Uh-oh - small mistake on my custom big muff PCBs

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pervyinthepark
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But how big is it going to effect me really? I'm worried it might be crapped and I have to order new ones!
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What do you think? Circled is the fucked up diode clipping section where I accidentally ran the caps parallel.
Here is normal Big Muff for reference
http://www.kitrae.net/music/big_muff_guts.html

Is it fucked mate? Should I scrap it or keep going with maybe smaller then 1u caps?
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Post by mictester »

Both clippers are cocked up! The diodes are shorted out.
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It depends on how you've made the PCB, so maybe it's not that easy, but looking at your schematic, you can restore the correct circuit by cutting the trace that is parallel to the diodes
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Post by pervyinthepark »

Shit! I ordered them off the internet. Bummer, I was worried about that.
So I guess I could try using them to make an "un-clipped bigmuff"... which I believe I've read is a pedal somewhere but forgot what. but not what I want.
Oh well. This gives me a chance to try to add all the cap switches, not just the one... but uhg wasted moneys when I'm broke
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