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Thanks very much guys for the positive feedback.

The support and positive communication in this forum is amazingly inspiring.

Wow, thanks to all the kind compliments!   

I am very excited to get on with the Madbean boards I've purchased.

Hi Jules.  Thanks for the kind words.  Here are the inside shots.

Hi guys.  I'm new to pedal building.  I started with BYOC for simplicity sake, and I've got a bunch of Madbean boards now backed up that I plan to build.

I'm learning a ton on this forum and just wanted to thank everyone for their amazing help with their information, tips and tricks.  In terms of finishes, I always wanted to make my pedals look cool (or at least give it a shot as opposed to using an unfinished enclosure with labels on it!

I just wanted to share the finishes I've done.  I'm very happy with my first attempts at building and finishing.

The first is the BYOC Chorus.  I had a very talented lady named Christel Chan do the painting for me. Christel does Graphic Design/Illustration and other artwork. She came up with the design after we discussed the basic ideas I wanted. She did a great job! 

I wish I could have done a better job on the Envirotex finish, but this was my first attempt so I did what I could. It's a little wobbly and uneven in some parts, but the paint job is nice and protected.




The second pedal is the BYOC FET (AWESOME pedal!)

For this one I wanted to try a decal. I found this Godzilla movie poster and thought it would work well.

The sun at the top was nicely positioned so that the LED would be in the center. I changed out the red LED and used a yellow instead. I bought a bunch of knobs and these ones seem to work well, but I may end up getting green ones later.

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Hi Richard and Curtis

My name is Joe and I'm in Vancouver as well.  Originally from Mtl.  Moved here in 94.

I'm primarily a guitar player.  Recently my good friend pogart got me into the whole "make it yourself" pedal stuff.  I've got some Madbean boards on the shelf, but I opted to start easy and build some BYOC kits first since I'd never even soldered before.     They've gone well so far!  I built a chorus and FET preamp and they rock.  The OD2 is almost done.  I also built a 1776 EQ.  I just need to box it up.

It's one of the coolest things I've ever done.  I like it a lot.  I've got a lot to learn but I'm enjoying the process as I go.  (despite the frustration)  Maybe the fact that I work in IT helps.   

Good to meet you!

Joe aka Apocalypto

Is your inductor in correctly?

It seems to be.  I'll desolder it and solder it back in to make sure it's a solid connection.  Thanks for the idea.

Hey guys.  I bought a vintage wah kit on ebay and put it all together and I'm struggling to understand why I'm not getting any wah sound.

Basically I'm getting a clean signal with the switch both on and off.  It's very perplexing.

Are there any other builders in the Vancouver area who have experience with these older wahs?  It's a pretty simple design so it's frustrating I can't get it going.

So cool!.  Thanks.

Hey Aussie buddy, you did a VERY good job with the epoxy, and the pedal has TONS of wild sound mojo.  Great job!

Beautiful pedals pogart!   

I just tried ET for the first time today as well.  I tested it on the bottom plate of a 1590B that I had painted with Liquitex paint and placed some stickers and dry transfer decals on.  I mixed a plastic spoonful of the ET and the hardener.  That worked out to be a very good amount for the test.  Although there were a ton of bubbles after I poured it on, after a few minutes I blew on it and magically all the bubbles disappeared beautifully.  I had spread the material around with a craft stick (basically a long thin popsicle stick) and I got it evened out nicely, except for a spot in one corner.  The whole thing looked beautiful except for that one corner.  Out of frustration I picked up the wife's hair dryer and started to blow on it.  Unfortunately that brought in a ton of new bubbles that didn't go away after blowing on it again!  Kind of frustrating.  But this is all testing, and it's exactly why I decided to start with the bottom plate of the pedal.  Overall I find ET interesting to work with, and I can already understand why people like using it.  After a few more tries I should have the hang of it.

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I got it going!  I went to the store and got a BA728 and followed in BDuguay's footsteps.  It was the same issue.
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=91441.0

This is so cool man.  Very interesting sound.  Kind of subtle yet wacky.  I like it!

Thanks everyone for the help.  Learning something new every day in this awesome hobby.

Now I'm going to get a Pork Barrel and put that together.   

Thanks.  I tested the power solder joint on the board itself and I got a solid 9v reading.  After that I'm lost.

Well so far I'm getting nothing but zeros.  (Tested all the ICs)  Wow.  I'm surprised.  But I know almost nothing about this so maybe this is common on a problem pedal?

chromesphere, I followed your great video on how to take digital readings.  For now I left everything in the enclosure but I suppose it's time to disassemble it and take a closer look.

I'm sad now.