MY LAYOUTS

Given I mostly make my own layouts, I thought I may as well share them.  It's also easier for me to access my layout files via a web page in the workshop (AKA the garage).

I also use this a reference for myself, hence the random datasheets and bits of tech info that may not make sense in isolation.  I'm working on a few amp related projects at the moment, so there will be amp related posts.

So why do I bother doing this when there are other perfectly good layouts for guitar effects available?  Because I find my own layouts easier to follow - which is not a criticism of other layouts, I find that if I created the layout, it's much easier for me to make the circuit, as I'm already familiar with the schematic and what goes where. 

Sometimes layouts will lean towards space and symmetry over compactness; other times I may have aimed for as small as possible.  I mostly prefer more generous-sized layouts, as I find them easier to work on.  Part of the reason I started making my own layouts was that some were too cramped, and components didn’t fit properly.

If a layout is here, there's a decent chance that I've either built it, it's on my bench, or I intend on building it at a later date (if I ever get around to it). It's not my intention for this blog to be a repository of every effect ever traced; it's mainly about what I find interesting.

Where possible layouts will;

• follow a very direct or linear path for signal flow
• be easy to understand and compare to schematics
• not have too much text

SCHEMATICS FOR POINT-TO-POINT AND VERO LAYOUTS

Schematics for everything here are publicly available on various forums and via google image search. I've also added a few that I've redrawn to avoid posting the work of others (unless they're really old original schematics). 

CHANGES

In some layouts, power filtering/protection will be added or changed from the original schematic.  

If I had added some photos of builds in progress, they may not exactly match the layout provided, as I could have decided to make changes along the way.  The layout will still work, I just did it differently at the time - something common for point-to-point layouts.

POINT TO POINT & VERO LAYOUTS

I sometimes like building point-to-point layouts, and I also use standard vero layouts too. There's a mix here, depending on what I felt like then and what I think will work as a point-to-point layout.  

Occasionally I will post two versions of point-to-point layouts, one with a bit more room and one closer to a standard vero board layout.  If this is your first attempt at point-to-point, I would strongly recommend using the bigger layout.

I don't believe point-to-point layouts are better than vero or PCBs, I just like making them.

GUITAR FX VERO LAYOUT GUIDE

I've had a few questions lately about some basics of my vero layouts - while this doesn't cover everything, I hope it helps clarify some basics for people just starting out.   I'll put together a more detailed version here