Hi All,

Sorry for placing this topic here, but anyone knows what happened to the PCBGM website ?

Seems that the site is working accepting new orders but then nothing happens.
I have ordered some PCBs on April 14th and until today nothing changed from day one, always showing processing status nothing more.

I have ordered through Paypal and will leave my order a few more weeks to see if can be changed the status and they ship the order, but then if nothing happens I will ask a refund.

Do...

Hi all, I recently built a Dr Trebor for a friend of mine. After some troubleshooting (a bad 2N5457 ) It seems to be working except, the boost channel doesn't respond to either the MS trimpot, nor the boost knob - they both affect the normal channel! So, right now my normal channel is louder and has more gain than the MS boost. Would this indicate an issue with my normal channel switch, perhaps? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!

When I switch the effect on, it sounds more like a boost than a distortion pedal. Used my sound probe and found that on IC (LM386) there was distortion on Pin 3, and the transistor (2N5088) had distortion at the Base. There is distortion at R4 and the middle lug of the Gain pot. There is no distortion coming from any output area, whether it is on the PCB, 3PDT, or the Output jack. On the IC at either 6 or 7 there is only clean tone. Not sure how to fix this.
Also, I don't know how to read...

Hi there everybody,
My first post here, I am building the pcb guitar mania ‘59 tweed bassman 1v1 (and a few of their other boards). bought mostly on the premise that these were Bajaman designs.

I have hit a fairly unexpected problem..
I did not get sent the breakout for the pedals.

I tried customer support with no success.
I have tried deciphering the switching diagram for the breakout, and no cigar.
I have also tried a handful of other switch wirings..nothing..
I thought that maybe that...

Hi all,

So I'm done with the pedal and it works fine now. As I haven't found anybody else posting a build report I thought I may just write my own.

I'm a fan of the small Solid Metal (AION makes one, too, they call it the Ember Distortion). So I really wanted the Pro version as well.

1. The Pro version gives you way more control.
2. The Pro version has lots of loops. A universal loop (always on when the pedal is on), a boost loop (only on when boost is on) and last but not least a bypass...

Hello everyone,

I‘m completely new to the pedal building game and I‘m having some start problems. I build the Sinner Bass Drive from PCB and it doesn‘t do ANYTHING. I was pretty confident that I soldered all the parts in their rightful places but maybe there‘s something I‘ve forgotten. How do I best go about finding the problem with such a project?
I‘ve attached some pictures, I would be very grateful for any help here.

Are these identical? And BOM shows a 7806 volt reg but schem shows 7815. Anybody know which is correct? Thanks

Hi. I made a grumpy capuchin or bad monkey. I get sound when bypassed and the led lights up when stomped, but then I don’t get sound. I am suspecting there migtt he be something wrong with the mmbfj201. Anyone know what resistance or other things I can measure on it while it is on the board? I know I can put more solder on the switch, but I don’t think that is the problem so far since I get bypassed sound and led light when engaged (although no sound). IMG_1120.jpeg

Hi all,

I'm keen on building the Solid Metal Pro. Going through the needed parts right now and I'm stuck at the jacks.

The build doc is here .

The doc just says 2 audio jacks in the shopping list. But there are also the following jacks which can be connected to the PCB:

Sidetrack loop jacks
Universal loop jacks
Boost Loop jacks

I'd definitely like to add these jacks as well. But I'm not sure what jacks are needed.

Can I use 2 normal mono jacks and 6 stereo amp style jacks? Or do I need...

Hi all,

Once again I'm asking for your support :troll:

This is the Solid Metal Pro/Solid Rock Pro from PCB Mania.
Build doc

The PCB Mania schematic is pretty much the same as was initially posted here on FSB.

FSB schematic

PCB Mania changed the orientation of the pots a bit I think. They also use 2N3820 JFETs instead of J175 in their build doc.

I built this using J175s. And I used B1M for the extra gate pot and the internal gate trim pot, as these are the same in the FSB schematic...

Hi,
I was wondering if the treble and bass pot on the Beloved Timmy pedal is switched on the PCB and the drilling template? Sounds like it when I play with it.

Maybe I am blind, but how are IC1 and IC2 biased? IIRC the original schem has them at bipolar 15V, but on the build docs they seem to be at 24V-gnd. I cannot see any Vref connection. Will it work as intended without a midpoint bias?
Thx in advance!

Hi all,

Newbie alarm, first post :)

I searched the web for some information but didn't find any build reports for the Vandal from Hell yet.

I ordered a kit of the Vandal from Hell kit from Musikding. The build document is here:

PCBGuitarMan posted a picture of the PCB here on FSB in '21:

In the above thread people wrote that they used their circuit with 12V or 18V power supplies, because the Randall circuit used 24V. But in the build doc of the Vandal from Hell it says 9V.

Also,...

Hi,

I build this pedal from PCB Guitar Mania and if I use it with a dirt pedal in the loop of the Terminator itself all works well.
However, when I try to use it in the Serial Effects send / return of my Amp the signal of the guitar is sent straight to the effects return, instead of the guitar out of the Noise Terminator.

Anyone experienced this problem?

Thanks, Ron

Hi,

I have a reissue Fender Blender (corrected wiring and removed resistor to match the original per standard mods) and a PedalPCB Blender kit that both have the same issue: a constant loud hum that is masked when you hit a chord/note but which doesn't seem to actually ever go away. I just spoke to someone else with a reissue, and they said theirs also has the constant hum. But when I watch videos of the reissue online, they are seem to be silent.

I thought for sure the kit would not have the...

Hi all,
I am in need of some help here. I have built a Benzin VH4 from PCB Guitar Mania. The pedal is passing audio signal however it has no distortion (maybe a light overdrive). I have probed the pedal and it seems that audio is nice and full coming from IC1 (Pin 7) but is being cut before it enters IC2 because it is very weak coming out of IC2 Pin7. I also had a hunch that it could be a bad cap in that gain stage so I have swapped out C6,C7,C8 and C10. Is there something I'm missing???????...

Hi all. I am having some issues with my Wolfgang 61 build. I posted on Reddit and I'm trying to repost here for help. There's a video posted over there that clearly shows the issue:

TLDR:
L channel seems fine, R channel seems ok until input gets too hot and then sounds blown out. Overall both channels have a noticeable volume drop from clean.

Hi guys,

I'm corrently working on the Chopper Party Device:

I was wandering what are the 6 lugs connection points (A-0; B-0; C-0) on the PCB next to the Rate Pot of the Phaser and A-T; B-T; C-T) on the Tremolo side. Is this for a normal stereo jack socket to change the rate via expression pedal?

How do I connect the stereo jack? Where is sleeve/ground, ring abd tip?

Thanks in advance

Hi guys,

it's me again. Does anybody of you build the Fuzz Phase pedal:

I was wandering if there are Ge-Transistors (T1 - T8) in addition to Q1-Q4. There are no further informations in the instructions but the circuit and pcb says you will need 8 soviet Ge-trannies (7x MP37, 1x MP42).

Do I need specific hFE for this build so I have to select them?

Maybe sobody can help me because he / she already build this pedal.

The Death by Fuzz IV ( requires specific zener diode 1N5277B which is nearly impossible to find.
Does anybody has a european source or equivalent for this diode? Datasheet says voltage should be 160V with 500mW.

Thanks in advance