Be very careful when soldering the diodes
and transistor. They’re very sensitive to
heat. You should use some kind of heat
sink (crocodile clip or reverse action
tweezers) on each leg as you solder them.
Keep exposure to heat to a minimum
(under 2 seconds).
Snap the small metal tag off the pots so
they can be mounted flush in the box.
Positive (anode) legs of the electrolytic
caps go to the square pads.
Negative (cathode) legs of the diodes and
LEDs go to the square pads.
Footswitches should be placed with the
lugs oriented horizontally as shown above.
You should use the enclosure as a guide
for soldering in the footswitches. There’s a
little wiggle room in the pads on the PCB.
Placing the footswitches in the holes in
the enclosure then dropping the PCB onto
them while in-situ will ensure a perfect fit.
There’s not really any way of testing the
circuit without fully asembling it, so check
everything twice and solder very carefully.
Wire everything in and fire it up.
The Boost control is actually a grit boost,
not a volume boost.
PCB layout ©2016 Pedal Parts Ltd.
