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Astrosim Cabinet Simulator / Portable Headphone Amp

Here's a fun little project I finished this weekend. A two-in-one cabinet simulator and headphone amp from "Deadastronaut", you can see their information here . As the name implies this pedal simulates the effects of a guitar cabinet, providing the same EQ and sound, this avoids that unprocessed DI sound that you get when not using a microphone and amp.  This particular cabsim has another trick up it's sleeve, a headphone out, which makes it the perfect candidate for a portable headphone amp. Think the Vox Amplug but cooler. This is very useful for silent practice when I don't want to be using my 40W Fender amp.  I've created my own veroboard layout which is a cut back version of the layout created by dylan159. It excludes any XLR out and indeed the line out. It doesn't save a whole lot of space on the board but you do save an op amp and have the ability to fit it in a smaller box.  After I had built and verified the circuit it was time to box it u...