STEP 5:
Note that the board has six wires that
lead from it: Ground, 9v, Volume 1,
Volume 2 (as noted below, the pot is part
of the circuit), Volume 3 and Input. Clip
and strip these wires, leaving extra room.
Insert these into the appropriate spots on
the board, soldering the ones that lead to
the pot. Double check the order of wires
and make sure they lead to the right
lugs on the pot. Leave the other wires
soldered to nothing, including the wire
from volume 2.
You’re done with the board, and now we
must build the enclosure! First, make sure
that your soldering doesn’t bleed across
the copper strips and touch other strips.
Also, make sure that the cut you made on
the bottom of the board has no stray bits
of copper connecting it to anything else.
FOR THE ENCLOSURE,
YOU’LL NEED:
• 1x enclosure drilled for one knob,
in and out jacks, one switch, one
power jack and one LED (I used
1590B size, you can use anything
you want that’s bigger. Since this
may be your first build, you may
want to stay away from 1590A
[mini pedal size] and it just won’t
fit in a 1590LB [tap tempo] size.)
• 1x 3PDT (nine lugs) footswitch
(NOT momentary, get the one
that says “latching”)
• 2x ¼” mono jacks
• 1x LED
• 1x LED bezel (the LED holder, and
make sure it’s the same size as
your LED)
• 1x resistor between 1.5 and
15k (the bigger the number, the
dimmer the LED will be)
• 1x DC jack (the kind with three
lugs)
• 1x knob of your choosing
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