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So while waiting for paint to dry etc, I have been working on the artwork. Started with the boost pedal and have refined the "Power Up" theme a bit. I think I will go for the sticky paper option this time - I don't think the colours will work with the water slide stuff.
Unfortunately, I have encountered a problem. My printer is printing with a regular missed line throughout. It's on the black ink cartridge so maybe it's something I can rectify with a sharpie but I doubt it. Not sure if a new cartridge will work, or if it's something in the printer hardware that's blocked. No amount of running the clean programme seems to make a difference.
I'll try a new cartridge and if that doesn't work, then it will be a new printer at some point.
I hate faffing with inkjet printers, I usually leave that to Mrs. Philtre...I don't have the patience for them. When that problem happened to me once I just went and bought another printer for fifty squids from Argos. ;-)
Edit - that missed line thing happens to my printer sometimes but doesn't do it on the highest best quality settings.
Well done, just found this thread. Nice artwork too!
And welcome to stripboard. I always reckon that using a PCB is not DIY-enough for me
My latest build does use one of those stomp-switch daughterboards though (https://www.taydaelectronics.com/pcb/diy-guitar-effects/3pdt-footswitch-diy-pcb.html), so maybe I have gone to the dark side!
Ooh, I may give it a go on a high quality setting and see then.
I agree - I'm quite intrigued looking around the internet at trying a home made PCB design/etch at some point. I think I will leave that until the stage where I am designing my own circuits though. I do like the little switch PCBs, they seem to make wiring the switch less faffy. Those ones look like they hug the pins a bit better than the Fuzzdog ones too. I can't see a diagram for how it's wired - do they ground the circuit input when it's bypassed? I read somewhere that if you don't you can get noise in high gain circuits?
Nothing stopping you soldering wires from the PCB to the pots is there? (except on crammed builds, obvs).
Interestingly the best sounding pedal I’ve ever made was built with vero and I’ve tried 3 different pcbs from different pcb sellers and none of them sound as good!