
I built a couple of power supplies with the
AMZ power pcb; one for a friend and the other for my own use. Those boxes are 125B size diecast aluminum, and painted with white spray paint. The one in the front (mine) has an overcoat of a strange clear color-changing paint that is difficult to photograph, and I did not care much for the finished look. The other was painted white then overcoated with a transparent Duplicolor yellow that gave a nice aged look. The effect is so good that I plan on using it on my next pedal build.

This is the
Sanyo Pedal Juice, which is a rechargeable battery pack intended for guitar effects and music related hardware. The basic idea is to provide a clean stable power source for your pedalboard without having to worry about dead batteries or cumbersome power supplies.
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This is a copy of a page from the
Analog Music Projects Newsletter, that I first published over 9 years ago, which shows a high gain mosfet mini-booster type circuit. I saw something similar at DIYstompboxes and thought I would point this out to the purchasers of the newsletter to review if they are interested in the subject and would like to see more info.
The AMP1 newsletter also describes how to make bipolar silicon and germanium versions, as well as more than a dozen variations of srpp or mu amplifiers. Check it out!
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