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Welcome to pedal building!  Sounds like you're off to a great start.  Builder error is far more common than bad parts.  Congrats on your successful builds.  Your confidence will grow with each one. 

When you get that first non-working circuit, check to make sure guitar is in input and amp in output, not vice-versa.  That's happened to me a bunch of times.  Make sure ICs are plugged in, guitar volume is up, amp is off standby.  If still not working, you can build a simple test probe and trace through the schematic.

Until then, keep up the perfect record!

SCORE!!!

The 40 drawer cabinet is pretty typical HF low quality.  I find them entirely adequate for sorting duty though.

Every drawer is labeled and transparent so it's easy to see what is/isn't inside. 

I have a little "fail bin" but I will probably never resurrect those circuits because I end up picking them over for parts before I get back to them.  In that boneyard is a splitter blend and an optical compressor.

I used one from Frys one time also and found the slope to be to steep for my foot. I think DutchMF is on the right track and would love to see something fabbed for a series of classic fuzz' I am working on.

Agreed.  A shallower slope would be nice.  Heavier gauge aluminum would be good too.  The one I used could have been much thicker and it still would have been plenty light and a little more stomp-worthy.  The surprising thing about sloped enclosures is the lack of useable space compared to the footprint. 

I just finished a rehouse of an Arion SAD-1 in a very similar case I bought at Fry's.  It was raw aluminum.  I painted the sides and wrapped the top with dollar store contact paper to get the look I wanted. 

To make it stomp worthy I had to add the reinforcing tube to hold the sides from collapsing out.  This was the smallest enclosure I could find that would fit the board. 

Does the Ross use the large boss style but just D shaft?

Drawers makes building way quicker.

Plus it's fun to sort parts when they arrive!

I remember the baggies inside of baggies thing.  I get drawers for super cheap at harbor freight.  $16 for 40 drawer cabinet.  Quality is good enough for what I need.

I'd love to go the drawers route, but it seems like you'd have a lot more values of components than you'd have drawers for.  That's a sweet setup for sure.  My challenge is that I typically work on my studio/computer desk so I have to be able to pack it up.

I used the little craft bead sorting boxes like the one in stomptown's pic for a long time.  They are portable and cheap.  The biggest issue I had was being able to keep stuff sorted by value.  You can't reshuffle them like you can a drawer.  Still, for you they could be just the ticket because they're easy to move around and you can stack them.

CONGRATS!!!

Loading the strings can be a pain.  Someone gave me the tip of putting a kink in the string near the ball end.  It's good advice.  Just give it a bend about 1/2" from the ball.  That will give you the angle to slide it onto the post.  It will make sense when you try it.  Can't wait to see it!

Tobacco!!

Be sure to post a pic if you take the plunge.  A wilshire is definitely a worthy candidate for a bigsby!  I love the B5/flat top look.  And I'm thinking the pickup selector location is perfectly placed for this.  I wish my guitar had that setup.  It's a trick to switch p'ups on mine.

Which iron:

- did you use on your first pedal build?  First circuit?

- is your current workhorse?

- are you hoping to get next?

OK, here's mine:

- 1st iron:  RS cheapie - GGG TS808
- Current workhorse:  Xytronic 379
- Want to get:  Xytronic 168-3CD

I think the BYOC confidence boost is precisely what it is.

Jacob

I haven't built this, but judging by the schematic it looks like it would be good for your application.