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.
Buy from:
- Thomann – https://thmn.to/thoprod/577671?offid=1&affid=1460
- Perfect Circuit – https://tinyurl.com/perfectcircuit-fxboy
- Or the kit from Thonk – https://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/befaco-fxboy-kit/
- http://www.befaco.org
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
