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Update: the headers came today after all.

Dope! How about the coming soon stuff?

Well I have no choice except get them out ASAP (plus the other 10 that are basically ready) so I can work on the Microsynth. I'm gonna set a much better pace this year.

Also, I have a small handful of Archibald and Harbinger2 boards not listed in the store. PM me if you would like one.

Back in stock: SSABP, 9mmBB, CurrentLover, Freeloader, IMP, JunkTrunk, Kezurokai, PorkBarrel, Prognosticator, RoughCut, ScareBear, Shortbus, Skoolie and Transponder.

Couple notes:
-TrashCompactor: if you order this with the 4305 chip it will be soldered directly to the main PCB rather than an adapter board.
-Orders with Skoolies will not ship until Friday. The 8pin female headers I include with these were supposed to be here today but are running behind.



I will have more restocks coming probably the first week of February.

That is correct. You will need to manually wire a CLR if you are not using one of the bypass boards. Most of the designs since 2024 are set up this way to make all the drill spots for the LEDs consistent (16mm to the left of the 3PDT). If you want a bypass board, I'm happy to drop one in the mail to you, no charge.

There is a general template in the VFE bypass doc. It works for all the older VFE builds. I don't recall if I ever made one for the Tayda drill service but I certainly can.

Same to y'all! We had some unexpected traveling to do but everything worked out.

I don't know about you guys but I'm ready for 2025 to be in the rear view mirror:)

I placed a JLC order the other day and stupidly forgot to order even just 5 of my Muff2 layout. Sheesh.

[DO NOT PASTE THIS IN THE delauftcolors.scr - create a separate one.]

That would be great! Thanks.

This will change your colors for both schematic and layout to the ones I use. The difference is my colors are much more muted in both to reduce eye strain. Only the most used layers have color changes so you can modify the rest as you like. Please be sure to back any important pref files before making this change and I don't take any responsibility for changes you make. That said, it's straight forward. This is for 7.7. I've attached a zip of the SCR I use if you wanna skip all that stuff.

DO NOT PASTE THIS IN THE delauftcolors.scr - create a separate one.

• Copy the text below into a text file and save it.
• Name the file something like "MyCustomColors"
• Rename the file extension from .txt to .scr.
• Place the file in your Eagle SCR folder
• Open the Layout app then open the file you created using the SCR button
• In the Options menu set Layout Background to use the Colored option and Schematic Background to Black option.
• If you don't like the colors, you can revert back to the default by running the defaultcolors.scr

set palette black;

set palette  0 0xFF000000;
set palette  1 0xB43232C8;
set palette  2 0xB41A6B1A;
set palette  3 0xB432C8C8;
set palette  4 0xFF812020;
set palette  5 0xB4C832C8;
set palette  6 0xB4C8C832;
set palette  7 0xB4C8C8C8;
set palette  8 0x643D3D3D;
set palette  9 0xB40000FF;
set palette 10 0xB400FF00;
set palette 11 0xB400FFFF;
set palette 12 0xB4FF0000;
set palette 13 0xB4FF00FF;
set palette 14 0xB4FFFF00;
set palette 15 0xB4FFFFFF;
set palette 16 0xC8CC6600;
set palette 17 0xC8CC9900;
set palette 18 0xC8336600;
set palette 19 0xC8666633;
set palette 20 0xC8669966;
set palette 21 0xC8336666;
set palette 22 0xC8009966;
set palette 23 0xC8006699;
set palette 24 0xC8FF9900;
set palette 25 0xC8FFCC33;
set palette 26 0xC8669900;
set palette 27 0xC8999966;
set palette 28 0xC899CC99;
set palette 29 0xC8669999;
set palette 30 0xC833CC99;
set palette 31 0xC80099CC;
set palette 32 0xC8996699;
set palette 33 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 34 0xC8CC6666;
set palette 35 0xC8660033;
set palette 36 0xC8663366;
set palette 37 0xC8996666;
set palette 38 0xC8336699;
set palette 39 0xC8339999;
set palette 40 0xC8CC99CC;
set palette 41 0xC8FFCCCC;
set palette 42 0xC8FF9999;
set palette 43 0xC8990033;
set palette 44 0xC8996699;
set palette 45 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 46 0xC86699CC;
set palette 47 0xC866CCCC;
set palette 48 0xC8FBAF5D;
set palette 49 0xC8AFD134;
set palette 50 0xC86A6A6A;
set palette 51 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 52 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 53 0xC8969696;
set palette 54 0xC8969696;
set palette 55 0xC8969696;
set palette 56 0xC8FDC689;
set palette 57 0xC8D9FF3D;
set palette 58 0xC8E3E3E3;
set palette 59 0xC8D62525;
set palette 60 0xC839D437;
set palette 61 0xC8E6E600;
set palette 62 0xC82C7BCE;
set palette 63 0xC89526DE;

set palette white;

set palette  1 0xB4000080;
set palette  2 0xB4008000;
set palette  3 0xB4008080;
set palette  4 0xB4800000;
set palette  5 0xB4800080;
set palette  6 0xB4808000;
set palette  7 0xB4505050;
set palette  8 0xB4C0C0C0;
set palette  9 0xB40000FF;
set palette 10 0xB400FF00;
set palette 11 0xB400FFFF;
set palette 12 0xB4FF0000;
set palette 13 0xB4FF00FF;
set palette 14 0xB4FFFF00;
set palette 15 0xB4000000;
set palette 16 0xC8CC6600;
set palette 17 0xC8CC9900;
set palette 18 0xC8336600;
set palette 19 0xC8666633;
set palette 20 0xC8669966;
set palette 21 0xC8336666;
set palette 22 0xC8009966;
set palette 23 0xC8006699;
set palette 24 0xC8FF9900;
set palette 25 0xC8FFCC33;
set palette 26 0xC8669900;
set palette 27 0xC8999966;
set palette 28 0xC899CC99;
set palette 29 0xC8669999;
set palette 30 0xC833CC99;
set palette 31 0xC80099CC;
set palette 32 0xC8996699;
set palette 33 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 34 0xC8CC6666;
set palette 35 0xC8660033;
set palette 36 0xC8663366;
set palette 37 0xC8996666;
set palette 38 0xC8336699;
set palette 39 0xC8339999;
set palette 40 0xC8CC99CC;
set palette 41 0xC8FFCCCC;
set palette 42 0xC8FF9999;
set palette 43 0xC8990033;
set palette 44 0xC8996699;
set palette 45 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 46 0xC86699CC;
set palette 47 0xC866CCCC;
set palette 48 0xC8FBAF5D;
set palette 49 0xC8AFD134;
set palette 50 0xC86A6A6A;
set palette 51 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 52 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 53 0xC8969696;
set palette 54 0xC8969696;
set palette 55 0xC8969696;
set palette 56 0xC8FDC689;
set palette 57 0xC8D9FF3D;
set palette 58 0xC8E3E3E3;
set palette 59 0xC8D62525;
set palette 60 0xC839D437;
set palette 61 0xC8E6E600;
set palette 62 0xC82C7BCE;
set palette 63 0xC89526DE;

set palette colored;

set palette  0 0xFF000000;
set palette  1 0xC8253647;
set palette  2 0xB4847145;
set palette  3 0xB4008080;
set palette  4 0xC8552C2C;
set palette  5 0xB4800080;
set palette  6 0x64FF0000;
set palette  7 0xB4B4B4B4;
set palette  8 0x784B4B4B;
set palette  9 0xC84B6E91;
set palette 10 0xB4AF955B;
set palette 11 0xB400FFFF;
set palette 12 0xC8984E4E;
set palette 13 0xB4FF00FF;
set palette 14 0xB4FFFF00;
set palette 15 0xB4B4B4B4;
set palette 16 0xC8CC6600;
set palette 17 0xC8CC9900;
set palette 18 0xC8336600;
set palette 19 0xC8666633;
set palette 20 0xC8669966;
set palette 21 0xC8336666;
set palette 22 0xC8009966;
set palette 23 0xC8006699;
set palette 24 0xC8FF9900;
set palette 25 0xC8FFCC33;
set palette 26 0xC8669900;
set palette 27 0xC8999966;
set palette 28 0xC899CC99;
set palette 29 0xC8669999;
set palette 30 0xC833CC99;
set palette 31 0xC80099CC;
set palette 32 0xC8996699;
set palette 33 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 34 0xC8CC6666;
set palette 35 0xC8660033;
set palette 36 0xC8663366;
set palette 37 0xC8996666;
set palette 38 0xC8336699;
set palette 39 0xC8339999;
set palette 40 0xC8CC99CC;
set palette 41 0xC8FFCCCC;
set palette 42 0xC8FF9999;
set palette 43 0xC8990033;
set palette 44 0xC8996699;
set palette 45 0xC8CC9999;
set palette 46 0xC86699CC;
set palette 47 0xC866CCCC;
set palette 48 0xC8FBAF5D;
set palette 49 0xC8AFD134;
set palette 50 0xC86A6A6A;
set palette 51 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 52 0xC87E7E7E;
set palette 53 0xC8969696;
set palette 54 0xC8969696;
set palette 55 0xC8969696;
set palette 56 0xC8FDC689;
set palette 57 0xC8D9FF3D;
set palette 58 0xC8E3E3E3;
set palette 59 0xC8D62525;
set palette 60 0xC839D437;
set palette 61 0xC8E6E600;
set palette 62 0xC82C7BCE;
set palette 63 0xC89526DE;

Brian, do you charge the layer colors to get them more pleasantly dark?

Yes, I have the most used layers set to custom colors to make everything easy on my eyes. I can share the settings if you want.

Maybe I'll just give this one to the community to do with as they please!

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Here's what I was able to pick off from the drawings that are out there now.

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The true answer is that the original design from which all these came is the Jack Orman Mosfet Boost circa 2001.

In fact, if you Google  this text

Jack Orman Mosfet Boost

you will find a hidden portion of the mbp website!

The only appropriate place to add hard clipping would be after IC2.1 and before the Hi Cut control. I'm not sure that this style of circuit would benefit from that option, though.

Are the mA ratings per output or are they shared amongst them and do you have anything else plugged in simultaneously? There should be no operational difference between a 300 or 500mA output so this is curious.

I am guessing that somebody brought the business from them or something to that effect. I thought smallbear was going to be gone, but they got bought and have reopened (did they even close?)

Pedals have become a big business these days. Google says the market size was $3.6 billion in 2024, but in 2020 it was less than 1 billion, by some estimates only about 500 million. That is a huge amount of growth in the market. It may not have made sense for somebody to buy it a couple of years ago when they were closing up shop but with the pedal market probably doubling in that time maybe somebody decided the math was more in their favor. 

Can verify. I made $1B this year.