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@Loztboy:
That's EXACTLY the noise I'm talking about, right there in your video. (sorry, I hadn't checked this thread since Octobre 2011). Since the pedals work just FINE with about any other power supply, it makes you wonder what's different in the Godlyke (supposedly it has some filtering built in). The MOSFET boost that

@Stecykmi:
I built is Brian's version/PCB, which also has some power filtering present. Could it be the two 'bite' each other? Can you over filter? If so, which component in the filtering is most suspect?

Yay! Weener Wah about to arrive. Now just waiting for the docs to be uploaded, so that I can see what it actually is I'll be building (pondering what that large circular thing on the pcb is for).

I just noticed this topic was accidentally started in the wrong section of the board. Could someone move it (to General Questions I guess).

I'm in the process of building a (second) Neutrino, the Burst version. I was wondering the following things:

1. The documentation states that D1 and D3 represent two diodes, to implement asymmetric clipping without a jumper. What's the original intent for symmetric clipping: one or two diodes in each direction? (I know, in the end it's about taste, just wondering).

2. The burst uses a 500k level pot, while the black version uses a 100k (and different electrolytic caps in front of it). What difference does that make? Is it the same as with guitars? (higher value pots pass more highs)?

change in subject. I'm new to all of this. Is it ok to use the rubber looking high volt 500vcaps? I have a few. Will they work on this?

Sure, back to subject.

the higher the value you put in those positions, the more high end it's gonna cut, simple as that.

Thanks, I had already gathered that though. My confusion stems from the description of the Civil War Muff as 'smooth and bassy' as compared to the parts values which are lower than those of (say) a Ram's Head. I would've expected a higher value. 430 pF is kinda hard to get/make, but not impossible, I just hope someone can share some experiences so I can make more educated guesses.

I'm building a Mudbunny and was going for Civil War specs from the descriptions I've read. It should be a bit smoother than a Green Russian. The main difference in specs as listed in the project documents are C2, C5 and C8.

Civil War: 430 pF
Green Russian: 470 pF

I didn't have any 430s, only 470s. I did some more research and that's where the confusion starts. On DIYstompboxes forum I read that higher values (like 560 pF) sound smoother than lower values. That seems to be in contradiction with the Madbean Civil War specs.

Could anyone shed a little light on this?

I used velcro first, but I've switched to double sided tape, used to hang mirrors to walls. Very strong, so test your effect before boxing.

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I built a Grapevine with jacks on top, normal wire: dead quiet. I shielded my MIM Strat: same noise as any given factory Strat...I stopped bothering.

I've built both the Slambox and the Thunderpuss from MB. The circuits work well, but I've noticed that they are both very picky about their power supply, either daisy chained or not. Sometimes I get a whistling noise from one of them when on a power supply, other times it's like a flanging sound. I've only had reliable results with an isolated power supply like the PP2+. Today a friend of mine checked out a slambox with a Godlyke Power All adapter, huge whistling noise. With a Boss adapter, the noise got considerably less, but still there faintly in the background.

I know that simple power supplies can cause noise and adding pedals in a daisy chain makes problems worse...but what strikes me as odd is that its primarily the mosfet boosts that seem to be affected by this. Haven't had these problems with higher gain pedals such as the AMZ Mini Booster, MB Grapevine or Neutrinos.

Anybody recognize this? What's the cause and what's the fix? Does it come with the mosfet territory?

Great grunge look indeed. Maybe even give the grunge and the letters different colors?

What would be great is an Excel sheet where I can just say 'this week I want to build a zen, a modded TS, a chorus and heck, let's throw in a mosfet booster as well (make it two)' and then on the second page I get a complete list of all the parts that I need to source (so that I don't need to check 4 schematics to see how many 1K resistors I'm gonna need). Alas, I'm no Excel Guru (hint).

How about 'neutrino II - now with buffers'! (sorry)
I'd suggest something from this list. Lawn Dart maybe?

Esp. looking forward to the delays and baby boards myself!

Would be cool if there was a counter next to every project So I can see if I need a mortgage on short term