4) Multi-board builds MUST contribute an entry fee for EACH board. The ONLY exceptions to this are charge pumps, 3PDT boards, and millennium bypass circuits.
To clarify a few points that have been brought up:
1) a 3PDT board IS acceptable. As Jimi stated above, if you want to enter the contest with a TS/Boost/Noise Gate/Compressor/blah blah pedal, then you will need to pay an entry fee for each CIRCUIT. If you feel you can blow away the competition with a complex Fuzz circuit that has a pre-boost on it (like an LPB type circuit) and it sounds like the voice of the lord to you, then by all mean ENTER IT. It will just mean that you will need to pay 2 entry fees. We want this to be available to ALL forum mebers. Even the members that are just starting and want to give it a try 
Just wondering what is the intent of the one entry fee per board/circuit rule?
I can see the rules are aiming for a level playing field for hobby builders, which is great, but I can't understand the reason for this particular rule.
For example, if a circuit uses a LPB into a fuzz circuit then into a AMZ buffer, and all the parts were on the same layout, (i.e. on the same board), and the whole effect could only be on or off (as opposed to sections of the circuit being switchable), shouldn't that be just one entry fee?
I think there could be a lot of grey areas with this rule, like if you have a TS front-end with a Crunch Box rear end and a FMV tone control, is that one/two/three entry fees? Can you see where I'm going with this, what if someone says the circuit of one of the winners is a combination of X plus Y and he only paid one entry fee? What happens then? Many circuits are a collection of building blocks...
Any chance of some detailed clarification for nitwits like me? Some of my confusion stems from the fact you can put 2 circuits on 1 board, or use 2 boards to make 1 circuit (e.g. a tone control circuit pcb with mounted pots which is seperate from the main pcb).
let's make it easier. we encourage people to make the circuit as one contiguous board. if you want to combine tubescreamers, fuzz, lpb1, phazer, echo and tone suck all on one board as one continuous circuit, well, that would be impressive on say more levels than having each effect daisy chained on separate boards if you get my drift.
if you choose to combine a couple effects on separate boards, well...then it's single entry fee per board x number of boards = entry fee total.
so if you etch/vero/perf one board with everything on it, you will score higher possibly and only pay ONE board entry fee.
as to where the money goes, well, look at the rules where it states what the prizes are bros.
we three judges are contributing and shipping (at our own expense minus tax/tarriff's/VAT etc) with no recompense other than the fun of watching you guys sweat.
and digging the fruits of your labors!
it's a way to help bring the community together, and have some fun... and watch the mother of invention do her work.
so...we clear now?
circuit plus led/mill bypass/3pdt/chargepump etc = 1 entry fee.
circuit plus circuit ad nauseum = total number of circuits x entry fee.
no, an lpb1 is NOT a support board.
further...we're all gadget addicts, we're all equal here...so no worries please about musicianship, that aspect will not be judged.
if you get steve vai....i agree, that may be interesting.
or you can send all your submissions to me, for episodes of stupid pedal tricks..
just kidding, i am out of this .... we want to hear YOU
