Here are a couple of my builds from this week. First up is the GuitarPCB Stage 3 Boost. My first 1590A!! My last 1590A!! Yikes. I don't know how you guys do it. This seemed like a relatively simple build, but getting it all crammed in there seems ridiculous. I'm not really hearing a difference between the 2 switch positions. I'll have to play around with my Gibsons to see if humbuckers make a difference. I do like how it sounds, though. A little sparkly with a huge, very clean boost. It definitely goes to 11. I don't have any desire to build another 1590A, but I have to admit that I am intrigued by this tiny pedal thing.
Next is the EM Drive from a Tagboard FX layout. I had 5 minutes, so I practiced some vero skills. Worked right away on the test rig. I played around with a bunch of transistors and found the 2n5088 sounded crappy, the 2n3904 was a little better and the 2n2222 sounded the best to my ears. No mojo here, but it has a really warm, amp-like overdrive. And plenty of volume! I thought a rubber stamp of an atom would look really cool on the enclosure, but I was feeling impatient. Got to use that little asterisk stamp, though!