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Mostly just curios--the name grabbed me. As I have an 8 year old's sense of humor, 'pig butt' makes me grin. I know pignose makes some stompboxes but I don't know if they actually do what they claim which is put a 'legendary' 7-100 amp-in-a-box. Something like that with a booster goosing it?

A butler tube driver would be a fun project. I've never played one firsthand but you never hear anything bad about them...

Still need to pop an IC in this beast to confirm functionality but I made it fit into a Small Bear 125B case w/ top mounted jacks. The footswitches are both a tad close to the speed & filter pots but such is life.

I can (almost) hear zappa's Ship Ahoy...

I gotta say, that makes me grin every time I think about it. Any spoilers on this 'secret project' distortion box? Looking forward to news on this once you've settled down from the move.

I got a 125b box from small bear all drilled and it's going to be a tight fit. Gonna wire it up tonight. I'm suspending the main board via 2 9mm pots and I think it'll be just fine. maybe lay down a patch of velcro or somesuch to act as a relief mat under the main board...

Wish me luck!

Hmm. Do you imagine there would be any structural issues by soldering 9mm pots directly to the main board and 'hanging' the board off those 2 enclosure-mounted pots? Would those 6 pins support the weight of the main PCB? They look so flimsy but this would save so much space I *might* be able to cram this into a smaller enclosure with top mounted input/power jacks.....

The link you posted for the 8 pots is correct (order 8x 100K 'B' taper). These will solder directly to the smaller auxiliary board of the Dig Dug.

16mm vs. 24mm is largely irrelevant--it's just the diameter of the round area of the pot. 16mm will give you more breathing room in a smaller case but, functionally, they're the same thing. There are some who claim 24mm have longer lifetimes due to more robust innards but I don't know if that's myth or truth. At any rate, these larger pots will be wired to the PCB.