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If it doesn't work first time, the most time consuming part is probably working out why it doesn't work.
A boost circuit shouldn't have too many parts though so hopefully won't take too long.
Depends on how experienced you are soldering, stripping wires etc. And whether you run into problems you have to figure out where you went wrong! With a bit of luck, a couple of short afternoons?
With the above, I’d expect it to take a couple of hours.
If you’ve not got the kit/skills, and try to rush the job (and don’t make the connections properly), it could take forever ... until you chuck the pedal in the bin out of frustration at not being able to get it to work.
If you're new to it then I'd guess on 1.5x those estimates. Don't forget... slow & careful = fast in the end
The fuzzrite is a pretty basic pedal, and (to my surprise) nothing really went wrong, so a more complicated pedal would take (me) longer.
As a result I populated and assembled a fuzz dog JRockett Blue Note in about 90 minutes.
I fill the board resistors, diodes, ic sockets, caps then wires (basically increasing height order) in component order r1, r2 etc double checking each component as I put it in with the component tester, and then flip the board and solder and trim the legs... then put in the test harness through a pod or pignose
Measuring the placement of the holes is my only stumbling block, a jig I had 3d printed doesn't fit too well, so it's tricky to measure with the rounded edges and sloped sides. Making the holes slightly bigger mitigates some inaccuracies but it's it's faff about 90 mins again.
I'd suggest jumping in and starting, mistakes will be made and modern fuzz dog pcbs are a lot better at being resolvered