STEP 5: There’s a small metal tab on
the side of your pot. Clip it off with pliers,
then mount the pot into the enclosure.
Mount the board to the back of the pot
with something such as double-sided
foam mounting tape or poster tack.
Feed the other lead from the resistor
connected to the LED into BOTH positive
lugs on the DC jack, then feed the 9v
wire from the board into either of the two
lugs, and solder them both.
STEP 6: Now, it’s an issue of
hooking up wires. Connect the wires from
the board to their appropriate spots:
two to the footswitch (input and output)
and one to the unsoldered sleeve lug
(ground).
STEP 7: Cut and strip two final
wires, connecting from the input and
output jack tip lugs to their spots on the
footswitch. Solder everything.
STEP 8: If you’ve followed the
directions properly, with a little luck, the
thing should fire up!
Congratulations, you just built your first
pedal! Although the circuit is extremely
rudimentary, you’ll note it sounds
excellent. However, if it isn’t to your
liking, feel free to pull the socketed parts
out and experiment with them! The world
is your oyster!
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