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Rob, in my brief searching I couldn't find anything!  Let me know if you come across something.  There is a A/B switch and A sounds like crap, it'd be nice to figure out what's going on there. 

Oh yes, it'd sound great at the beginning of Stonehenge!

It would take a magnifying glass.  I couldn't make it out with my naked eye.  Used to have awesome eyesight, now I'm 40.

Picked it up for $20.  Really decent sound when in the vintage mode.  Problem was there was a significant volume drop.  Built up a EHX LPB-1 with trimmer on vero and with the help of fine folks here, have it running at unity!  Stoked that I can access the trimpot through the battery compartment, you know, in case I want to crank the volume and use the pedal for a cavernous solo or some other nutty business.  This would be my first mod to a factory pedal.

Ok, wires soldered and trace cut.  Works like a charm. I may have (potentially) the loudest reverb on the planet:). Running it at about 20%.

Ok, so 7 is output for the left channel and 9 is output for the right.  It is a stereo pedal.  So, I'd have to build 2 boosts and have them for each 'channel' correct?
For now, I'm just running mono.  If I cut the trace from the pin to the 7th lug.  Then solder the input of the boost to the pin and the output of the boost to Lug 7.  Is this correct?

Great idea scruffie:). I'll give it a go

So I am attempting to insert a boost after the effect but can't figure out what goes where on the switch.  I used an audio probe to determine the wet signal to be at 7 and 9 on switch (if I have my numbering correct).

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I plan to cut the trace on the switch and splice in the boost if I can figure out which direction (ie out from the board TO out to the plug).

Just finished a LPB-1 vero with trimmer.  Works like a charm.  Doesn't seem to color the sound at all.  Picked up the trimmer and 2N3904 at RS

Yes Jimmy.  You and TNBluesHawk were very kind and patient.  Wouldn't say I was all grown up though;)

Here is what I've settled on for now incase:
http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2013/01/electro-harmonix-lpb1-with-trimmer.html

Just need to order the parts. 

I have a confidence boost boxed up and it sounds great with the reverb to bring the volume up.  I may do the vero LPB 1, if I don't like the results I can take the confidence out of it's box and put it in the reverb.
Thanks guys.

I picked up a Biyang RV-8 reverb unit for $20.  The spring reverb in the 'b' setting really sounds nice.  Problem is there is a significant (to my ears) drop in volume.  I was thinking of adding a simple clean boost with trim pot to set it and forget it to get the volume to unity. 
Any recommendations?

Yeah, I didn't even question the MB enclosure layout, just printed and drilled.  Everything was snug as a bug in a rug as they say.  Seeing as I didn't put a battery snap in there I could have saved myself some headache by spacing things out a bit.

Thanks guys. Alan there's at least 1 mm clearance between the jacks in the LED ;-)

Learned a lot on this build:  Don't try and spray paint in 25 degree weather (bubbles and uneven coatings), don't get the water too warm for the water slide stretching and buckling), it's easy to break the traces on an etched board when putting pressure on the pot wires (destroyed two, notice the wire soldered to the diode, there is another jump underneath).
Good news: it works...first try!