Comments on: Wiring Up a 1590B

By: charles bennett

charles bennett — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:16:17 +0000

first off, i want to say thanks for this very detailed and awesome tutorial. theres so much confusion online and this just answers all those questions. the one question i have is, is the led supposed to go on when there is nothing plugged in to the audio jacks?

By: Steve Mavronis

Steve Mavronis — Sun, 23 May 2010 07:06:31 +0000

NM, I figured it out. 2.2K is fine for a red LED. I found ultra-bright blue was too intense like a laser beam looking straight on even with high value limiting resistors to dim it. BTW, I used your symmetrical 3PDT wiring scheme for my DIY pedal and it turned out fantastic – many thanks!

By: Steve Mavronis

Steve Mavronis — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:41:48 +0000

Can you give suggested limiting resistor values when using either a red, green, or blue (5mm) LED? For green or blue they don’t need to be full brightness; maybe half to 3/4 out of 20 milliamps? And thanks too. I’m using your guide to wire my pedals!

By: gaussmarkov

gaussmarkov — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:51:23 +0000

hi andrew, i use the plastic, external nut, 2.1mm from smallbearelec.com. all the best!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:57:37 +0000

Hey, just wanted to say i LOVE your diagrams here! Thanks for taking the time to write this up. I’m new to building pedals and this is the best explanation I’ve found!!

But I did want to ask: Which DC jack do you use? 2.1mm or 2.5mm? Also, I’m assuming a 12v rating is the way to go… Correct me if I’m wrong though. Know of a good place to buy the actual AC adapters though?

By: Smoky

Smoky — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:56:28 +0000

I’ve been to many websites that explained how to wire a 3PDT switch and they were all slightly different which was confusing. It was only until you explained how the actual switch functioned and your clear diagrams that the light bulb went off in my head and I finally understand. Thanks gaussmarkov for your wonderful site and your patient way of explaining things.

By: JB

JB — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:45:22 +0000

Awesome diagrams, was not what I was looking for, but you did get a bookmark!!!

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By: fx

fx — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:36:45 +0000

Wonderful job !
I’ll link this into all my tutorials, it’s so helpful !!!

Thanks
-fx

By: Cristian Kohler

Cristian Kohler — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:16:34 +0000

Hi pal. First: Thanks for all this word… it’s just awesome!!

I have some serious problems with my “rebote delay 2.5″ from tonepad.

Are the “offwiring” pdf from tonepad bad???
I don’t know why my connection with the 3pdt dosn’t work!! )=

Did you think the “rebote delay 2.5″ project work fine with this way of 3pdt wiring?????????

Bye my friend… and, thanks again!