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My buddy got back into guitars after taking a break for years. He wanted to build a small pedal board so we went and tried out pedals at a local shop to get a feel for what he likes. He bought a delay and reverb, then he asked me to build him a pedal like the JHS Double Barrel, which he liked.

I used pcb's from Aion Electronics (I thought about using veroboard layouts, but I thought it would be higher quality to go with pcb's). I used the cerulean (bluesbreaker) pcb in morning glory setup. The PCB has pads for a second set of diodes, so I added the diodes from the zendrive on a switch (my buddy borrowed my zendrive clone and liked it). The second circuit I added is the nimbus (Maxon od-820). I added an order effects switcher too.

I came up with some cool artwork and drilled my enclosure then envirotexed it. When I went to assemble it I drilled the enclosure 1/4" too close to the top mounted jacks...hence my recent thread on what to do with a failed enclosure. I ordered a new 1590bbt to avoid the jacks and I started the enclosure over again. Then when I was about to print my waterslide decal, inspiration struck. I decided to take my red and blue themed artwork and make it 3D. And with the 3D glasses I have, it actually looks three dimensional.

Plus, it sounds great!!!

I have an enclosure that i drilled too close to the top (by 1/4") and the pots and pcbs hit the jacks. There is no way conceivable to make it work, so it's useless for this project; but it seems like such a waste to throw it away. What do you guys do when this happens? How have you repurposed a dud enclosure before?

I'm building a multi effect pedal comprised of: vfe pale horse, fat pants jr, th-customs nope relay, perfboard buffer circuit.

Do I need to do anything special to reliably power it besides running v+ to each effect (while avoiding making ground loops)?

Also would including a 9v battery option be a problem (besides battery life and ecological concerns)?

For my 10th pedal build I am making a dual effect pedal for a friend of mine. It will be a vfe pale horse and a fat pants jr. I have made both before and love them. I am also going to include an effects order switcher in the pedal. I also want to include a switchable buffer (likely a perfboarded jhs little black buffer) in the circuit somewhere.

The question at hand is where should I put the switchable buffer? Since I am making the effect order switchable, I am thinking it should be directly attached, via dpdt slider switch, to either the input or output jack.

Any wisdom as to placement preference and how it might or might not affect the effect would be appreciated. Also, I am open to other buffer circuits if you have one you like better than the jhs one.

Thanks,
-Sarde

I see the total recall (DMM) calls, in the build doc, for using the ehx 24v wall wart. Correct me if I'm wrong but that is a 2.5mm plug not the standard boss 2.1mm plug most pedals use.
So, I need a 2.5mm dc jack, not a 2.1mm?

Now, I might be wrong, but with the pedal being positive ground, if I used a metal bodied dc jack that would ground the negative sleeve to the enclosure; which would be bad since the audio jacks ground plane contacts the enclosure then connect to the board, which is positive ground; thus, connecting the positive and negative together. So, do I need a plastic bodied 2.5mm dc power jack?

Sorry for the dumb question; but I want to be sure I don't blow everything up.

-Sarde

I would like to build a delay pedal with tap ability (thinking taptation) but with 1/4, 1/8, and dotted 8th divisions.  Are there any out there?

-Sarde