u/DaGuitarNerd

Hey all, ElectroJunk Pedals is officially back.

Long story short, the first time I tried being a small pedal company I got really burnt out trying to do way too much and force this to grow way too fast. It became overwhelming and it just felt like another job. I decided to close the company and quit building pedals.

I closed shop last March, and didn’t touch anything pedal related for months…. But as many of you here know well,it’s hard to step away from building pedals. I got pulled back in (thanks r/diypedals 😄) and decided to take another stab at this.

So, EJP is back with three pedals and a new look.

Thanks to everyone in the community and all the great posts that got me hooked again!

When I used to sell pedals online I always loved doing art on the PCB (a hidden easter egg for anyone who opened up my pedals). Anyone else like doing the same?

I’ve been working on a delay, and I breadboarded an LFO circuit that I like. I wanted to use a three-way toggle to do these things; connect or disconnect the LFO and go between a preset speed and depth (depending on up or down position). Obviously, a simple manual toggle switch is not gonna work in this application.

I remembered hearing something about using CMOS chips for switching, and stumbled upon an article by the legendary RG Keen. In his article, he’s using a CD 4053 to do bypass switching. He also mentions that a manual toggle which could be used to control the chip.

Since I don’t have much experience with these chips, are there any big changes I would have to make to RG Keen’s circuit to hook it up to my LFO?

Thanks in advance for any help!