Tagboard layouts - crappy or cool?

[RandomGlitch]

Hi there.  I'm just about ready to go on building a fuzz factory clone.

I'm still undecided as to which layout I want to use for the main circuit.

I have a tagboard layout, or a pcb layout that I intend to use as a basis for using perfboard.

Has anyone here used tagboard for their builds? Is it looked upon as cool or crappy?

I just want to try something different to my usual stripboard that I've used before.

Thanks!

[amptramp]

You are likely to find tagboard used for passive components on an amplifier.  Traynor used a sheet of cloth-reinforced phenolic under a tagboard with this assembly bolted to the chassis at regular spacing and this type of construction managed to survive their famous "throw it out of a second storey window" test.  The phenolic underlay was used to insulate the terminals on the tagboard.  If you have a simple circuit that can be accommodated on a tagboard, it is easy to use because all soldering is on the same side as the components, which is not the case with any through-hole printed board whether vero or printed circuit.  Several of my antique radios use tagboard construction because the tagboard could be assembled then connected to everything esle separately.

Tagboard will usually take more space than a printed circuit board, so the enclosure may be larger.  I can find tagboards locally for $5 at A-1 Electronics in Toronto with a size that would fit a guitar amp but not necessarily a stompbox.

[tiges_ tendres]

Nothing to add, but I think it's cute that you're an Undercover Anarchist who cares about whether a tagboard layout is considered cool or crappy.

Who cares!? 

(Some people dig the mojo factor in tagboard layouts.  See!  I did have something to add)

[wavley]

You are likely to find tagboard used for passive components on an amplifier.  Traynor used a sheet of cloth-reinforced phenolic under a tagboard with this assembly bolted to the chassis at regular spacing and this type of construction managed to survive their famous "throw it out of a second storey window" test.  The phenolic underlay was used to insulate the terminals on the tagboard.  If you have a simple circuit that can be accommodated on a tagboard, it is easy to use because all soldering is on the same side as the components, which is not the case with any through-hole printed board whether vero or printed circuit.  Several of my antique radios use tagboard construction because the tagboard could be assembled then connected to everything esle separately.

Tagboard will usually take more space than a printed circuit board, so the enclosure may be larger.  I can find tagboards locally for $5 at A-1 Electronics in Toronto with a size that would fit a guitar amp but not necessarily a stompbox.

And I'm very fond of my Traynors!  Very easy to work on.

I built a Bazz Fuss, LPB-1, and a Rangemaster all on some extra little turret boards I had laying around just because, they're small circuits so it was kinda fun and had some mojo, looked cool, but there was no real advantage to it.

[reverberation66]

Cool!!!!!

[markeebee]

Forum member IVIark has a website with lots of excellent tagboard and stripboard layouts :

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk

[RandomGlitch]

Yeah that's what I was looking at. 
I've started on the tagboard fuzz factory - I kind of like the look of it on the tagboard, it's got a bit of a mad scientist vibe to it I think.