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OK,  so I've been very busy for several months,  but im having problems with the Hipster.  I only get decent fuzz when I put the knobs in a very specific location.  I'm thinking I used crappy pots,  because there seems to be a HUGE dropoff while turning the knobs, plus I bought the cheapest ones available from TAYDA.  It goes from "nothing" to "way too much".  Any ideas?

Last question on the Nom Nom .  just realized I bought and soldered 3296w trimpots instead of the Bourns 3362......will they work or do I need to buy the right obese and swap em out?

Got it working.  Had a grounding issue again.  Now she's working.  She's ugly as hell, but she's fuzzy and working!

OK, I'm going to probe it again and I will try to get all the voltages listed if I have time tonight.  Stupid question,  when I'm probing should I just go directly from the input to the output?  I don't need to probe connections that go to power or ground, correct?

Ok so I gave the hipster an official test and all I'm getting is either ungodly screeching noises or nothing.  Bypass works fine.  Any other ideas?

This thread's name is a good representative of today's modern reality.

Hahahhaha that's great!   

You have to ground the sleeve of the other jack too, if its outside enclosure. Just put some jumper there while testing.

Well that was it.  Its a bit scratchy but its working!  Thanks a bunch.

OK,  so  I finished my hipster and now when I plug it in I get an extremely loud staticy feedbackish noise. I audio probed the board and it seemed ok.  All my values are correct. I used bc108s for the transistors. Everything else is standard except I omitted the LED.  For some reason my phone won't let me up loud so I have the pics here http://m.imgur.com/a/bjQ93
I can get the transister lead values in a little bit,  I'm  on break at work right now.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!  That leads me to my next question,  I have everything else assembled and now my pedal doesn't work.  It will bypassbut when I press the switch to turn on the pedal no sound.  Do I HAVE TO remove that resistor for it to function? 

One more question for the time being,  is there any way I can skip on using a LED?  I made amistske while ordering and didn't order enough.  I would like to get it working Now and then put on the LED when it arrives,  Hipster is the board in question.

Also,  can LEDs be wired either way?  Trying to keep all my dumb questions in one thread.

1. The opposite the silkscreen so it looks like you're putting them in backwards.
2. Usually exactly the way they are spaced. Middle pin goes in the middle. Other two go however you want, but ideally how it fits best.
3. Yes
4. Caps are caps doesn't really matter unless you're going to run something at 18v.
Enjoy!


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Call me an idiot but opposite the silkscreen, meaning solder them to the other side of the board?

OK guys,  a few more silly questions. 
#1 the pin out is backwards.  Could you elaborate on that a little bit?

2. How does the trimpot get placed on the PCB

3.  Is 10n Equal to 10nf

4.  I accidentally got the small style of cap instead of the larger style .  Can I still use them if the ratings are correct?  See pic related.

Thanks again.  I'm used to harsh communities,  I like this one and think I will stay here.

Awesome thanks guys.  I'm somewhat of a perfectionist and these are my first pedal builds so I'm worrying and over thinking everything.  Any tips for a first timer?