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Back in April of this year, Morgan (a BYOC Moderator), suggested an option to the Green Pony. The addition of a "27v Boost" circuit and call it the "Green Pony II".
You can read about it here (viewtopic.php?f=11&t=60173&p=503092&hilit=green+pony#p503092).
I have taken the Green Pony (without the FET mod) and boxed it up with the 27v Boost kit offered by BYOC. There was also a comment by "DVM" for addition of a
"flipper switch" that allows for putting the 27v Boost before or after the Green Pony. That mod was added as well using a "Easy Order Switching PCB" (GuitarPCB)
and a 3PDT toggle switch. The build wasn't all glitter and rainbows as both 7660 charge pumps were defective causing me to break out my DMM trying to find a
non-existent short. After reading other posts with the same symptoms, the defective 7660's seemed to be the culprit. Long story short I had a stash of 7660's I had
bought off of Amazon and out of a stash of 20, I found 2 good ones. Lesson learned. Moving forward after sorting out the charge pump issue the combo worked but
only with the amp and guitar volume controls at 100%. A quick post the this forum (viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60309) once again
"DVM" got me pointed me in the right direction. Not using the board mounted pots that came with the Green Pony, I thought mounting that PCB was going to require
some engineering. But a quick glance at the 27v Boost PCB, mounting the GP PCB I had a moment. A popsicle stick and some 10 minute epoxy and I was in business!
I just want to add that one cannot truly appreciate board mounted pots and switches until you wire up a bunch by hand.

Now it is all boxed up, spit shined and ready to rock! Shout out to Morgan for suggesting that combo! I have a Green Pony but it has been replace on my board by the 'Boosted Pony"!

Thanks for looking!

-=Steve0

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Awesome! I may just have to pull the trigger on this and do one myself.

Great execution of the idea, SteveO. And YES to board mounted pots. I love being able to lay out the controls on a build however I'd like, but all that wiring does get tedious, and it takes up a lot of space, too.

Next time, slap a delay on the end and you'd pretty much be set with just one box.

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My band, Austin Hollow

Looks great, Steve. Very nicely done! Super enclosure finish there! VERY professional looking!


Ooooh, thanks, I hadn't seen that little mini-PCB! Very handy! Gotta get me a few of those.


Yeah, we've definitely seen that same trend here on the forum--lots of problems with bad charge pumps. I suspect that there was some kind of pandemic-related supply chain issue that caused a lot of defective charge pumps to flood the market. Major PITA!


True dat!!

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Fantastic job SteveO.



This is the true spirit.

edit: Oh by the way excellent photography too. I think the secret is in the lighting.

Thanks Bob! That means a lot coming from you!


They are less than $1.00. He also has ones for the 4PDT foot switch, if you want to go that route.


I agree! I spent way too much time troubleshooting that issue!

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You won't regret it!!


Thanks for the kind words Scott! It was a fun build.


Hummm, the gears are starting to turn...

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Thank you sir!





I have been looking for the perfect lighting conditions since I completed my first build. Found it on my covered back patio.
The patio faces East to West... Any time the sun is up, I can get great shots!

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Fuggin Lovely.

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CORRECT. If only I could convince every person seeking tech support to turn off their telephone camera's harsh LED flash and just put the thing in a brightly lit room, I might actually be able to see the necessary details to help. Maybe my long-imagined sticky post "how to take decent photos to get tech support" will finally come to fruition.

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My band, Austin Hollow

As long as you use Barry's wire, you'll be fine. I find that the holes on GuitarPCB boards are just too small to accommodate the prebond wire that I love, which is only one gauge thicker—and also too small for what I consider to be a properly twisted and tinned Purple BYOC Wire™. It's too bad, because those boards would be super useful otherwise!

Justin (CaptainPeyote) used to etch some small order flipper PCBs, but I don't think he has any left. I wish I knew how to use Eagle or similar, because I'd like to make some that I could use.

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My band, Austin Hollow

Dang that is super nice looking! I like those rings around the LEDs, where do those come from?

Great work, looks awesome on the inside and outside!

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Thanks Josh! The LED bezels came from www.Taydaelectronics.com.

-=Steve0

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Thanks Jeff!!

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Just an FYI... Lawrence at Loves My Switches carries bonded wire that works with the smallish holes on Barry's PCB's. I have bought several 100' rolls from him when Barry's supply goes dry.

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