Madbean shopping spree

[dadler]

Hi all-

So I just discovered the community of DIY effects in the last two months--not sure how I was naive to this hobby for so long--but geez is this an addictive game =P

Anyways I just received a bunch of boards from Brian @ Madbean, I'm sure it will take me a while to get through these (and the Electric Mistress and Mutron III boards I just separately ordered from him on impulse, and the 15? BYOC kits and 10? GGG kits I have in the queue). 4 completed so far, lots left to build and powder coat.

Anyways, here is a pic of the PCBs, quote colorful. The quality on these PCBs is spectacular, very nice through-hole plating, nice layouts.

Just thought I would share, in case anyone wonders what the current boards from Madbean look like. Their site is void of photos of the actual PCBs.



I'll post the EM and Mutron III boards when I get them, if anyone is interested.

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[bluebunny]

Nice photo.

I've built a bunch of Madbean stuff.  Brian's boards are indeed very good.

[Kipper4]

+1 ^ me too. I like Brian's boards.

[Scruffie]

If you click on the thumbnails next to the build doc on the ordering page most of the projects have a photo of the PCB 

Brian's boards are indeed very good and the forum has a great community with many other companies with sub-forums offering PCBs too.

[Govmnt_Lacky]

Brian's boards are indeed very good and the forum has a great community with many other companies with sub-forums offering PCBs too.

For SURE! I also hear that somewhere on there you can get some GREAT PCBs of the Small Clone chorus and A/DA Flanger!  

[Scruffie]

Brian's boards are indeed very good and the forum has a great community with many other companies with sub-forums offering PCBs too.

For SURE! I also hear that somewhere on there you can get some GREAT PCBs of the Small CLone chorus and A/DA Flanger! 

I heard it was the clone theory

[Govmnt_Lacky]

Brian's boards are indeed very good and the forum has a great community with many other companies with sub-forums offering PCBs too.

For SURE! I also hear that somewhere on there you can get some GREAT PCBs of the Small CLone chorus and A/DA Flanger! 

I heard it was the clone theory

Small Clone... Clone Theory.... either way... I heard it was a GREAT board! 

[dadler]

If you click on the thumbnails next to the build doc on the ordering page most of the projects have a photo of the PCB 

Brian's boards are indeed very good and the forum has a great community with many other companies with sub-forums offering PCBs too.

Oh geez. I never even though to click on those small photos.

/Me

Thanks.

Anyways these boards are much higher quality than the others I have received from other vendors.

Madbean > BYOC > GGG

I hate the GGG plating. Looks like white tin. I have to use some steel wool or light sandpaper on the boards, else it seems I have to apply much more heat than I would like to get solder flow out. This is why GGG boards take me much longer to finish. I also don't really trust the through hole plating -- so I have been soldering both sides of the board most of the time, especially for wiring I want to attach from below when the traces are on the bottom.

[Scruffie]

Sounds like it might be lead free plating, tends to be a bit like that.

[dadler]

Sounds like it might be lead free plating, tends to be a bit like that.

Sounds about right. I am no expert on this stuff.

He also includes solder with the kits (nice gesture?), which I inadvertently picked up mid-project, tried to use it, and immediately was reminded why I dislike lead-free solder with a passion. Bleh.

I'm not sure this thread has much of a point anymore, so sorry =P

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[Giglawyer]

Great looking stuff.  I have been using a lot of guitarpcb.com boards lately.  Great stuff there as well.

[splice]

You know that kind of dance you do when you really need to pee? Well, that's pretty much me right now, waiting for madbean to release those October projects... There's only 3 days left, FFS, they have to be available soon!

[Scruffie]

You know that kind of dance you do when you really need to pee? Well, that's pretty much me right now, waiting for madbean to release those October projects... There's only 3 days left, FFS, they have to be available soon!

Madbeans dates are just his best estimates of when he expects to have projects out, not set in stone and sometimes stuff comes late so... you might have to hold that pee tight for another month or two... maybe some elastic bands round the end of it?

[splice]

Damn, that's gonna hurt. Guess I'll keep holding it in. Thanks for the info.

[bean]

Sorry those guitar picks are not so great. I got a bunch of them for a little swag, but apparently the injection mold used was kinda hosed. So, now they are just giveaways

Thanks for the nice words.

[nsteen]

Yeah the madbean Fatpants (one I've been drooling over) was supposed to be out in August, then September, then November. The boards are awesome and reasonably priced so of course demand is going to be high - honestly I'm glad his stuff sells so well because I want to have access to it for as long as possible

[aballen]

Brian's makes some great boards.  I'll bet 1/2 my builds are based on his boards.  His build docs are outstanding too.  You have enough to keep you busy for a pretty long time.