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I just aim higher than the voltage the circuit uses. If it's 9V, I use 16V or higher.

Two cases in TN apparently.

Can we really trust the numbers? Yesterday John Hopkins was reporting a case outside of Nashville. Now the number is still one but is now shown as being just outside Franklin.
And go look on the official CDC website. They don't even show a case in TN at all. And it says the numbers are posted at 12 noon every day but the number is from 4pm the day before. It should at least show the one.
Add to this the president just landed in Nashville a few minutes ago. If you have a confirmed case in or around a city, why would you allow the president of all people to land in that city? That's just stupid.
I don't trust the media at all and to be honest, the reporting on this entire thing has been sketchy as hell. A quick glance at the headlines shows they seem to be more worried about the world markets instead of the people.
The entire thing just stinks of either incompetence or outright malice. Or a combination of both.

If you get really hard up for alcohol don't overlook the gas pump. I ride mopeds (the kind with pedals, not a scooter...) and I have to remove the alcohol from the pump gas or it deteriorates the seals and hoses on the bikes. It also messes up the oil mixture on the two stroke motors. It's a PITA.
To remove the alcohol you add water to the gas, shake it, and let it settle out into layers. (Try two to one water to alcohol. IE, 10% alcohol in gas, add 20% volume of water.) The alcohol will bond with the water and settle on the bottom of the container. Separate the fuel and alcohol by decanting. (I use a three liter pop bottle to make the layers easy to see.)
Then you pour salt into the water/alcohol solution to remove the water. About a four to one ratio, water to salt. (Or you could distill it.) The saltwater solution will sink and the alcohol will be the top later after it settles. Decant it again.
Then if you want to up the concentration of alcohol further let the liquid freeze and spoon the water ice out.
The alcohol I have removed this way is what I use to make solder flux using pine resin I collect from trees nearby and cook down. (Hey, I like science. It's free, and it gives me something constructive to do.)
Look up videos on it, it's all very easy to do.

i look at that one but it's for the '57+ humbucker equipped models. The '54 D has two P-90's.

And of course I have one that isn't on that list.

Any clue to the wiring on a '54 ES-175-D?

Extra points to build the pedal inside the compact florescent tube.

I considered that or maybe mixing up some graphite conductive paint. Oddly enough, I've made wooden pedals that didn't need shielding. Maybe it depends on the circuit used.

I've got a few empty 100 round .22 boxes I use for spare fiddly bits. Comparing it to a 1590a it's about the same height, roughly half again as long, and about 1/8" wider.
I know it's plastic but has anyone tried housing a pedal inside one before? I keep thinking about it every time I see 'em.

Probably sold out to the Chinese. Someone like LCSC.

You could blow out the Polytrog boards you already have as unsupported seconds, (or as a giveaway) and let the builder worry about the 18V source.
It would be a way to get some use out of them without the pile becoming landfill.

A few months ago I copied the Marshall Guv'nor GV-2 Deep Circuit on a vero and installed it into an GV1 clone I built. (It rocks!) I've since been wondering about how to change the frequency of this circuit so I could switch between settings.

According to this posting here:
http://www.marshallforum.com/threads/marshall-gv2-guvnor-plus-overdrive-distortion-pedal-how-it-works-mods.93225/
"The Deep control is focussed on very low bass, below guitar range. The hump could be shifted up by decreasing two caps (C16 and C17) in the deep circuit to give more action around 80hz."

What I'd like to know is just what values are needed for C16 and C17 to raise the frequency from the listed 30hz to the suggested 80hz? And how is that determined for this circuit with the two caps in parallel with each other?

Here's the GV2 schematic and my layout:

I wonder if they will encourage everyone to curbstomp and bandsaw a guitar on the way out?

On a side note, wasn't it Jack Daniels that says they filter their hooch with charcoal made from the wood from Gibson plants? I recall one of the booze companies talking about it.

It's 30 years later, and Maverick is now flying rubber dogshit out of Hong Kong. It's a Fedex flight. Tom Hanks enters the cockpit...

Glue together layers of cardboard to reach the height you need, (cereal box or similar.) Stick to box with double sided sticky tape, stick velcro to cardboard.
A big enough spacer cut to shape would support the entire bottom from flexing.