Super confused about this kit's wiring...

[mjg]

Hey John,

Did you get the delay pedal working? That diagram would have been super confusing, given the missing wire.

One thing I'll add is that if you have an external power supply, and you don't think you will ever put a battery in there, about half those wires can disappear, which makes it much neater. I've given up on the battery connections in all the pedals I'm building now.

Matt

[JohnH]

just have 2 reverbs and you are 1/2 way there

Ha ha, I'm ok with that - any excuse to acquire more pedals!

Did you get the delay pedal working?Matt

Nah, no joy so far. I hooked it all up and nothing happened (though the bypass works, so at least some of my soldering is ok). When I had a better look I realised that the IC sockets had shifted on an angle while I was soldering them, so that only the first few sets of pins are actually making any contact. I used tape to keep them flat, but I guess it didn't work. Anyway, I tried desoldering with my little plastic solder sucker, but I'm not very good and it took forever. I'll go buy some desoldering braid from Jaycar on the weekend and see if that's any easier.

In the meantime I built a little jfet preamp which I found here:

http://www.taydaelectronics.com/jfet...ar-effect.html

It works great, so I drilled and primed an enclosure for it yesterday. I'll screenprint some text and seal it tomorrow and then I'll post some pics. Matt, your comment about the power supply was actually really helpful - I was madly soldering the 3PDT switch and DC jack and all that other stuff for the preamp and then I realised that actually, all it needs at the moment is a battery. I don't need the bypass, because if I want to use it I'll plug it in, and if not, it doesn't matter. And when I get a DC adaptor I'll can the battery too. Super simple, and made my life much easier, so thanks for the food for thought!