chongmagic wrote:
I'm still pretty new at soldering, from a more experienced viewpoint is it bad?
Not too bad overall, but there are several questionable joints. See marked up photo below. What you want is a shiny, cone-shaped joint, kind of like a miniature volcano or a Hershey Kiss. If you can clearly see the shape of the PCB eyelet through the joint, that's asking for trouble. Several of the joints for the footswitch wires at the bottom of the PCB and for the 14-pin IC fit this description. Blobby, irregular or rough looking joints should be re-done, as well as any that fail to completely cover the solder pad of the PCB. And be careful that there isn't any solder "bridging" between the adjacent joints under the electrolytic caps. I've circled a couple of those that should be carefully inspected.
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