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Well, after considerable trouble-shooting, it's working. Not sure what the problem was, but thanks for the help with the diode/10k resistor.

Also, just to be clear, there're two ground pads on the PCB for the Smoothie, and one is for convenience, right? Both aren't used?

Still no output, at all. I swapped out the 100V zener for a 10k resistor, and my pinout Vbs are good, except for pin 3 on IC 1, which is 3.

I also get .3-.5 on pinout 3 of Q1 and Q2. Is that normal?

I have no idea where to go next, any thoughts? I wish I had a signal probe! I should make one, soon.

I could easily dump the board and components and start again, but as a new builder, I'd really like to trouble-shoot this thing until it works.

Thanks, man, that really helps! I guess I missed the 10k sub note in the docs.

Have the voltages I've been running through my components have done damage?

Hi, I'm building a Smoothie, and I'm not get any sound out of the effect when it is on. I am getting a bypass signal. I used 2N5952s (I ordered a quad set from Guitar PCB) and reversed them 180 from the silk screen as instructed. I also had a local store order me a zener diode, but they got the wrong one. They gave me a 100v 1W zener. The guy at the store told me it shouldn't matter, because I only needed to meet or exceed the values.

Well, now I'm getting some pretty high voltages for my ICs and transistors. I won't list all the voltages, but they're around 9v for most of the pin outs (0 where 0 should be), when I'm pretty sure they should be closer to 3-5.

I've reflowed all my joints, triple-checked component values, and feel foolish (total noob). I wanted to believe this guy so I could get this project running, and now I've spent several hours trouble-shooting this build. Could it just be this diode?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Ok, cool. Thanks for the answers, guys. It sounds like the up/down switch is cool, but not all that
necessary, particularly in a real-time sense.

Hi y'all, I'm thinking about throwing my hat into the FSH-1 ring, and after having done a fair amount of digging through build reports, it seems like the Madbeans version might be the one for me. I do, however, have some questions around the up/down switch featured on some of the other versions: 1) if I'm correct, it seems like it was left off the Madbeans version, was there a reason for that i.e. is it not that important or useful? 2) is there a way to mod the build to include an up/down switch? Thanks, I appreciate the help.!

Hi All,

Could someone please point me in the direction of a good DIY power supply for powering 15 pedals, between 9v-18v? Something that's well-regulated and clean?

Thanks!

Hi All, is there a thread someone can point me to for support in wiring the D'Lay board to the Zero Point SDX? I saw one post, but it looked like the pedal was still have some issues. If there's not a thread, does anyone have some pointers on wiring a D'Lay to a ZP SDX? Thanks!

Thanks!

Hi All,

Just curious, for anyone who's built a Double Flush, what was the appx total cost of realizing the pedal?

Thanks, Mike

Yeah, I'm a newbie to the world of analog delay and procuring BBD chips, definitely. Thanks for all the support and input!

I've modded about 10 Boss pedals and built a handful of BYOC pedals, including the OD2 and their tremolo. I've also been soldering components for about 20 years. I'm confident about my building skills, I just haven't calibrated an analog delay, yet.

Thanks for all the feedback. I'm leaning now toward building a Zero Point SDX or buying a cheaper analog delay with modulation; however, I really would like to develop my building chops, so a BBD pedal might be in my future.

Thanks, I've been going between building an analog delay pedal with modulation vs. buying one--I already have a decent digital delay. As the instructions say, there aren't very many analog delays with modulation, cheaper than $200. But it might be worth spending $150 on a Malekko or Carbon Copy. Or building the Zero Point SDX.