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Jay wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:04 pm 160V for a cathode bypass capacitor? Would have thought 25V would be ample

If that's the case, I think I've got some Vishay Roederstein MKT 1813 caps somewhere. I'm pretty sure I have a few 0.68uf / 680nf but only rated at 63-volts if I recall correctly. I'd need to dig them out to confirm.

Got a new soldering iron recommendation- Ksger T12 https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLB7286 Heats in 2 seconds, is tiny and cheap. Tony Pepers recommended it, arrived in 6 days, and it’s superb. $70ish can’t be beat. I was looking at something similar before being gifted a Goot RX711AS soldering station.

Nice one to both the maker and the player.

Sounds great. Kudos to the builder and the player.

jeremyb wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:05 pm

A lot of people listen with their eyes however. That TS-808 once owned by SRV will sound way better than that Joyo Vintage Overdrive.

I've always liked that cab.

NZTone.e wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:02 pm Yeah fair enough mate, I was just joshing ya!

He does some good flurries though, so I bet he could rip it up if he wanted too!

One of my all-time favorite players that for sure. No doubt. I'm sure he could really let it rip if he wanted to.

Not sexy? Are you mad? Don’t think there’s another player in the world that can nail that mornful whale like David gilmour does, definitely sexy mate! Flashy might have been a better word. No two-handed tapping, whammy bar dive bombing etc. What the Average Joe would think amazing guitar playing wa...

jeremyb wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:40 am People are sometimes more impressed by a million notes played at speed than a few played with feeling and emotion

I can appreciate the skill level of shred guitar but prefer a bit of space and feeling between notes.

jeremyb wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:03 pm He's one of the rare breed who just sounds like himself, much rather be that than a generic solo guy

Agreed. I think that because his playing isn't sexy to a lot of people don't recognise his greatness.

The service notes for the RE-201 should tell you the operating voltage. A rough rule of thumb is to use a capacitor that is rated at least double the voltage it will see in circuit. For example, if the voltage of a pedal is 18-volts you'd want caps rated at at least 25-volt or higher. 35-volt would ...

Looks pretty cool.

jeremyb wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:49 pm BE-OD is noisy AF, I turned the trimpot down a ton on mine and its better, still sounds like a cranked marshall too! Will check out some smallbox reviews!

I had a Deluxe for a while and turned the trimpot all the way down and that was still too much.

Put this one together over the Christmas / New Year's break; a clone of the Friedman Smallbox using a board from PedalPCB . https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b27a7e_acccdd4e782646c8929bae0c1fff34d5~mv2.jpg https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b27a7e_0f9009cf34c84faaa3b15a8fe5da5a3b~mv2.jpg I prefer i...

Sweet! Someone needs to start a guitar gadget related 3D printing thread. JB??? Ahhhh i think I've posted some stuff before, might be in the workbench thread or similar :mental: I've got a design in my head for a really compact expression pedal I wanna make, with a tap tempo button for my DD-8 as w...