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That already is a downscaled version of a proper plate reverb. And that is also obvious through his sound samples. I'm not trying to take away from his ingenuity, I think it's a great project. But making it even smaller is definitely not gonna help the sound.

I don't know who started it. But you're both right, the battery switching is the reason for it. It just annoys me, because standards are a good thing. And it also means we are doomed to use crappy plastic jacks instead of metal ones, because you obviously don't want the whole casing to be on 9V. Or are there metal jacks with an isolated sleeve contact that I am not aware of?

In almost all cases the sleeve is the negative for other appliances. Only guitarists are stupid enough to put the positive voltage outside .

Both use the same crappy input stage design. Build the PT-80 or something else that was designed competently.

Thanks, but... UK? The build manual is in German language!

UK are the guy's initials.

Yes. Run the panelize.ulp, then create a new board where you copy that board with the panelized names in there as you wish, select the proper layer in the CAM job.

Take the C version.

Take anything with highish gain, 300-400 or more, and it should work fine. A BC550C is cents, I doubt that 50 year old silicon is lower noise or "sounds better". BC108/9 is basically the same thing, just the older version.

Well that's unfortunate. I actually contemplated building the Beta as well, so if you're not in a hurry I could offer you a pcb in a couple of weeks.

Why do you ask here instead of there? Also, I'm pretty sure if you messaged John directly he wouldn't mind sharing.

Yeah, building pedals gets boring. I think for a while that dopomine that gets released every time your build fires up will keep you going for a while but eventually it's not enough.

You start off with a fuzz, maybe a phaser, eventually an analog delay, if you are really ambitious you do a synth.....

One day you stand around looking at all your pedals, finished and unfinished, all your inventory, and you say to yourself "WTF"

That said, all hobbies can get boring.

How much enjoyment you take out of an activity is up to you. The activity hasn't changed, you do. So you either make the conscious effort to continually find joy, or don't. Also, effects are just a small part of the big electronics world. If you're stuck with effects, look at other things. Guitar amps, studio equipment, digital stuff (microcontroller, Raspberry Pi, ...). Build an awesome steampunk nixie clock, Tesla coil, whatever. Learn about integrated circuits, start rolling your own tubes. I simply can't see how electronics would ever bore me. I love designing circuits, boards, soldering and building. The continuous learning keeps me engaged, the ideas and projects get more and more, not less.

But does it get you the reservation at Dorsia?