Befaco FX Boy

Befaco FX Boy DIY Build

DIY Molten Modular

You can build Befaco’s crazy cartridge-based effects module from a kit. It’s three PCBs of lovely through-hole soldering. I’ll take you through the whole thing and give you a bit of a demo at the end.

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Index:
Intro –
0:00
What’s in the kit? – 5:14
Resistors –
7:58
Diodes –
27:47
Ferrite Beads –
31:41
IC Sockets –
32:43
Capacitors –
38:46
Electrolytic Capacitors –
51:40
Voltage Regulators –
54:40
Pin Headers –
56:45
Power Connector –
1:14:12
Taking the edges off –
1:14:50
Put in the ICs –
1:16:31
Taking off the edges pt2 –
1:25:48
Spacers –
1:27:05
Front panel mechanicals – Pots, Switches and Sockets –
1:29:13
Connect the middle board and add spacers –
1:40:02
Cartridge connector –
1:40:45
Testing –
1:49:49
Knobs on –
1:58:30
Demo –
2:02:06
Conclusions –
2:09:56