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Not too long ago, I wondered if I could add a chorus/vibrato selector switch to the Touchstone (Small Clone). Mr. Bean said all I needed to do was lift R6 for vibrato mode, so I rebuilt my enclosure with a spot for a switch and it turned out great! Excellent warbel.

Removed R6 (22k) and ran wires from its pads to the center of the DPDT ON-ON that I positioned between the pots. The chorus side of the switch has the 22k resistor, the vibrato side is empty - breaking the clean tone side of the circuit.

Hello,

I dug out my Touchstone today and I've been thinking it would be cool to have a chorus/vibrato switch.

If I put a SPDT On-On-On in the circuit just after Q2 to either continue the original circuit or send the signal from that spot straight to output, would that work?

Thanks!

I had an excellent time with this. My first build with a soft-touch switch, and I think I'm in love.

Man, you can't beat this for a free PCB. Sounds great! Adds to the headroom of a clean humbucker almost like it's running at 18v. Love it!

It's April 15th and I CAN'T WAIT TO BUY A SETBACK! The FX90 was the first delay pedal I ever owned and now I get to build one!

Hello,

I am working on the latest version of the NomNom (Phase 90). I am getting a clear signal when engaged but not phasing. I have been through the board with an audio probe and the clean signal/rate pot section seems to be the problem. I have signal at the emitter of Q1, but when I move on to R25, and the other spots in that section (including the right side of IC1), I get a faint heartbeat type flopping noise that speeds and slows when I adjust the pot. The left side of IC1 is passing signal as normal, along with all the other two ICs. I've tries adjusting T1 with no change. Voltages seem okay. I've tried 4 different TL072s in IC1 with no change. Hoping this is a common thing that someone will notice right away. Thanks!

1 Spot power supply at 9.42v

On all three ICs  1-3 and 5-7 are  3.85v, 4 is 0 and 8 is 9.16
Q1 is 2.27C 2.8B 3.85E
Q2-5 all three pins are at 3.85 or very close to it

Hey all,

As the title says, I finished the Freekout, and when engaged, I'm getting a boosted signal but no modulation. I can hear the whine of the generator, and it goes up and down if I adjust the pots, but no effected signal.

Checked all the part values, I don't see any solder bridges, here's the voltages:

Input 18.06V
Trim 50%
Pots all fully clockwise

IC1
683mV
35mV
35mV
-14.46V
38mV
38mV
38mV
14.37V

IC2
-1.3mV
.58mV
-16.5mV
.58mV
-14.5V
4.1mV
0
14.87V

IC3
8.8V
7.38V
7.49V
11.76V
11.75V
14.87V
11.7V
11.7V
7.8V
7.53V
.56mV
5.64mV
_
1mV

IC4
0
1.3mV
0
-14.5V
2mV
2mV
2mV
14.87V

IC5
-14.49V
-6mV
-4.9mV
-14.5V
-14.5V
-4mV
14.87V
_

IC6
1.9V
7.97V
.7mV
-6.64V
-14.5V
2.5V
1.4V
14.8V

REG
17.74V
.36mV
14.87V

Hello,

Finished the Current Lover recently. Worked great unboxed. After I boxed it, the effected part of the signal went away. So just clean signal with the effect engaged. After some messing around, I discovered that there is some issue with the in/out jacks. The problem is happening when the jacks are installed in the box. If i unscrew them and hang them off the side of the box, the effect comes back. I've tried different jacks. This enclosure is unpainted. Am I grounding/shorting the board with the jacks touching the metal? It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. I thought about trying to cover/paint the inner edges of the holes for the jacks, but what would I use? Thanks!

Loved building this, and it actually worked the first time I plugged it in!

Question: as I am adjusting bias, around the mid-point there's a ton of distortion. Is this normal? I have to set the bias trim to 100% to get flange, and it's still kinda noisy. Is there a chip i should try swapping out to see if that makes a difference? I bought my BBD from Small Bear, so should be legit.

If anyone has any tips, let me know.

Thanks!