PT2399 Guitar Reverb Completed Project

Here are some photographs showing the PT2399 guitar reverb circuit and its power supply board installed within a recycled enclosure. In order to make is small, I had to stack the boards using acrylic hex risers. I would have preferred an enclosure that could accept a 3-core mains wire with earth, but this one with 2-pin figure-8 socket works fine. The overall sound quality and performance was better than I had expected.

Building this PT2399 guitar reverb circuit was no problem for me. As usual, I ordered the components on eBay, and whilst waiting for them to arrive I decided to redraw the circuit diagram and make a simple strip-board layout. As the capacitors started arriving I made small adjustments to the board layout so that they would fit without having to bend the leads too much. The 0.1-µF capacitors are the 100 V ones with 5-hole spacing. I was very pleased they fitted straight away without too much fuss. After building the main board, I set about building the power supply board. I then installed it all in a small metal case together with a mains transformer. After assembly, I flicked ON the power switch and it all worked first time without any problems.

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