GENERAL MANUAL

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STEP BY STEP GUIDE

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 INDEX
In this document you can find the building documents common to all
the pedals, including a general step by step guide for building your kit.
Be sure to check the kit specific manual for updated part values and
instructions.

CONTENTS
KIT BUILDING GENERAL GUIDELINES .............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
POTENTIOMETERS .................................................................................................................. 3
SPDTs & DPDTs ....................................................................................................................... 4
DC CONNECTOR ...................................................................................................................... 5
BATTERY CLIP .......................................................................................................................... 5
LED ......................................................................................................................................... 5
DC, BATTERY&LED CONNECTION............................................................................................. 6
PARTS WITH ORIENTATION ..................................................................................................... 7
ICS&SOCKETS .......................................................................................................................... 7
3PDT ....................................................................................................................................... 7
RON & ROFF ............................................................................................................................ 8
JACKS ...................................................................................................................................... 9
KIT BUILDING ............................................................................................................................ 10
STEP BY STEP GUIDE.................................................................................................................. 10
STEP 1 – Resistors and diodes .......................................................................................... 12
STEP 2 – IC sockets & Pin header ..................................................................................... 13
STEP 3 – Capacitors and Transistors ................................................................................. 14
STEP 4 – Regulator IC ....................................................................................................... 15
STEP 5 – LED and Battery Clip........................................................................................... 16
STEP 6 – DC Power Jack wires .......................................................................................... 17
STEP 7 – Audio Jacks ........................................................................................................ 18
STEP 8 – Potentiometers .................................................................................................. 19
STEP 9 – DC Power Jack.................................................................................................... 23
STEP 10 – 3PDT .................................................................................................................. 24
STEP 11 – Connect the 3PDT .............................................................................................. 26
STEP 12 – Your pedal is finished! ........................................................................................ 26

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 KIT BUILDING
GENERAL GUIDELINES

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 Kit General Guidelines
For more detailed guidelines, you can check out the guide in our website: Kit
Assembly.

POTENTIOMETERS

The potentiometer is wired to the PCB is as follows:

- Pin 1 to the dot in the PCB connector.
- Pin 2 to the middle in the PCB connector.
- Pin 3 to the last connector in the PCB.

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If you want to use an enclosure, you can remove the small tab in the
potentiometers with small pliers so you can correctly fit the potentiometer
to the case:

SPDTs & DPDTs

For SPDTs and DPDTs, the pin 1 is at any of the sides (it
doesn’t matter).
As DPDTs have two gangs, you need to solder the first gang
to one of the DPDT connectors and the second one to the
other (the order doesn’t matter):

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DC CONNECTOR

The DC connector is wired to the PCB is as follows:

- Pin 1 to the dot in the PCB connector
- Pin 2 to the middle in the PCB connector
- Pin 3 to the last connector in the PCB

BATTERY CLIP

The battery clip is wired to the PCB is as follows:

- Red wire to the “+” in the PCB (PILA)

- Black wire to the “-” in the PCB (PILA)

LED

The LED is wired to the PCB is as follows:

- Longest pin to the “+” in the PCB (LED connector)
- Shortest pin to the “-” in the PCB (LED connector)

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DC, BATTERY&LED CONNECTION

Pay attention to the way the battery and DC jack are connected, as
connecting them the wrong way could damage some of the parts.

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PARTS WITH ORIENTATION

The following parts orientation is very important, so pay attention when

soldering them to the PCB!

ICS&SOCKETS

Instead of soldering the IC directly to the

PCB, you may want to solder the socket
first, and then plug the IC into the
socket. This way, you can change the IC
in the future or switch between
different ones, and you avoid applying
heat directly to the IC.

3PDT

The 3PDT must only be connected to the

6 pin connector in the PCB, as shown in
the picture. Both the female pin header
and the 3PDT are soldered in the side of
the board marked with the letters.

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If the 3PDT is not soldered using the PCB adapter (i.e. when getting only the
PCB), it should be connected according to the following pictures (left: 7 pin
boards, right: 6 pin boards):

RON & ROFF

RON is connected to the “RON” mark in the PCB (left bottom, as in the left
picture). Roff is not used on this pedal.

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JACKS

We send stereo jacks with our kits, that are directly soldered to the PCB. If
you are using any other jack or if you want to wire it, you can follow this
guidelines:

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 KIT BUILDING
STEP BY STEP GUIDE
In this section we explain in detail the steps to build your pedal for a general kit,
so the pictures won’t correspond with the kit in front of you. This only aims to explain in details
the steps you should follow to build your kit in an easy and general way.
You’ll be able to find the corresponding part values and pictures in the manual available in the kit page

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STEP 1 – Resistors and diodes

Place the resistors and diodes. If you have troubles

reading the values, check out our “Reading Part
Values” tutorial.
Resistors List (FIND YOURS IN THE KIT SPECIFIC MANUAL)
2 R1, R3 1M
4 R2, R4, R10, R11 10k
1 R5 5.1k
3 R6, R8, R9 20k
2 R7, R28 100k
2 R12, R13 4.7M
5 R14, R18, R19, R23, R24 330
3 R15, R21, R25 4.7k
4 R16, R20, R22, R26 6.8k
1 R17 7.5k
1 R27 1k
2 R29, R30 47k
1 R31 47

Other (2)
1 DP 1N4007
1 RON 1k

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STEP 1 – Resistors and diodes

Place the resistors and diodes. If you have troubles

reading the values, check out our “Reading Part
Values” tutorial.
Resistors List (FIND YOURS IN THE KIT SPECIFIC MANUAL)
2 R1, R3 1M
4 R2, R4, R10, R11 10k
1 R5 5.1k
3 R6, R8, R9 20k
2 R7, R28 100k
2 R12, R13 4.7M
5 R14, R18, R19, R23, R24 330
3 R15, R21, R25 4.7k
4 R16, R20, R22, R26 6.8k
1 R17 7.5k
1 R27 1k
2 R29, R30 47k
1 R31 47

Other (2)
1 DP 1N4007
1 RON 1k

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STEP 2 – IC sockets & Pin header

First of all place the IC sockets (without the

ICs). Pay attention to the orientation! The
small notch in the socket should be
oriented as indicated in the PCB.

Then, connect the 6 pin header:

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STEP 3 – Capacitors and Transistors

Solder the capacitors and transistors. If you have

troubles reading the values, check out our “Reading
Part Values” tutorial. Pay attention to the
orientation, as well as to the polarity for
electrolytic capacitors.

Capacitor List (FIND YOURS IN THE KIT SPECIFIC MANUAL)

3 C1, C8, C9 22n
1 C2 220n
2 C3, C10 1u (electro.)
1 C4 68n
1 C5 8.2n
1 C6 2.2u (electro.)
2 C7, C11 100n
1 C12 100u (electro.)

Transistor List (FIND YOURS IN THE KIT SPECIFIC MANUAL)

1 Q1 2N5457
2 Q2, Q3 BC550

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 STEP 4 – Regulator IC

Solder the regulator IC, paying attention to the orientation:

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 STEP 5 – LED and Battery Clip

Solder two wires to the LED Then, solder then to the LED (the red
connection (red to the “+” sign). wire is connected to the longer pin).

Solder the battery clip, connecting the red wire to the “+” sign:

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 STEP 6 – DC Power Jack wires

Solder three wires (about 5cm each) to the DC connection as shown (don’t solder anything
to the other end yet!):

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 STEP 7 – Audio Jacks

Now, solder the audio jacks to the board (DC, battery and led
wires are not present to make it clearer):

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 STEP 8 – Potentiometers

A – Preparing the potentiometers

Cut 3 pieces of wire for each potentiometer you have to solder (i.e. 9 pieces for 3
potentiometers). Then, solder them to each lug. The first lug is the one in the left in top
view (the black wire in the picture).
Here, we’ve cut them short (~1cm), but you can use the length you need.

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Then, solder them to the board like in the picture in the left, and then place the board
inside the enclosure:

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 DOUBLE POTENTIOMETERS

It’s the same as for single potentiometers, but you have to cut 6 pieces of wire for each
one (i.e. 12 pieces for 2 potentiometers). Then, solder them to each lug. The first lug for
each of the 2 gangs is the one in the left in top view (the black wire in the picture).

Here, we’ve cut them short (~1cm), but you can use the length you need.

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Then, solder them to the board like in the pictures below:

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 STEP 9 – DC Power Jack

First of all, insert the DC jack in the enclosure and tighten the
nut:

Then, solder the three wires from the DC connector in the

board to the DC jack as follows:

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 STEP 10 – 3PDT

A – Solder the pin to the adapter B – Solder the 3PDT

Pay attention, the pins and the 3PDT Now solder the 3PDT to the PCB and
must be soldered to the same side of the remove all the nuts but one, that should
PCB adapter (the one labeled “buttons be set at a middle height:
and 3PDT on this side”).

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C – Solder the 3PDT directly to the board (optional)

If you prefer to solder the 3PDT directly to

the board, you can wire it as shown in the
schematic. We recommend to use the
provided 3PDT PCB adapter to make the
soldering easier.

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 STEP 11 – Connect the 3PDT

STEP 12 – Your pedal is finished!

By now you should have a fully functional effect

pedal, we hope you enjoy it!

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