Deluxe Memory Man

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I recently purchased a Dirtbag board from Madbean on which to build one of the most venerable delays ever crafted, the Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man. First up here is the populated board Its a pretty serious build. I didnt read the manual properly (skim) before starting, but thanks to experience I populated the board … Read more

Ive been busy…part 1

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Damn its been too long. I got reminded recently that people still read this blog. Really genuinely lovely to hear that, and also that people are finding it a good read, which is important too. Not just reading it to laugh at my efforts making effects pedals. So what have I been up to you … Read more

First Madbean Build

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I’ve done a number of pedal builds now, most of them Vero. Vero is awesome. Its cheap, its fun to work with, and it feels really old school and DIY to me. Sure its a lot of work sometimes, but its so accessible (you literally only need a tool to cut traces with and thats … Read more

Verification!

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I managed to successfully put together my Big Cheese layout, and it fired up first time – honest – no messing about here. I dont think there is any need for the large layout so I wont bother with that one, the 28×18 is pretty accomodatable in a BB size enclosure. So here it is, … Read more

My First Vero Layout

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I thought I would give something back to the community that has afforded me so much education, excitement and enjoyment over the last 6 months. Sure, I’ve just rejigged the OLC PCB layout for the Big Cheese, but damnit I’m proud of myself and noone else was going to do it (!) Its very wide, … Read more