JohnH's Tayda pedals

[JohnH]

I just finished building a pedal with this little preamp PCB I bought from Tayda Electronics:

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

I've ordered a few more PCB's from them too, so thought I'd start a thread documenting the builds.

Here's the finished preamp:



And some build progress shots:





I built the PCB in the enclosure of the delay kit I'm working on, as I hadn't yet drilled the preamp enclosure. Drilled and screenprinted it at work. I'm pretty happy with it.

[mjg]

Nice job, that paint job looks slick.

[JohnH]

Thanks! It's far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it. I think the screenprinted text looks pretty great, but there's definitely room for improvement on the next one.

[Andy40]

Looks good JohnH

is that just normal spray paint and decal?

[Simon Barden]

Drilled and screenprinted it at work. .

Not decals.

[JohnH]

Looks good JohnH

is that just normal spray paint and decal?

Nah, just spray paint and screenprinted text. Primed with an etch primer, then just an acrylic spray. I'm pretty lucky that at work we have a dedicated, ventilated room for things like spraying aerosols, as well as a dedicated space for filing/sanding/polishing/drilling metals. Plus also a whole heap of screenprinting equipment. Makes working on the enclosures pretty easy!

My spray skills are a long way from perfect, but at least with our set-up there aren't really issues with dust settling on the wet paint, or fumes hanging around.

[JohnH]

Just got my latest parcel of goodies from Tayda, including the rat and Box of Rock PCBs





Will start work on one or the other tomorrow

[Marcel]

Did you all the parts through Tayda as individual items, or do you have a stock of most parts already?

[JohnH]

Did you all the parts through Tayda as individual items, or do you have a stock of most parts already?

A little of both - I have a small (but growing) collection of components, and then everytime I need another I make sure I order a few extra for later. Most of this package was enclosures, knobs, wire, etc...

[JohnH]

I've finished soldering both the Box of Rock and the Rat, and also started work on Tayda's EP Booster and Super Hard On (for myself) and Guv'nor (for a friend's dad).

Drilled, sprayed, and screenprinted the enclosures for the rat today:



I'm pretty happy with the screenprint; looking forward to wiring it up.