Just realized I have wrong cap values in all my pedals.

[VPIF]

I was reorganizing my components when I realized I had mislabeled some of my 0,01uF caps as 0,1.  I have only built three muffs and a tube screamer, and they do work, but they have a little less gain than I'd expect. I allways boost the muff with another overdrive anyway, so it wasn't a problem. The Civil War Muff actually sounds quite good, but upon closer inspection it seems to oscillate a bit.

Just thought I'd share my rookie mistake. Now I'm actually glad I never had the time to build more pedals 

[LucifersTrip]

you're lucky...all you have to do is solder a .1 in parallel with each of the .01's

[chptunes]

When I first began ordering parts and building my first diy stuff (mostly passive filters), I had the incorrect impression that higher Resistor values was actually less resistance.  ..frustrating for a few days.  Haha...

Your mistake is no big deal.. two Capacitors in parallel have a combined value. 

[VPIF]

The PCBs are kind of tight, so I guess I'll just replace the caps. No big deal. Glad I didn't make 20 pedals before I discovered this, though. But I have to say that I find it strange that the muffs that have six 0,01 caps that are supposed to be 0,1uF sound as good as they do.BTW, I built three pedals before I learned that the metal DC-jack shorts the +9V to ground too. 

[R.G.]

If you keep building pedals, try to cultivate the viewpoint that component mistakes will always be made. Don't get upset about it, just correct it and move on.

... er, like I just did this afternoon when I found I'd put an NPN 2N5088 in a PCB instead of a PNP 2N5086.

[VPIF]

If you keep building pedals, try to cultivate the viewpoint that component mistakes will always be made. Don't get upset about it, just correct it and move on.

I actually remember your name from years and years back, when I looked into the idea of having a friend build one of your switchers. And if you, with all your knowledge and experience, keep making the same old mistakes, I guess it's something that is going to happen once in a while. But I hope I won't mislabel entire batches of components very often.

[Perrow]

try to cultivate the viewpoint that component mistakes will always be made.

And be sure to use your ears so that you're sure it's not a happy mistake you're correcting.

[VPIF]

Good point. As I said - apart from a slight oscillation - the Civil War Muff sounds good to me. I will have to build one with the correct value caps and compare them before i start unsoldering caps.

[LucifersTrip]

honestly, there's no reason you shouldn't be measuring your caps and resistors one final time before soldering.

a cap meter kit is inexpensive and a fun, relatively easy project. They're sold out at a few places, but you should be able to find it somewhere (in about the $10-$15 range)

search: jye tech capacitance meter kit

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9485
http://www.amazon.com/JYE-Tech-Capacitance-meter-kit/dp/B0050ZKXHK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
http://www.nkcelectronics.com/capacitance-meter-kit.html
http://www.watterott.com/en/JYEtech