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I wish I had actually noticed this thread... 

Killer job indeed!  I used that exact same knob on mine!    Yours is set off really well against the hammertone paint job. 

Good call.  Thanks!

The TS7 is one of my all-time favorite pedals ever.  LOVE this thing.  $40 for one of the most transparent and harmonically FANTASTIC overdrives I've ever heard in my life?  Yes, please!  My favorite Tubescreamer hands down.  My only niggle is the switch on it.  There's a brief drop in the signal when switching it.  I'd really like to swap out the actuator for an actual switch, but I really don't know if I want to put the pedal into a new enclosure, and I really like the lid-style switch (or whatever it's called). Plus I'm not exactly sure how I'd wire it in, haven't ever completely taken apart a TS7 before.  Thoughts/ideas/suggestions?

+2.

Pinched this idea from freestomboxes.org and its really working for me.  I built the Krankosaurus version 3 and did pauloman's 22n input cap mod which took a lot of the extra bass out. 
The presence mod is simple: Replace R16 with a pot (I used 50k trimpot, some recommend 25k)  In practice the pot works nicely with the tone control to shape the treble detail of the pedal.  I have the trimpot inside mounted on the PCB and have it set to about 17k Ohms...

The result for me is now I set the tone control to 12 O'clock and the Krankosaurus has nicer treble detail, a better match to the bypassed 'clean' sound of my amp.  Basically = Happy Cdog! YMMV
Btw, love to hear from an expert why this works

Thanks for the mod props, man!  I'm very intrigued by the presence mod you found, might need to try that on another build.  No idea why it works, curious about it myself.

A guy on another message board I'm on posted a guide on how to fix the pop in a 3PDT switch.  I haven't tried it myself just yet, but I'm very intrigued by it.  It's below, take a look.

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Cool! Ask any questions to help the process go better, we'll be happy to help!

Jacob

Hear hear!  Key thing: there's no such thing as a dumb question around here.  There are a lot of challenges in the DIY stompbox world, and the best way to learn is to be honest about what you don't know and search the threads on this board.  You'll learn a lot just by hanging around and reading what other guys are working on.

Thanks.  I was hoping to keep all my parts purchases coming from a single source, but whatever.    Might need to compare prices between Mouser and Small Bear...

Chris, your links tend to pop up with FTP:// in front. Is there something you're doing when you link your words that would make this happen? Is anyone else having this happen or is it just me and my macintosh ways?

jacob

I see it as well, and I'm also on a Mac.  Not sure why it happened, but that's why my keyboard has a backspace key.    Still odd that it did that, though...

I've been all over Small Bear and Pedal Parts Plus, and I can't find this darned 390n (.39uF or .39mF) cap.  Suggestions?  TIA.

EDIT: Also trying to find BAT41 diodes, where can I find those?

Schweet! *two thumbs up*

Good to know!  Thanks, Brian.

There's an additional square pad underneath where the R9 resistor is supposed to go... what's it for??  I don't want to put a resistor over it and block it if I need to use it for something... Thanks!

Really nicely done, man!  Super clean build, love the paint job!  I agree with jkokura on the labeling, really tasty.  And thanks for the props!