Pepper Spray + What?

[Natman]

I'm building a Pepper Spray (just waiting for some parts in the mail). I want to pair it up with another effect in a single enclosure but I can't decide which.   

I have a Red Rooster clone and a Sunking board that might be good candidates. I will use a 4PDT so that I can run one into the other, or vice-versa.   

My main problem is that I don't know where the Pepper Spray will work best -first in chain or last? My Klon sounded best last as a clean boost, but the Red Rooster sounded better first to goose other pedals.

What say you? 

[nieradka]

The pepper spray works best first in the chain. You lose some of its specialness when its behind other effects.

[Morgan]

A booster pairs well with it, placed after the pepper spray. Mine did not have a tone of volume on tap.

[Natman]

Almost done! I decided to pair the Perc with Sunking, also nearing completion. You can see how a 50 V electrolytic is too big for this layout and the 2N3565 hangs off the edge. I was going to socket these like the 2N404A, but too complicated. I spent a little on NOS parts, hope it pays off.     



There's nothing worse than ordering the wrong parts from Mouser. Somehow I never noticed that some small caps were surface mounted!  I've got Berr Brown chips in there now because I liked them a lot in some previous pedals. Going with bat41 diodes to start.