I was wondering what the general success rate of Loophole builds was? How many have built one? Were you happy with the result (what should I expect?) Any problems I should look out for? What level of difficulty are talking?
I have built probably a hundred different fuzzes, distortions, boosters, delays, octave, and weird noise things, but I feel like I am approaching unknown waters with this looper, not to mention it's a bit more of a $$ loss if it fails. I am looking to get something in the ballpark of the ZVex Lofi Loop Junky, and I am considering adding the vibrato mods by JakeFuzz (awesome). I saw that Haberdasher is selling boards (awesome), and Small Bear Electronics has the chips in stock.
I've read the other forum posts, but any additional information/warnings/encouragement/anecdotes is welcome. Thanks :)
I built it from one of Haberdasher's etched boards, here is the build report http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=12411.msg119634#msg119634 (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=12411.msg119634#msg119634). I used a 90 second chip instead of the recommended 20 seconds.
I never used a looper before, so I don't have anything to compare it to. So far, I have only used it at home to record the changes for a song, and then play it back to work out a solo.
It's far less annoying to wire up than your average Lovetone 1550G project. That said, take your time and be careful in what you do and it should be sweet as :)
Thanks guys. That is a great looking build bcalla, and thanks for the encouragement alanp.