BYOC Silver Pony 2 Kit Instructions Download

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Summary of Contents for Silver Pony 2

Page 1: ...arranty any of the individual parts once they have been used If you have a component that is used but feel it was defective prior to you using it we reserve the right to determine whether or not the c...

Page 2: ...veryone titles their threads HELP then it makes it impossible for the people who are helping you to keep track of your progress A very brief description of your specific problem will do It will also m...

Page 3: ...ny 2 Kit Instruction Index Parts Checklist page 5 Populating the Circuit Board page 7 Main PCB Assembly page 16 Wiring page 19 Installing the IC Finishing up page 23 Operation Overview page 24 Schemat...

Page 4: ...4 This is what your kit should look like when it s complete Your kit may come with different color capacitors switches etc Don t be alarmed by this They all still do the exact same thing...

Page 5: ...n Black Black Orange Brown or Brown Black Yellow Gold 2 392k Orange White Red Orange Brown 1 422k Yellow Red Red Orange Brown 1 1M Brown Black Black Yellow Brown or Brown Black Green Gold Visit www by...

Page 6: ...0SCPA etc Potentiometers SNAP OFF THE SMALL TABS ON THE TOP OF THE POTS OFF WITH A PAIR OF NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS 3 B10k Boost Output Treble 1 B100k Dual Gang Gain Hardware 1 predrilled enclosure w 4 scre...

Page 7: ...7 Populating the Circuit Board Step 1 Add all the resistors Resistors are not polarized and can be inserted in either direction...

Page 8: ...ermanium Ge diodes Your Ge diodes my have two stripes Match the darker stripe up with the lines on the PCB layout Ultimately it doesn t matter since the Ge diodes are only clipping diodes As long as y...

Page 9: ...DER THE SOCKET NOT THE ACTUAL IC This is a socket The sockets get soldered to the PCB The ICs get inserted into the sockets The actual IC chip itself never gets soldered You will insert the IC into th...

Page 10: ...10 Step 5 Add the film and ceramic disk capacitors These are non polarized so they can go in either direction The capacitors highlighted in yellow are the ceramic disc capacitors...

Page 11: ...11 Step 6 Add the two clipping LEDs Orient them so the long lead goes into the square hole...

Page 12: ...ARE polarized meaning there is a positive and negative end The positive side will have a longer lead and goes in the square solder pad The negative side will have a shorter lead and a stripe running a...

Page 13: ...13 Step 8 Add the battery snap...

Page 14: ...14 At this point your board should look like this...

Page 15: ...he ends Tinning means to apply some solder to the stripped ends of the wires This keeps the strands from fraying and primes the wire for soldering Solder one end of a 2 5 piece of wire to each of the...

Page 16: ...osure Your kit may come with either an external thread or internal thread Don t get confused by this They still function exactly the same You just thread the external nut on the outside and the intern...

Page 17: ...ottom or solder side is up Insert the four potentiometers toggle switch and the LEDs into the bottom side of the PCB DO NOT SOLDER ANYTHING YET The LED will have one lead that is longer than the other...

Page 18: ...u ve also snapped the tabs off the pots as well before installing Step 4 Turn the entire pedal over so that the component side of the PCB is facing up Lift the PCB up off the pots about 2mm just to ma...

Page 19: ...the eyelet on the PCB labeled Connect the SLEEVE of the DC adapter jack to the eyelet on the PCB labeled farthest to the right Connect the battery disconnect terminal of the DC adapter jack to the sec...

Page 20: ...20 You will want to place the jacks into the enclosure so the sleeve terminal is facing the right like the picture above Be sure to remember the lock washers so the jacks don t spin on their own...

Page 21: ...below NOTE There are no actual number markings on the footswitch There are two correct ways you can orient the footswitch They are both 180 degrees of each other Either way is fine It does not matter...

Page 22: ...both switches Cut 2 pieces of wire 2 inches long Strip 1 8 in of one end Strip in off the other end This will be used to connect lug eyelet 4 The longer stripped end will be used to jumper lug 4 to 9...

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Page 24: ...24 Installing IC Finish up Don t forget to add the knobs put the cover on the enclosure and apply the bumpers to the cover...

Page 25: ...LED Ge Selects between three different hard clipping configurations Si 1N4148 diodes LED Clipping LEDs Ge Germanium Diodes Power supply 9V battery or 2 1mm negative tip 9V ONLY This has a charge pump...

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