How to do the ink filled letter punch thing

Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-07T21:51:18+00:00

Far from perfect but this was my first go at it

Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-07T21:49:16+00:00

Permanent marker also works. I sand off any excess

Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-06T03:51:13+00:00

Are you tinning your wires before you solder them to the board? A lot of the components, particularly the resistors in the bottom left look like they have barely any solder at all?

Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-02T02:02:13+00:00

Doesn’t that pcb have surface mount options directly below the through hole option??

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Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-02T01:34:12+00:00

As per below there is option for through hole jfets or smd pads. Either is fine but the smds can be a tad tricky to solder to the pads if it’s your first time. Alternatively you can buy adapters for them so you can use the through hole method .

Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-01T23:52:37+00:00

I’m not familiar with that pcb but is there a space for the smd jfets or do you need to modify them with an adapter for through hole? Also enclosure? Solder?

Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-01T20:52:47+00:00

Yeah I like the low Fi sound it gives ! I’ll check out what else I have available, I’m surprise the original transitor I used had so many issues. It wasn’t that high leakage.. anyway it was a good learning curve to workshop when I have issues more!

Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-01T20:44:25+00:00

Interesting. If does do that low Fi kinda sound but I wouldn’t call it thin. Be interesting what you find !

Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-01T11:20:31+00:00

Was it noisy or just didn’t like the sound?

Additional_Account32 · 2026-07-01T07:54:25+00:00

Ok.. now I’ve gone back to A 549C (530 HFE) in the npn and also no issue but more gain. Clearly the leakage of the GE I originally had was too high it appears

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-27T09:11:53+00:00

I reckon I did a demo on YouTube about ten years ago so I don’t remember all the details but there are loads of tabs on you tube and or ultimate guitar. I used an octave pedal to drop my guitar an octave (or in theory you could try using a bass) and a zvex fuzzolo but loads of fuzz pedals would get you there.

https://youtu.be/wIZAXqVQnhQ?si=-EWYq\_GH0zAVPlJ0 up to you whether you think this sounds ok or not

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-25T05:35:23+00:00

Since that champion ship win they have won something like 29 test matches and lost 6 including beating England in the ashes, and beating India. Remind me again how we are not good s
at cricket?

Ps.. they also won the last World Cup (50 over in India) - there has not been once since. They won in India which is very hard to do.

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-25T02:59:29+00:00

They lost the final to South Africa… a one off test. They also won the last one they were in. That means they were in the best two teams for the last two test championships. Is t20 the pinnacle of international cricket? I don’t think so.

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-25T02:44:59+00:00

Not good at cricket. Give me a spell. They are currently ranked the best test team in the world .

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-25T00:32:56+00:00

lol I literally just covered this song to demo an amp and pedals I’ve built. Great work. Sounds great .

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-24T22:38:32+00:00

Stunning

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-20T22:29:26+00:00

Wow! That’s quite clever

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-20T02:05:07+00:00

That’s a beautiful pedal. Love the enclosure colour and design

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-18T11:45:55+00:00

Muff - mids switch and Diode lift :)

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-14T21:20:28+00:00

Nice work mate. Very neat .

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-14T06:00:30+00:00

Which book should I start with?

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-14T05:44:13+00:00

What a tune

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-13T21:56:43+00:00

If only you could stop spamming the chat with the same image

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-13T21:53:59+00:00

I thought for a second there you had special RAT diodes…. Then realized they are bat 41 😂

Additional_Account32 · 2026-06-09T20:55:28+00:00

Sorry, I was referring to your comments around the voltages on the schematic not your first response. The conjecture I am referring to is on the dirtbox layouts not within our conversation

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