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It took me a minute to figure out which one you were talking about, that's funny. The Altoids tin is a tap tempo for my DD7 delay. People love it and think I'm some kind of electronics wiz. And I love popping it open and showing the it's just 2 wires connected to a switch.

I really need to learn some Rush tunes and maybe some Police and Duran Duran to do a proper demo of the Pork Barrell.

Sorry I took so long to reply. I haven't been building for the past several months. But a friend is working on one of these and I made a video demo for him. Check it out. My amp is a little gainy, but no, I haven't noticed any distortion from pick attack. I think eniacmike has a good idea about the trim pot.

Here's the video demo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnWcsXoLdLs

Thanks for the responses guys. I only have sort of an idea why this would matter, but he said thanks for the info. I feel kind of stupid putting these things together and getting all involved in pedal building and not knowing the reason or answer there.

What's the current draw for the Serendipity. I built one for a friend, and he's rearranging some stuff on his power supply and asked.

I had a little trouble with the LED, but got it to work fine once I removed it from the board, and shitty solders I made there. The pedal sounds awesome! I built it for a friend. We're going to compare them this week hopefully. I loved playing through it. I might keep it. Here's some pics.

here's a couple 





not my best wiring job. The 3pdt wore me out on this one for some reason.

I finally finished this Chorus pedal. It was my most complicated build so far, or at least tied with my Dr. Boogie. This may be tougher because of the board size and the switches, which I've never done before. So that was neat.

I love the sound. It came out great, and it sounds better than my CE-2 ever did. Although I can't find my CE-2 anywhere, I suspect I've lost it in a move somewhere, and it's gone for good. No matter though, cause this one is much more versatile.

This was also my first attempt at using rub on letters. It's fine for simple labeling, but overall, I'll try to use another method in the future. In fact, I'm not going to clear coat over this, as the letters wear off, I'll label it with a decal and then clear it. One day.

I don't have a 10k trimmer, but I do have a 25k. Will that be an okay substitution? Will that make adjustments too sensitive? or longer sweep between noticeable changes? I suppose all of the intended adjustment would take place in the first half of the sweep, and it would be more sensitive to adjustments?

I use a few of these. resistors on top, caps in middle, diodes, ICs, and transistors in bottom (in anti-static pouches). And I have a larger single tub version for my tools. I outgrew this system a couple of months ago, and I'm looking into getting a larger drawer system with smaller compartments so I can separate values.



Maybe I'll get something like this in the future



I'd also love to see some photos of work areas. Especially if your an in between builder like me (not a pro that has a large inventory of parts, but building fairly regularly and usually have parts on hand that need managing)

Thanks for the update, and good luck with all the upcoming changes.

wonderful. Thanks. incidentally, how do you know when to use film, ceramic, or other? I can see when to use electrolytics/polarized from the schem. and layout, but what about the other caps? Fortunately, I can see on your layouts where you use a box cap, but when is it okay to deviate and mix n match cap types?

thanks.

also, I"m having trouble locating a 47pf cap. I can find a silver mica on Mouser, but I'm notsure that's what I need. If not, can you point me to the cap for C26? Smallbear or other?

I'm trying to buy the switches for the mix, depth, and wet controls on the Pork Barrel. They are marked as SPST, but would SPDT work as well, since there's nothing connected to the third lug?

I don't see any SPST at smallbear. Just wondering if I can pick up what's available, or if I need to look elsewhere?


thanks for the help

Hi there, I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I usually hang out at Barry's site, and the BYOC site, but I just bought a couple of boards from here, and I'll probably be posting a little over here when they arrive and I get started on them.

I'm pretty new to pedal building, and have done about 4 now. I have a couple in the works, and a few on the way from madbean and Barry (My7of9, guitarpcb.com).

Looking forward to getting to know some of you that I haven't seen elsewhere, and learn along the way!

thanks,
Stephen