Tone Report Weekly Issue 135 | Page 36

Insert the resistors, bend the leads, and then clip them. Save the leads. Use those leads to form the jumper wires. Bend them ends, then clip them. Discard these. Save one extra lead from step 1. Insert all the capacitors. Normally, we’d separate the film and electrolytics, only because of differentiating sizes. Since I’m using tantalum, I’ve combined them into one step. Bend the leads, clip, then discard. 36 TONE TALK // The Birth of a Legend: Build Your Own Electro-Harmonix Axis Fuzz