Jersey Girl Fulltender - a bit noisy.

[Kalimna]

Greetings folks,
Before i post up images and voltages (unfortunately becoming a regular theme with my builds), i wanted to ask a quick question. After my failed WH Platypus (never got to the bottom of why it didnt work) and half-failed Small Clone (passes dry signal but with no added modulation despite LFO tick if i press my finger on the track-side of the board), i figured id go for something a little easier. Hence the Jersey Girl Fulltender.

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/jersey-girl-fulltender.html?m=1

A bit of a squeeze getting all in with tge two switches into a 1590B, but fired up nicely first time (using the LF444). As i said, it does work as a subtle overdrive with single coils, but if i engage the 'edge' switch in 'higher gain' mode, the effect becomes rather noisy. Now this may be a feature of either the pedal itself, which is why i'm asking.
I will try alternative quad op-amps - is the LF444 inherently noisy, for instance?

Again, thanks for all the work and hand-holding you folks do :)

Adam

[r-nox]

Are you using a battery or  ac power supply?

[Kalimna]

Hi,
Im using a T-Rex Fuel Tank ac adaptor.
Cheers

[JustinsElf]

Take my limited experience into consideration here, but the few instances I've had with noisy pedals have been "housekeeping" issues.  Wires just running all willy nilly.  Once I started being mindful of where my input/output wires were and tried to keep them away from each other, I began having less noise issues.  First one I had trouble with was a DOD Carcosa that would squeal and oscillate really badly.  Moved some wiring around and it was fine.  

[Zanius]

High gain pedals tent to produce noise, especially when there is a boost involved. Generally, if you are going for some serious builds I would advise to try and find pcbs for any high gain circuits rather than stripboard builds full of stray cables :)

As JustinsElf says, short wires that don't run parallel to each other will reduce the problem. Also using shielded wiring for input/output will help.