I’ve been watching your videos since I was sixteen (22 now). They gave me the extra push I needed to actually try soldering and circuitry in general. Thanks for what you do!
I made a Twang Pedal years ago. I came across the schematic in an old magazine ( Popular Electronics maybe ) I managed to find all the parts from TVs and radios I had taken apart in the years past. Yes, Electronics hoarder since I was 12. Over 60 now. Sheesh. Thanks for the vid.
Love your videos! One tip I learnt for positioning drill holes for the potentiometers (from doing car building) is to put some toothpaste on the tops of the potentiometers, press them against the surface you want to drill then pull away. You'll have three perfectly positioned spots of toothpaste you can use to position your punch with before drilling :)
Just finish my pedal. Sounds splendid! I took my time; worked on it for about a week. I had a small problem linking the +4.5 volts to all the stages, but got it done. Thanks, deeply enjoy your videos.
good video mate. have a bit of an idea with this stuff but good to see it done. feel like i actually know what i'm doing now. Have recently finished uni, should be able to afford to do some builds now. looking forward to getting on the website
Huh. I came across one of those Germanium diodes you refered to as "Russian" in a Philips CRT TV I tore apart. I wondered what kind of diode that was but hadn't looked around to find out. Good to know. I'll have to try some of those in place of the 1N34a's I used in the past. Thanks for the upload. -Jake
Wouldn't it make sense to also test a build before soldering potentiometers to the PCB? Thinking it would be a lot easier to correct any solder joints than to desolder pots.
Thanks for the video. I'm a noob and I'm getting into these (for my synths! Hoping to turn these into rack modules one day). I'm currently building a Rat clone. I've ordered all the parts and recommended 1/4" jack to me. It's stereo, so I see 5 pins and don't know which is + or GND. Also, How do you know which orientation to put the pots in the pcb? Is there any specific marking to show which way it's correctly placed in the pcb? Any help will be much appreciated! Thanks!
As of the audio jacks, tip is audio signal and sleeve is ground. You can ignore the rest. As of pot orientation, there should be silkscreening on the PCB that illustrates the orientation.
Great video - clearly this circuit is going to be a lot harder to build (and less compact) without a pcb. How much harder? Not because I don't want to pay for a pcb, but in case of a similar circuit where a pcb isn't available. How much larger would the enclosure need to be? Thanks.
Well, if you dont use the dust covers on the pots, it fits alright in a 1590B, as shown in the video. But if that doesn't work for you, you could go up to 125B enclosure and have plenty of room. Obviously, a 1590BB will be more than enough.
Would it be possible to wire the diode clipper to another foot switch so you didn't have to manually flip it? I'm completely new to pedals and just ordered this PCB as a first go round.
You could, but you would need a latching spdt or dpdt stomp switch. Basically the poles on the stomp switch becomes what the toggle switch lugs would have been.
Hi, Thank you for your work, you make accessible what I thought was impossible. What kind of clay do you use to hold the components in place before soldering, where can I get it? Best regards, thank you.
Hi Caolan. When you place the order you will be redirected to paypal (secure site) to make the payment, so the payment portal is secure. Hope that helps!
I get mine from different sources, depending on price. First, try the DIY Guitar Pedals au site. Other places to check out are DigiKey, Mouser, Tayda Electronics, and Small Bear Electronics. In a pinch, sometimes eBay can be a good spot.
My circuit is jot working ... did it thrice... there must be something I’m doing it wrong. I didn’t understand 12:12 why there is stereo jack at input side. I don’t have any stereo jack handy can i just use a mono jack and gnd the battery to circuit directly. Please help.🌏
@@3015gaurav Are you able to do an audio probe on it? Basically, hook everything up except the output jack's wire so that you can use the output jack wire to probe around the circuit and see where the sound working and where it stops working. Once you see where it stops working, then you will know where to fix.
@@erikvincent5846 I hope you got yours working. My problem was the +4.5 volt links. There is a +4.5 volt link in each panel or stage. They all need to be connected and pin 5. That was my problem, cheers.
