mail today as well!

WRT the enclosure, thanks for all the tips. I will be using board mounted pots so I'll order the pre-painted enclosure and drill myself since I have access to a drill press, thanks to a kind neighbor who is also a guitar player. But if anyone has some pre-drilled/etched ones for sale I would happy to check them out!

In the meantime, I'll put together the rest of the board and start reading up on how to test and bias these things (And put together my fuzz kit).

Thanks again for your help,
Rick

Hello Everyone,

My name is Rick and I just recently started to work on my first build. I have plenty of experience with soldering from performing pedal mods and working guitar electronics. I decided to go whole hog and attempt to build a Total Recall as I always wanted one so badly...

So far so good, the Madbean PCB has been a pleasure to work, possibly my most pleasurable soldering experience to date. Using a 25W iron I got from Radio Shack for like 8 dollars...works just perfect. I've populated most of the board and just waiting for my Xvive BBD's and a NE570 (The NE570 was the hardest part to find, had to order this from China via Ebay) and pots, jacks etc.. Since I have some downtime on the build I wanted to ask a few questions.

1) I ordered the parts via Mouser using Madbeans cart. This was honestly the most convenient thing in the world! I was so bummed thinking about having to source parts until I saw this option (Thank you Madbean!). My question is  about the 1uf Film caps, I see most other builds have different style caps for these. I was curious about what effect does this have on the sound?

2) I am about to order the enclosure. I will probably go with a pre-painted/drilled one from PPP, Mammoth etc..Regarding artwork, is there any very basic artwork around for the Totall Recall build? Also, If I get the enclosure pre-painted do I apply the artwork after? I'd like to learn more about this aspect of pedal building building eventually but right now I'm concentrating on getting the builds done right, so any info would be appreciated!

3) Any other tips and suggestions would be appreciated. I'm sure there will be a quite a few questions from me once the build is completed and it's time to test with a audio probe and calibrate. That part will challenge my skills for sure...

Attached are a few pics of what I've completed so far. Best regards,
Rick