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what was the initial price?

Those look really cool. The burst looks fantastic. I like your styling!

Thanks, Just noticed ur profile pic - is there a link to a build report for that strat pedal? I've been meaning to do something similar

Paint job is rad! Those knobs look killer on there!

Thanks this is not paint though, its actually stained and polished maple with a split seam as you do on a guitar.

working on the other 2 - been thinking of expanding this idea to have butterscotch tele paint with a cut pickguard along one corner with the ribbed metal knobs......:

Thanks, Ya - I have heard that can be the case. It's a very expensive road to travel...I do know that much so far. All in all it will cost about $25k - I am blessed that my employer will reimburse $10k after the adoption is finalized. We are about 5 months and $5k in so far. In case anyone is interested we have a blog to follow the process: www.theroadhome.in

No audio on the video?

Thanks!

Hey thanks! I hope so as well

I will say I am very happy with the sound of the unit - I understand the concerns re: the electrolytic's life span - but the other passives I personally can't tell the difference. I do think it would be worth my consideration to change the caps though due to market perceptions. I have a full time job and I just sell pedals to raise money for our adoption from Haiti. I'm glad to be getting this feedback at this stage though. Thanks.

That's a nice, clean build.  Good job.

I'd ditch the Tayda "chong" electrolytics, though.  Good quality electros aren't much more and will potentially save you a headache down the road.  Plus, if you are selling these, it gives the impression low quality parts are used.  Just IMHO.

Thanks, I appreciate the advice. In your experience which ones do you recommend as far a value is concerned?

This was a very rewarding prototype build - OD circuit with 3 band tone control. The first set of PCBs suffered from the tone controls being backwards and too close to the gain and lvl controls. Regrets on the revision: wish I would have aligned my drilling so the footswitch pcb was not crooked, wish I would have socket-ed the IC.

check the input stage here - I think its what you are looking for:

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_ff5_sc_easy.pdf

smh

its a black matte finish with black ink