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Looks great, did you spray paint the finish?

Nope didn't use any finish on it at all, was too excited to box it and have a play. It does look it has some kind of coating though, must have been the lighting! Next time I might try doing a decal + clear coat over a pre-painted box.

So this is the first pedal I've ever built! .. apart from an attempt at a Tube Driver clone which got as far as a failed double-sided PCB I tried to etch.

Started off trying to drill the holes by hand, that sucked so I went and bought a drill press, next thing I need to buy is those things that hold the PCB for you while soldering. I never realised how many tools building a pedal requires! 

Here it is anyhow:







I haven't quite looked into how to do any kind of decorating, so I just ordered a pre-painted box from Small Bear, but it would be nice if I could figure out how to do some artwork for future projects.

Also I need to look into some better wire, the stuff I used was like stranded copper but not bonded? Made soldering a nightmare! Ended up with some bad wire joints here and there which had me troubleshooting for a little while once I boxed up.

Once I fixed it all it sounded fantastic though, I used a Burr-Brown OPA2134 and I think its perfect!