Want a Vero Board Challenge? Clari(not) build report

[trjones1]

I just finished building a Clari(not) pedal with an additional LFO.  I am really surprised by how many different great sounds it has in it from crunchy fuzz to slapback echo to chorus to wacked out nonsense. 

I usually use vero board with board mounted pots, but given the size of the circuit and the number of knobs this seemed like it would be impossible, until I got the (questionable) inspiration to do a double boarded layout, the state of the art in vero board.  I think the final layout is nearing the line of just not being worth using vero, but if you don't want to etch a pcb (and can't perf, like me) then you might want to give it a try. 





I wanted to add a dry output, so I started messing around with buffers and found out the circuit sounds way better with an input buffer anyway.  I liked the sound of the buffer even for my clean signal, so I decided to leave it on whether the effect was engaged or not - my first non-true-bypass pedal  .  Here's the layout for the buffer I used.  It's AMZ's splitter/buffer.



This is the circuit in testing.



I settled on a vtl5c2 from smallbear as the led/ldr setup as I didn't have any ultra bright leds.  It works very well.  This is the final product.  I don't have the patience for doing good looking finishes, so you'll have to forgive the bare metal/sharpie look.





All in all, I don't think I'll be jumping to do any more double vero layouts anytime soon, but this pedal is so cool that it was worth it this time.  The dry output is a great add on to the Clari(not), as is the input buffer.  Making one of these things is highly recommended!

[theehman]

Very nice build!  I just might be inspired to build one of these myself soon.

[nbabmf]

That looks great!  I don't think the layout looks too difficult either.  Excellent work!

[spburns]

This is great, thank you posting this!
I am definitely going to try this out

[rousejeremy]

Holy sh*t

[ConsidertheBirds]

Realized this was drug up from February, but I have a question.
I think I may try this, but the sharpie is a little obscured by the switch, the top right is a fuzz off and on (maybe?) and the bottom is LFO to ??

Great job!

[trjones1]

The other switch goes between the LFO and the tracking function. 

I didn't like the layout of this pedal, so I changed up the board a little so it fits in a vertically oriented 1590BB with two rows of 3 knobs each.  I can post the updated layout if you want.

Also, I used the VTL5C2 from smallbear.  With this photocoupler, the tracking works very well in both the fuzz and non-fuzz positions.

[gabribisco]

Hi, I am a newbie and I have a question about this layout:
I built it and I actually don't understand why it's not working; with line type signal it works perfectly but with a guitar not at all.
There's another strange thing : if I remove the 4558 nothing seems to change .
I spend the last week tyring to debug it but I cannot .

Sorry for my English and thank you all for this wonderful forum.

[rousejeremy]

The other switch goes between the LFO and the tracking function. 

I didn't like the layout of this pedal, so I changed up the board a little so it fits in a vertically oriented 1590BB with two rows of 3 knobs each.  I can post the updated layout if you want.

Also, I used the VTL5C2 from smallbear.  With this photocoupler, the tracking works very well in both the fuzz and non-fuzz positions.

I'd love to see that layout