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Nearly finished constructing the board. Is that a 100nf MLCC you list there? I don't think I have one of those bad boys.. I've got some 100nf film caps though, will they do the trick or should I go and source a 100nf MLCC?

Also, have you crossed out R68 and R69 on the diagram for connecting the board because you're saying to remove these resistors first? Thanks man

Has anyone tried contacting Peter about the added buffer? He might have some good insight/be interested with changes—especially if he's considering a rev 2 of the board.

I was thinking about emailing him but I might leave that to the actual creator of this potentially excellent alternative.. EBK have you tried getting in touch with Peter?

Very nice! Ok I think I get the layout now. Have you had a chance to test it with the KB? Really itching to know if this is viable! Great work regardless man.

Sorry I'm still a little confused.. I've attached a screenshot where I've circled the part in question. To the right of it I see the symbol for a resistor and to the right of the resistor I see the symbol for a bipolar cap but I thought a straight line meant simply a point to point connection with hookup wire? Sorry man I'm kinda new to all this, just trying to understand and hopefully learn something!

This is fantastic! Thanks so much for keeping me up to date! Can you tell me what the circle around one of the connections means at the bottom right of the vero drawing?

oh man, sorry I should have thought to check there! :/ Thanks for that.

Awesome!! Sounds plausible but then again I know very little. I too have many spare TL072's and veroboard scraps. Please do keep me up to date. Would love not to have to replace this hulking cap after 2000/10k hours!

Hi there, I've had the Triumvirate sitting on my desk for a long time now because I've been waiting for the correct 9mm pots.

Anyhow, I was wondering if there's a drill guide for these projects? I've noticed a fair few of them have the same layout (mixture of 16mm and 9mm pots).. I'm sorry if this has been right in front of me the whole time, but I've looked through the VFE build guide and the Triumvirate guide and there's nothing there. I also saw Brian mention that he created a drill guide in the VFE FAQ sticky forum post but couldn't find a link or anything there?

Thanks in advance

Could also make an op amp buffer daughter board to create a buffered Vref.  I'm debating whether to do this instead of buying a BFC.

This sounds interesting although I have no idea what you're talking about! Could you explain what you mean? Are you thinking about making some kind of veroboard thing?

Do you think that cap I linked to matches the recommended one enough? I ended up just ordering it anyway. I think it cost me $6 inc postage so no big loss if I've made the wrong decision.

I'm shopping for parts for this mod.. seeing as I really only need the 10000uf cap and due to Mouser's expensive shipping to Australia I'm trying to find an alternative on RS. I found this one..

https://au.rs-online.com/mobile/p/family-id/7442029/

It looks pretty similar in size, a little shorter in length and it's life is 2000 hours compared to the Mouser one having 10000 hours. What do you guys think?

Bummer the new boards didn't materialise this weekend hopefully in the not so distant future! I will wait with bated breath

Ok you've sold me! I will definitely do the mod I watched the video the day it came out and it's great that it can all be performed without having to remove the board. Opening that thing up again seems like a daunting task at this stage, so I think I'll give it a little while.

Good luck with your mods though, would love to hear how u guys get on!

Yep how could I not notice that hulking cap haha!! I thought about doing the mods initially as when I saw Peters video I didn't even have the 9mm pots and switches soldered in yet, would have been the perfect time to do it really. But I figured that I didn't even know if the pedal worked yet! So yeah, I'll do some tests and make sure it all works and then I'll think about doing the mod.

Is the signal bleed etc really that bad? Cheers man.

Thank you kind sir!

That's a cool technique! Will keep that one in mind.

One more question, does anyone know where to source the knobs that are used on the retail KB?