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Hey guys heres a pedal that I just built for my dad. Its his birthday on Sunday, and he's been looking for a good chorus pedal. This is a Madbean Pork Barrel with the depth LED/LFO mod (which I highly recommend). All in all Im pretty happy with the simplicity, tone, and feel of the chorusing effect.







And the Gut Shot:

Very nice !! Clean build inside and out and I love the graphics

Wow, that is stunning!
I love the point to point grounding you are doin lately

Hey thanks!

The new grounding just makes more sense to me, and actually I find it easier. I was worried about noise issues, but it seems like that is not an issue at all with this method. The Ground bus becomes the central grounding point.

Looks super neat. Nice fish!

+1. I really like that idea. I don't recall seeing that as a normal course of one's builds.

What is the reason you didn't jumper lugs 1 and 6 of the stomper? Or, put another way, why do I jumper them

I also don't know what is cooler. Having a dad who plays guitar, or having a son who could build the dad any pedal he wants !

Very nice! Your pop is going to love it. Nice graphics, clean build. Sweet!

That is so damned adorable.. a graphic that men, women and children alike would enjoy! And guts super tidy to boot

Hey, you know Im not sure why I dont jumper 1 and 6. I just have always followed Barrys 3PDT wiring diagram which didnt include it. On his 3PDT PCB's its there, but again Im not sure why. Good question.... too bad I dont have an answer

Everything I am able to do now, I learned or gained a basic knowledge from watching my dad. Growing up I hated working with him....now I see what he was trying to do.

T

Hmm, by not jumping 1 and 6 I assume you don't send circuit input to ground when bypassed.
Really early here, but I think that is correct

Really cool, i wish i could make that kind of gift to members of my family..but none of them is into music....

Yep! the grounding bus is the shizzle, when i saw it your tiny trevor...i think i was sold!

What kind of wire are you using for the ground bus ?

Is it a paper clip

Really nice pedal, really nice gift, and really nice that you and your dad share love for the guitar!

Yep, that's it. Grounding the input of the effect when bypassed eliminated self-oscillation (a rare occurence with some designs, particularly high gain stuff) that can sometimes bleed into the bypassed signal. It's not necessary in most cases, but it never hurts! I do it on everything now, just 'cuz.

Its 24 gauge ground bus wire, I buy it by the 50 foot spool.

T

I have officially learned something

Awesome graphic! And like the rest, digging the point to point ground Nice work!