{"id":623,"date":"2015-06-09T15:14:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2015-06-09T16:25:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T21:25:04","slug":"first-pedal-build-sho-nuff-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"First Pedal Build – Sho ‘Nuff Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHere’s my first ever guitar pedal build. In the past I’ve modded\u00c2\u00a0my gear and replaced components here and there, but I’ve never built one “from scratch.” The PCB was purchased from guitarpcb.com<\/a> and this is the Sho ‘Nuff Boost<\/a>. From what I understand,\u00c2\u00a0it’s supposed to be based off the ZVEX Super Hard-On<\/a> (although I can’t seem to find where I may have read this).\u00c2\u00a0But this design -\u00c2\u00a0in addition to the “crackle” knob\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0also incorporates a master volume knob.\u00c2\u00a0This is especially nice since I’m planning on utilizing this boost post-OD. The volume knob will allow me to dial the crackle knob to taste while still being able to keep\u00c2\u00a0the volume output at a reasonable level.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I really only wanted to build this thing just for the heck of it.\u00c2\u00a0And even though I didn’t have any committed intention to add it to my board, I did build it with my board in mind. Ideally it’d sit at the most bottom-right corner of my board (where my drive section sits).\u00c2\u00a0So for\u00c2\u00a0this reason, both the “in” and “out” jacks are place on the left side of the pedal. It was also intentional that the knobs are\u00c2\u00a0side-mounted as opposed to top-mounted; I wanted to eliminate the possibility of my feet accidentally brushing up against those knobs and changing my settings.<\/p>\n

I know this is kinda silly, but I’m pretty\u00c2\u00a0proud of my work here. I feel like I’ve put together something aesthetically appealing (at least to me), and the design decisions lending function so specific to my needs is very gratifying as well. Lastly – and I know I’m patting myself on the back like crazy right now – I’m just kinda impressed at myself for how I was able to cram all these components into this tiny enclosure…and the guts\u00c2\u00a0looks damn nice too! Man. Good job, me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s my first ever guitar pedal build. In the past I’ve modded\u00c2\u00a0my gear and replaced components here and there, but I’ve never built one “from scratch.” The PCB was purchased from guitarpcb.com and this is the Sho ‘Nuff Boost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,121,9,6,89],"tags":[272,239,294,7,273,33,288,218,271,274],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mongchacha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}