The forums warn that the thru hole J201 are likely counterfeit. If you can find one pre-mounted on the adapter board like this no problem.
Otherwise, it’s not a bad SMD part to practice on and you only ruin the adapter board and a cheap part by learning.
https://guitarpcb.com/forums/topic/your-j201-jfet-problems-are-over/
I finished today the build of my Darkglass Vintage Microtubes clone, based on the Shalltechnik 04 Guma Antique kit. it’s the version with real J201s and a real MC33179, so it’s an exact clone. Needless to say it sounds awesome ! (but not necessarily “better” than my beloved modded Boss ODB-3)
I made the brushed aluminum myself, I believe I already showed it at the time. The writings are made with acryl paint.
Awesome!
Such a good pedal.
Great job, @terb . . . looks terrific! . . . 
Cheers
Joe
Looks awesome @terb!
Cool! Are we going to get a sound sample? 
possibly even a full cover, when I’ll have a bit more time !
Some time ago, I tried building my own pedal, it was a Tonebender kit from Musikding.
Something went wrong, the only thing it does now is a faint “büp-büp-büp” sound when I plug it in between my bass and the amp.
But I guess I set myself up for failure when I decided to paint GIR on the box:
I love the distinction the umlauts add to that 
Musikding are the nicest people. I ordered a few things from them but had to revise then cancel, and they were very nice and helpful throughout. I would definitely order from them for any electronics project.
Hey, someone actually marketed a fart pedal, sooo…
Bup bup bup
bro can you share me the schematics of Growling Krizzly ?
I made this DOD grey overdrive clone for my guitar board. Well, I say “I”… I actually made it decently the first time, except for one weird, dumb placement of a plastic washer that made it short out, and I couldn’t figure it out and managed to ruin it in the process. The second time I tried I was sent a wrong component and also couldn’t figure out why it wouldn’t work properly, so my husband snuck it out of the house and sent it to an electrical engineer friend in Portugal who fixed it for me. Suffice to say, the Musikding kits are severely lacking in instructions for us noobs who have never done any electronics before but are desperately trying to learn. I just bought two Stewmac kits (Ghost Drive Klon Klone and a Sun Fuzz clone), and am already in love with their instruction manuals.
The Heron
I love everything about this.
The knob-labels on this pedal have made my day.
Thank you!
