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Store is open again, obviously. This coming week I will get back on track with the release schedule. I do not expect any restocks of sold out items until next month. Gotta make a few $$ and get this engine running again. More soon.

I'm pleased to announce a limited number of madbeanpedals projects are now being offered at smallbear. These are offered as PCB, full or partial kits. There will be about 20 projects to start with more in the future if all goes well. Thanks to Chris and smallbear!


https://smallbear-electronics.mybigcommerce.com/pedal-kits/?Brand=Madbean__Pedals&filterPage=1

I have about half the needed restocks in today, and the other half should be here by the end of the month.

In today: Back in stock: VFE Windbag, PorkBarrel, BoomBoom, ScareBear, Collosalus, SludgeHammer, BeanScream, Glasshole, StageFright.

The regulator was incorrectly listed as L7915 when it should be 79L15. The 79L15 is a T0-92 style package and consistent with the build pic in the document. I have also provided a link to the correct part available at Mouser in the doc.

Tomorrow I have 5 new Standard Series projects releasing:

Bonesaw (Superfuzz)
Cosmopolitan (Screwdriver)
Dragonfish (new PT2399 delay with modulation)
Imp (Klon)
Misfit (MT-10)

The pdf docs are uploaded and I will do the rest tomorrow. Also, I will be doing a $1 sale on some old stock I want to clean out.

Before you ask, all the big project prototypes are still being worked on for release next month. I just needed to get something out this month to keep the gravy boiling

Not all projects are in the archives yet. If you are looking for a project that isn't linked there, you can find them in the folder trees here:

https://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/_folders/

I think this is the 3rd year? Open invite for our DIY community for a group Zoom meeting before the end of the year.

DEC. 29th 4-6pm CST. All members welcome. Invite will be sent out on the 28th. Sign up sheet is here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1B08I54lYRDNsNIOTPDe5d7wrFEUGANfm3QpBPj2BYd0/htmlview

Tons of restocks and a few new releases. Plus, a shipping deal for the next few days.

Also, the madbeanpedals Twitter account is no more. I have a BlueSky account now: https://bsky.app/profile/madbeanpedals.bsky.social

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Jeff Rubin (geekmacdaddy) has been gifted a trip to the ER due to a heart attack. He's stable and recovering but has a bit of a road ahead of him. I've launched a GoFundMe for Jeff to help cover some necessities until he can work again. You can find it here:

https://gofund.me/e5560ae2
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I sent him some $$ before launching the GoFundMe but I will be putting a things up for sale in the BST area which will all go toward the fund. So, if you don't want to contribute directly, but want whats I gots you'll be doing a good deed

What was originally supposed to be the Sept. release is now the Nov. release because I do not know how to calendar. Docs will be going up starting tomorrow with a release target date of this weekend.

After that, I am full time back to building all these prototypes and getting some new stuff out before the end of 2024.

I've updated the Projects Page with the expected releases for this month. It's another huge round and will release by the end of Sept.

There will still be some more updated older projects for Oct but most of the focus for the remainder of the year will be brand new projects. And, there are many coming!

After this round in Sept. I'm gonna put the wife to work on getting the store updated finally.

Lots of restocks plus most of the VFE stuff is available again.

I pushed back two projects:
1)SSDBP - this is the dual switching board that lets you make any two Standard Series projects into a combo (with order switching). Works perfectly, but the drilling margins are pretty close so I'm going to get a Tayda drilled box for it so I know the drill template is right.
2)Tone Virus - A new layout which is working but I'm having some noise issues with the LFO that I haven't solved yet. Hopefully I'll get that turned around in a few days.

There will be one more big re-stock next month then it's back to new projects for the remainder of the year.

The BOM had the values mismatched for C25-C27. I have corrected it to match the schematic and the files have been updated.

I had to cut bait and go with what I have ready now. 14 projects was just too ambitious for this month considering I am leaving later this week for vacation. So, releases are listed below. The Kezurokai, Tone Virus, Wavelord and Trash Compactor will have to wait until about August 9th. Apologies to those waiting on those projects. I put in about 50 hours on this release and it wasn't quite enough.

Anyway, I will be shipping this coming week until Wednesday evening. Thursday I'm off my my first beach vacation in like 30 years.

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Six new projects are out today. Plus, a shipping deal for both domestic and international customers!

Since someone will ask, re-stocks of older projects will come at the end of this month. I needed to get the new stuff finished up first.

After much work I've finally got these finished. Unfortunately, I've had to delay the Ampeg SubBlaster project due to an unsolvable noise issue. So, hopefully I will be able to get back to that one soon.

Fire away with any questions.

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Not sure how well things are working. Report problems here.

My last multimeter seemed to give up the ghost. It was intermittent on voltage and continuity readings and even though I took it apart and resoldered the connectors nothing seemed to improve. So, out with the cheap DMM and back to a Klein. I don't have Fluke kind of money.

This one seems to be working well enough. I really like the reverse contrast display and the little holders for the probes!

https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/multimeters/digital-multimeter-trms-auto-ranging-1000v-temp-low-impedance

Just a heads up to keep everyone in the loop:

- I will be slow-rolling the restocks after the clearance sale of the end of 2023. Some projects will be back, some will get minor updates to conform to my more recent design standards, some will go away or transition to a different format later on.

- The Standard Series projects will roll out in Feb. Ten projects, a lot of them new offerings. I'm taking delivery of the boards this week but I have to rebuild all of them since each one got a final revision. One thing I'm excited about is you'll be able to choose between either a standard or relay based switching bypass board for each project.  All in 1590B. The focus of these projects is ease of build with minimal wiring required (and obviously cool circuits).

- The new storefront is planned to coincide with the new releases, including the new Total Recall, the Standard series, two additional mbp projects, and three brand new VFE SPS projects. So, like 16 projects at once! It's going to take some time

- I'm not dead, just transitioning to a better format and service for mbp customers. I appreciate you guys sticking along for the ride. I am stoked since this is going to be the culmination of what I spent a lot of time working towards last year.

More Anamorphs in the store. Clearance sale is still going a few more days, at least.