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Hi,  I was selecting a bunch of parts in Tayda Electronics a while ago and after I selected the items I wanted, I placed the order.  After logging in to PayPal, I decided to pay for the order later.  Fast forward, I tried to pay but can't.  I am in the "My Orders" page and it says that my order is pending for payment.  But I can't find a pay now button!  I went to my PayPal account but found no payment request from the Tayda.  Neither in my email too.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks you in advance.

Does vero count? There is this phase 90 with mods layout that I haven't been able to build successfully.  Sucks looking for 4 matched jfets bought like almost 50 of them but found none that matched or even close, I must be that unlucky. Failed building it twice and now the third time it's still not working. Same problem, low output and no phase effect.  Since I started building pedals like 4-5 months ago this is by far the most difficult. Oh well, back to tracing the problem.  This should develop my circuit troubleshooting skills. lol   

Never received any email for items I wanted to be notified when in stock.  Tayda never answered my emails too nor reply to my chat in facebook. But I love how cheap their prices are.

Soldered 100R on r9 and it worked.  Thanks a lot!

whoa! I guess I'm using the cheaper ones.  mine says bakelite too. but that hasn't happened to any of my vero yet.  I'll be sure to check the material and buy the higher quality boards. good info. thanks!

Just bought epoxy and will apply on the bottom directly. This might make the bottom of the pedal sturdier. hehe thanks a lot guys.

Thanks Leevibe and EBK. Yeah, for some reason I got stuck with vero. I've tried perf and pcb building but I just like starting a build by cutting up the vero, from scratch. and that weird smell, dunno know if I should avoid smelling it. should I? lol is there a prop 65 warning on those boards? 

I don't know if my builds are worthy enough to be posted here. XD I still suck at clean wiring and have zero talent in designing enclosures. I will get there soon. Need to practice my soldering skills first. hehe

Thanks for the reply somnif.  I'll replace the 1M with 100 ohms when I get home. I suspect those two resistors have something to do with the 9v power since they are solder there with the jack.  Don't know why that resistor got burnt because the owner said he seldom uses the pedal and just keeps it in the shelf.

Will keep you posted after I replace r9. Thanks again.

Are Verobuilds allowed here? I've just started building, I think 4 months ago? I used to always buy pedals but most of them lack the sound/feature I wanted.  I would love the sound of one overdrive but then I thought that it would be cool if it had this feature and that design so I started modding but ended up building from scratch instead.  I love that feeling of accomplishment every time a project runs, especially the first time you plug it in. Currently on my 7th project, a TS9 with clipping switch. Almost done with 7th project, but 100s more to go.

Hi, I don't know if this is the correct place to post this. Please inform me if I'm in the wrong section. Anyway I'm modding and fixing an mxr distortion+ rev d. Saw one burnt resistor just below the dc power jack. It is tagged as R9 in the pcb. Anybody know the value? I tried to test it with DMM but got no value and google provided schematics, but only up until R6. It kinda looks like a 1M value so I replaced, but now pedal won't turn on. Here are some pictures.

Thank you all for the suggestions.  What Matmosphere said is exactly what I'm worried about now.  I guess I need to do thesmokingman's suggestion, put epoxy on the bottom.  Should be able to pull it out from the board without worrying if the can would bend each time I move the pedal.  How do you make epoxy stick on that surface?  Should I sand it rough?

Thank you for the reply Axldeziak.  I've had not so good experiences with sticky tape or super glued velcro where it comes off if ever I take out the pedal.  I always move pedals from two pedalboards, a small one (3-4 pedals) and big one (8-10 pedals).

I guess there's no other option huh?  Do I need to sand the bottom of the can so the tape/superglue will stick?  It won't stick well on shiny surfaces, right?  I've always attached velcro on the enclosure screws every since I stopped tape/gluing them.

Hello all.  This is my first post. I have already built some pedals and tried my hand on boxing circuits in a small tincan. After finishing two of these builds I was wondering how to attach the velcro under this type of tincan. You see, the bottom of the can is not flush with the bottom of the walls. Any ideas? I was thinking of drilling and screw on the velcro but I'm afraid the can might twist or bend since the bottom part of the can is thin.

Here are some pictures of the build. any help is greatly appreciated.