While I deffinitely had my switch improperly wired, fixing that problem has not yet yielded a working Orange Squeezer. I’m working from the Orange Squeezer schematic at tonepad with my own layout on perfboard. Thanks to the great debugging guide at DIY stomboxes and the voltage reporting at General Guitar Gadgets, I’ve been [...]
Entries from April 27th, 2006
At Least One Orange Squeezer Problem Found
April 24th, 2006 · Comments Off · Orange Squeezer Build
Thankfully, after not being able to find my multi-meter, I found out that Canadian Tire had one on sale for $9.99. I picked it up on my way home and was able to confirm that I had indeed wired the 3PDT switch incorrectly. I also confirmed that I did have some connectivity in [...]
Both Good and Bad News on the Orange Squeezer Build
April 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off · Orange Squeezer Build
Well on the bright side, I’ve completed the build as far as all the basic components of a working pedal are concerned. The downside is that it doesn’t work. Even worse than that, I have absolutely no idea where my multi-meter is. Without a multi-meter I can’t do any basic debugging. [...]
On Board Components of the Orange Squeezer Done!
April 21st, 2006 · Comments Off · Orange Squeezer Build
Doubly good news for me tonight. When I got home I got my second order of parts in the mail and I just finished soldering the last connections on the PCB for my Orange Squeezer. It’s still got some way to go before I know if it works or not. I’ve got [...]
If You’re Building Your First Guitar Pedal…
April 19th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Orange Squeezer Build
If you’re building your first guitar pedal, be sure that you buy yourself some de-soldering braid. If you’re anything like me, you’ll likely make at least one mistake and you’ll have to de-solder a joint or two. If you try to do this without de-soldering braid or some other de-soldering tools it’s going [...]
Some Orange Squeezer Parts Arrive
April 18th, 2006 · Comments Off · Orange Squeezer Build
As you may or may not know I’m building my own Orange Squeezer guitar pedal. I’ve never built my own pedal so this is all new to me. The first thing I had to do was to draw a layout since I’m going to be using regular pad-per-hole breadboard instead of a custom [...]