I've been a forum lurker here for about 6 months. I've seen a lot of amazing pedal builds posted, complex and clean. They set the bar pretty high. Here's my first attempt at a Madbean build and my second pedal build overall: a Sea Urchin Delay with tap tempo using a Haberdasher-etched Sea Urchin PCB with a JMK PCB's Modulating Taptation board. No the gutshot isn't too pretty, but maybe it'll give some hope to my fellow beginners out there. If I can do it, anyone can!
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Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the pedal. The only other delay I've ever had is a Keely-modded Boss DD-3. This seems pretty hi-fi compared to that - especially with humbuckers - but this is less noticeable with single coils. It also sounds almost like a reverb plus delay instead of just delay, again less so with single coils. I'm curious if other builders have noticed this.
Tap tempo delays are pretty pricey for me, especially as a novice guitar player. I don't think I ever would have had one if I didn't build it myself. It's been fun playing with this pedal. The dotted 8th setting make me sound like the Edge! ... if he played slower and made lot's of mistakes. LOL
It started up pretty well ... after I remembered to insert the IC's (yep, I really am a beginner). There was quite a lot of pop when stomped on until I put 1 M resistors on the in/out jacks. It also stopped working after a few weeks (no repeats), but came back to life when I put a jumper across pins 3 and 4 of the PT2399 IC. I wouldn't have known to do any of this without the Madbean forum. Thanks to all.
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![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/32/619o.jpg)
Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the pedal. The only other delay I've ever had is a Keely-modded Boss DD-3. This seems pretty hi-fi compared to that - especially with humbuckers - but this is less noticeable with single coils. It also sounds almost like a reverb plus delay instead of just delay, again less so with single coils. I'm curious if other builders have noticed this.
Tap tempo delays are pretty pricey for me, especially as a novice guitar player. I don't think I ever would have had one if I didn't build it myself. It's been fun playing with this pedal. The dotted 8th setting make me sound like the Edge! ... if he played slower and made lot's of mistakes. LOL
It started up pretty well ... after I remembered to insert the IC's (yep, I really am a beginner). There was quite a lot of pop when stomped on until I put 1 M resistors on the in/out jacks. It also stopped working after a few weeks (no repeats), but came back to life when I put a jumper across pins 3 and 4 of the PT2399 IC. I wouldn't have known to do any of this without the Madbean forum. Thanks to all.