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This is one of the reasons I've only ordered twice from them. It honestly lacks professionalism seeing a bunch of unmarked parts jumbled together in bags. It takes 2 seconds to write a number on the pick slip and then the corresponding number on the bag. Even with sharpie would be fine. I don't find it educational at all, I find it lazy and irritating. Just my opinion tho.


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That's actually a really good idea...print bag #'s with the receipt and just number the bags. Clever.

Fixed.

My guess is that they've long ago calculated the labor hours and expense of labeling things and decided it is not affordable to do so. Operating out of NYC probably puts a huge dent in the overhead and makes it difficult to justify hiring someone just to put labels on bags. But, that's just a guess. Most things are easily identifiable (caps, ICs etc are self-labeled). But, yeah with resistors I can see why it's a pain for some folks.

On the plus side, it's a good opportunity to learn to read resistor codes It only takes a bit of practice!

Possible mods - try 10k for the volume knob. Also, increase the 68k resistor at the input to the second 386 to something like 220k or 330k.

Turning the power off to the entire circuit is not a good idea. You are assured to get extraneous noise and some audio lag when toggling the bypass if you do that. The lamps are cheap...buy two extra and you will have enough to last for many years.

It is possible to disengage the lamp only but you will sacrifice true bypass operation by doing it.

It was a good experiment, and I want to thank everyone for offering their well thought opinions. It just shows that a dialogue can happen without it becoming a sport.

Final thought - no one knows what's coming, but I'm always and forever an optimist. Whatever happens over the next few years I do believe nothing will be as bad as we can imagine. So, I'm hopeful.

Thread isn't over yet. 

I'll probably close the thread tomorrow. Not because anything is going bad (quite the opposite). But, it's an experiment and a good experiment has a conclusion.

That said, I've come up with a solid idea for a new political party. The DIY Party. The party slogan will be, "We'll Fix Our Own Shit!"
I'm going to work up a party platform and make a call for members. I'm maybe half-joking.

Naturally. Who wouldn't vote for those two handsome bastards?

Trump has EVERY qualification needed to become President of the USA.

Just in case anyone thinks he's kidding:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

True, but meeting the eligibility requirements is a matter of fact whereas "qualified" is a lot more subjective. I mean, I meet the eligibility requirements to run for President and while madbean2020 has a nice ring to it I hold myself as entirely unqualified to do the job!

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I find that online political discussions generally degrade into an echo chamber, wall-of-butthurt, and/or shouting matches in ALL CAPS... ending with the inevitable accusations of who is the bigger nazi, communist, racist, SJW and a moderator lock.

Well that's very true. But, much of that can be attributed to the anonymity that online forums affords IMO. Here the case is a bit different because many of us know each other and have interacted for a number of years. That doesn't mean we agree on anything and everything. I think it's possible to have an interesting discussion within the bounds I laid out in the first post. I might be proved wrong but even so this is most likely to be a time limited thread anyway. Unless people are willing to talk to one another things won't change, right?

Indeed. Did not even notice that.

One repeat means your delay is definitely getting out but it is dying somewhere between R30 and R4. Those resistors look correct on your build, so I would have another look at your Feedback pot. Probably best to audio probe it at lugs 3 and 2 and see if you are getting signal through. If not, something is amiss in the pot.

[What I do not want and won't tolerate here: bashing other groups, political parties or forum members, gross stereotypes, disparaging remarks about race, religion or sexual orientation. If you have an opinion to offer, do it. But do so as gentlemen. Otherwise, in the words of Negan, "I will shut that shit down."]

I shut down a thread last week (something that rarely happens here) about the election results because I felt it was too soon to have a discussion. Emotions were high and I personally was feeling pretty wrecked (not joking: I had a migraine all Wednesday and was pretty out of it). But, I think there can be an opportunity for discussion and I am interested to hear member opinions on the result and the future of America in the next few years. And, also because we have many international members who can provide a unique perspective.

What I do not want and won't tolerate here: bashing other groups, political parties or forum members, gross stereotypes, disparaging remarks about race, religion or sexual orientation. If you have an opinion to offer, do it. But do so as gentlemen. Otherwise, in the words of Negan, "I will shut that shit down."

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About me: I am an unabashed liberal and make no apologies for it. But, I try to be rational and reasoned in my political opinions. I voted for Clinton because Sanders did not win and because I am a Democrat. I liked some things about Clinton and not others. I liked Sanders a whole lot more. I support a progressive agenda in all social policies and quite a few economic ones (although there are some conservative ideas about the economy which I think are good ones). I think Obama has been a good president and while I do not agree with some things he has done (and not done) I will truly miss him in office. And, his awesome family.

I am terrified right now. Not because Trump won, though. We have had bad presidents before and he will hardly be the last. That is something we can weather. I am terrified at the prospect of an unencumbered Republican control of all branches of government. I am terrified that we will normalize some of the awful conduct and opinions people have expressed during the long campaign. And, I am very worried for the future of important social tentpoles like Medicare, Social Security, women's and minority rights, voting rights, health care, the Supreme Court, and too many others to list. Lastly, I am worried that we Americans are at a tipping point where any hope of coming together despite (and in some ways, because of) our differences for the good of the country is quickly receding. I am also very concerned about the next steps we take regarding energy and dealing with climate.

I understand why "my side" lost. We lost because the DNC propped up the wrong candidate and ignored the concerns of many Americans who would have otherwise voted for a Democrat. We lost because HRC did not speak to enough Americans (and made one awful and stupid comment about a large portion of them). And, we lost because of this stupid and antiquated Electoral College. I understand that we are a Democratic Republic. I just think the elections themselves should be purely democratic (and I would say the same thing if the situation with the popular vote were reversed ((even though I would secretly be relieved))).

What I look forward to: the Democratic party re-molding itself into what more Americans want. Undoubtedly we need new, fresh faces. We need to increase the diversity of candidates to represent the many different kinds of people in this country. We need to listen. We should defend why we feel our ideas are the right ones for the country but not insist anyone who thinks differently is uneducated or believes what they do solely out of self-interest. We should call out those who express ideas that are counter to our democracy and who express racist or xenophobic rhetoric, but not stereotype others as embracing those views just because they happen to be in the same political party. And, much as it pains me to say, sometimes we need to fight dirty; it seems to be the reality we live in now.

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All that said, I'd like to hear other takes on it. And, like I said, let's stay adults.

Hey, let's do it again. Except this time without losing all the entries due to a forum crash!

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?board=89.0