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That painting is amazing. Really nails Prymachenko's aesthetic. Well done, inside and out!

That looks fantastic Matt!

Finished this up Saturday and just wrapped up the demo for it. Dug out my original prototype etched board from 2015 for the Drivestortion project. Top mounted jacks in a 1590B, which is satisfying to do, but definitely requires some low profile patch cables in practice. Name/graphics inspiration comes from Ukraine often being called the breadbasket of Europe, as they're one of the largest grain exporters in the world.

Love it! Now I'm hungry. 

NGL, that looks pretty sweet as is. I'd second the Fairfield punched lettering suggestion. UKR250 or something and call it a day.

Got a shout on on the Guitar Knobs podcast!

Fantastic looking build, and that etch is disgustingly clean. lol Well done!

Perfect execution Chris!

Hopefully the 2nd etch turns out as nice as the first. It's looking great, Brian!

Here's my first contribution to the Pedals for Ukraine fundraising effort. Really pleased with how this turned out. UV printed enclosure from Tayda and a new board that will soon be available on my store. It's a pretty standard Klone with Soviet D9E diodes (which I bought from a Ukrainian eBay seller a while back) and added Incandenza relay bypass.











(Now for a very condensed thumbnail of some history that is likely oversimplified.)

I picked Kозак as the name at the prompting of my friend Paul as the Cossacks have a long history of fighting for the freedom of Ukraine. They were highly regarded as soldiers and fighters and often were oppressed by Imperial Russia (among other neighbors) and later the USSR for fear of them seeking their own independence. They have been an image of national-identity for Ukraine's independence and freedom since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The horseman imagery is based on the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument, depicting the first Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host (a Ukrainian Cossack state in the 17-18th centuries later wiped out by Catherine the Great) in Sophia Square in Kyiv.

Really enjoyed the history dive as much as designing the artwork and building the pedal!

Nice Dan! Glad to see I'm not the only fan of throwing the Green Ringer in front of fuzzes in one box. Really brings it to life imho

I'm in for 10 or so.

100% gooder. It's a technical term 

Great looking build and a great video too. Honored to be featured on your channel again, Dan!

However, it is beyond me why two circuits in one pedal with two footswitches can't be stacked. One footswitch is on/off, the other selects the circuit. Too bad that the wire pads on the PCB aren't labelled In, Out etc., but A,B,C, so it's not that easy to figure out which is which, so you could wire the two circuits individually. Some great PCBs from Effectslayouts, but this one would be a deal breaker, sorry.

You could always ask which pads do what if you'd rather have the circuits independent. I don't bite. 
A - Tan input
B - Tan output
C- Black input
D - Black output
G - ground
V - +9V

(Also if you look at the schematic, the pads are labeled there)

David, that looks great! Are you planning on listing that board in the store as well as a way to raise funds?

Yes! The plan is to have a percentage of it's sales go to refugee relief for as long as it's in the store.