Fab echo mods

[Tomcat706]

I bought this because it seem decent for the $15 I payed for it, but as for almost anything I own, it has to be improvable. I saw the delay time mod, that looks nice, but is their anyway to give it a more reverby feel. In any case my main problem is that it is all smd work. How do I pull a resistor and solder in a pot when I'm used to through hole. I'm kinda a novice, but I can solder and know what most things do ( at least theorecticly 😃)
Thanks a lot for the help!

[petemoore]

  Look for 'external lugs' or offboard wires to connect mods to, the board is 'off limits' unless you can develop means to work with the SMT..ie tricky/difficult but mainly impossible because it was designed for mass production, copper and time savings during the process...this greatly limits moddablty

[CodeMonk]

The only way to get good or competent with SMD work is through practice. Lots and lots of practice.
Some form of magnification helps too.

[deadastronaut]

heres a great mod..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer

[wavley]

You guys are such weenies   I'm always hear "oh no, you can't diy smd"

I work with microwave chip and wire using tweezers all day long http://www.microwaves101.com/encyclopedia/chip_and_wire.cfm it's all about perspective, SMD is giant stuff to me and working in a eyelet board tube amp is like driving a land yacht on an empty 4 lane highway, pure luxury.

With a little practice, hand kludging SMD is no problem.

Actually, it's still kind of a pain in the A$$ at home wearing an optivisor.

[Quackzed]

heres a little photo essay on it....
its easy to screw up. but if you have some soldering skills, you can probably do it. i seem to remember having to cut a few traces with an x-acto knife, and solder a wire to an op-amp pin.with smd you have to do it fast, you dont want to overheat and overheating is easy with small components... so apply flux, connect lead, apply solder heat till solder melts/flows then REMOVE HEAT quickly!


http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=64519.0