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is it possible to sue bill finnegin for mental anguish

so much pain oohh the uncontrollable gas lol

f( )ck no.

Does the other PT2399 have the correct voltages? Have you tried swapping that one into the IC3 position to see if you might have a bad IC?

About 15 years ago, I had the chance to attend a "clinic" he held at the Augusta music festival. His voice was pretty well trashed even back then. The guy was an amazing storyteller, and that that hour or so with him had more impact on me than any lesson or music class I've ever taken. Not long after, I painted the back of my Strat and inked it with "This Machine Kills Capitalists". Kinda wish I had not done that, haha.

Anyway, he's dead. Sorry to see him go.

Your voltages look fine.

You need to set the correct position count on the rotary switch. It has a removable washer with a little tab. The tab goes in the "4" notch. Make sure you turn the shaft fully counter-clockwise first. Then set the tab. You should now have four positions of rotation.

As far as the fuzzy repeats, you are going to need to audio probe to find out where that is introduced. Probe pin 14 on both PT2399s to listen to the output. Does the fuzzy delay happen at the first or second? If the delays sound fairly clean in both places, we need to look further down the audio path, such as pins A, 5,6,7,8 of the rotary switch. I don't know yet if the fuzzy delay and reduced repeat volume are related or not. Audio probing should help tell us that.

I say we sue for the lulz.

You know, I had a great idea. I think I found a way for Bill F to double up his production with minimal investment. What do you guys think?

Sadly, I cannot find a reliable manufacturer for the 37/15th double threaded locking screws I need for my card table. Therefore I will redoing mine. I guess you could say it is a Card Table Redone.

Phew.. just finished my card table.


Win!

I'm only in the prototyping stage of mine. I suspect you will beat me to market.

This is all in good fun, of course.

But now to make it appropriate, you have to change the date available to "~2010" 

tears in eyes...laughing

That GIF would have been priceless if you could have photoshopped Bill's face over the Genius pic! 

This is all in good fun, of course.

Looks like the TGP is already locked. This whole thing pretty much followed the playbook.

Final Adjustment. I think I have the right balance now.

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Voltages are completely off. IC3 seems to be the main culprit. Pins 2 and 6 should have about the same voltage as pin3. On yours, you have 3.8 going in and 0v going out. Ideally you would have about a 9v supply on pin7, about 4.5v on pin3 and then the same 4,5 output on pin2 and 6.

I would remove D1 first. Put a jumper there. Now reflow all the solder joints around IC3 and check again for solder bridges. Run a small utility knife between the traces. A bridge can easily escape the human eye but still be there.

BINGO!  It's his deal -- he can run the show however he deems fit.  Why does that seem to offend so many?  Don't want to deal with it?  Don't buy the pedal -- period.  He's doing it the way he wants -- why do some feel the need to trash that?  And I don't necessarily see much whining in what he says -- he's saying what he feels . . . often in a classier manor than many of his detractors.  It's just seems like kind of a torch and pitchfork crowd scene sometimes . . . maybe people just get bored and edgy during the winter and need somebody or something to pick on, I don't know.

I completely agree....no one in entitled to a Klon or KTR and he can do things however he wants. But, there's nothing wrong with people making observations on his practices and critiquing them in the context of the pedal industry. People do this in all industries. Not that it should get personal, because it should not. I definitely got a little incensed after reading the article but yeah, klon derangement syndrome. It's a thing.

I would design him a 1590BB though-hole Klon PCB gratis....<snip>

You've on rev 4 now aren't you?

/ducks

Meaning what exactly?