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- Page 1 Snail Gear Building instructions V1.1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Snail Gear v1.1 Table of contents Components ............................3 PCB layout ............................4 General guideline for components ......................5 General building tips ...........................5 Modifications ............................6 Biasing ..............................7 Off board wiring..........................7 Troubleshooting ..........................8 Schematic ............................9 Read this entire manual thoroughly before you start to building the effect! Especially the Modification and Biasing part. -
Page 3: Components
Snail Gear v1.1 Components Name Value Comment Name Value Comment 470k Electrolyte Electrolyte Electrolyte 470n Electrolyte! 470k Electrolyte Electrolyte Electrolyte Electrolyte 100k Electrolyte 470R 220k Electrolyte 390R Electrolyte Electrolyte Zener 5,6V 390k 1n4148 1n4148 1n4148 100k TL071 100k BC549C 2SK30A... -
Page 4: Pcb Layout
Snail Gear v1.1 PCB layout... -
Page 5: General Guideline For Components
Snail Gear v1.1 General guideline for components Capacitors: All values under 1nF should be ceramic disks or silver mica. From 1nF up to 1uF should be SMF (Panasonic stacked metal film) or MKT (Metallized plastic polyester) and values over 1uF use electrolyte caps 16V+ rated and watch out for polarity. -
Page 6: Modifications
Snail Gear v1.1 Besides the components mentioned in the table on the page 3, you will need: 2 input jacks. 2 mono jacks if you are not going to use a battery but only the 9V adapter. 1 mono (for output) and 1 stereo jack (for input) if you will be using both a 9V battery and the 9V adapter. -
Page 7: Biasing
Snail Gear v1.1 Biasing The most important part of this build is the biasing. If your effect is inaudible at low attack settings then it is not biased correctly. Biasing can be done by ear, but can be difficult, so take your time. -
Page 8: Troubleshooting
Snail Gear v1.1 Troubleshooting All PCB’s have been 100% factory e-tested and out of every batch I receive I build a effect to double check, so there should not be a connection problem on the PCB itself. The board is not working (at all), what now? ... -
Page 9: Schematic
Snail Gear v1.1 Schematic...