bobbass4k

I can't tell you specifics, but they're from a decent manufacturer...

Not that it helps you much, but if you want the explanation, it's two fold - CPC are just selling at a lower margin, different customer base, different pricing structures. But also CPC has older, lower cost stock, so their sell price is lower. Farnell sell a lot more of this part so the physical stock we have is newer and there's been a price increase. When CPC exhaust that stock their price will go up.

Which component is it? I can take a look CPC is owned by us but they operate entirely independently and have their own stock including their own pricing. They might be selling it at a lower margin, or even cost to burn off stock (at farnell we're not allowed to do that but at CPC they are sometimes)

Nothing different really just adding the inverter in. You could use a LT1054/1044 instead of the the 7660s, just don't connect pins 1 and 8. Slightly odd design

I should be asleep but the layout was so simple it took 5 minutes. The downside is having to read my writing - This is for thr NPN version based on the tag board layout.

Transformer + valves. I got the lightning bit direct so US shipping too. I did run it without the transformer for a while but I was curious.

True to form it's the most of expensive DIY clone I've ever built, by a fairly long way.

The Nobellium - don't know how true it is to the original but sounds pretty good to my ears. Not used it in a while so let me fire it up tonight and give it a check.

I have a sushi box DIY clone of the noble if that's of any interest?

Does anyone have a reliable source for PNP germanium transistors? Got a couple of cheap job lots off ebay (40pcs) and they're all sub 40 hfe garbage. In the past I've gone for low gain silicon ones but they seem to be running out too. Got a TAFM clone to build but need a couple of 60-100 hfe PNPs. Been a long time since i've had to look but the usual sources seem to have dried up.

I got the new boards and the test build worked but it had a nasty hum. I was trouble shooting it but other things got in the way and I never finished. Something to look at over Xmas, I'll PM you the schematic/Gerbers though. I'm very bad at PCB design so there may well be a schoolboy error.

Yup, the conspiracy to commit electronics boards - there's the Noble clone, the bassman and the soldano GTO (high gain) - all excellent and easy builds (HV safety aside). I'm actually enjoying the noble a lot, it's a nice always on pre-recording interface and it takes pedals well.

Moving the "office" around so moving and cataloguing all my pedals - I actually thought I had more than this -

Aion are great - boards are good and documentation is always very good. Good to order from directly as well - they're US based but shipping isn't too bad and Musikding don't sell their bare PCBs anymore. Musikding also great - quick despatch and I've never had any customs/import issues post-brexit. Never had a kit from though TBF, I usually buy bare PCBs.