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Your Quaverato tremolo pedal contains one printed circuit board (PCB). All of the components will be
installed on the “component side” of the board, which is the side with the part labels printed on it. The
other side of the board is called the “solder side,” which, as the name implies, is the side on which the
legs of most of the components are soldered. Proper technique for installing and soldering components
to a circuit board is demonstrated through several great resources on Instructables and Youtube under
the search “PCB soldering tutorial.” The general procedure consists of the following:
1. Install the part on the component side of the board, by threading the wire leads through the
appropriate holes in the board. For your convenience, the board has silk screen outlines
indicating where the components should be placed, along with text indicating the part number
and the component value.
2. Hold the component in place with your finger and turn the board over.
3. Gently bend the leads out at about 45 degrees to keep the component from falling out.
4. Install all of one type of component, bending each of the leads as they are installed.
5. Flip the board over solder-side-up, and solder all of the components in one pass.
6. Clip the leads off with small diagonal cutters, right at the solder joint.
Figure 4: Component Values and Locations
