Dizzy Elk (Get Rad! Edition)

[blackhatboojum]

So, my favorite Californian, @peccary hooked me with this one and I gotta say… this was a fun build. As a general rule, I’m not a dirt box guy and fuzz is pretty low on the list of sounds I enjoy or want to try. That being said though, I’m enjoying the hell out of this fuzz. Per Joe’s suggestion, I auditioned a boatload of diodes, germanium and silicon, until I found a sound I liked. I’m amazed how much a single diode can affect how this fuzz sounds and feels. That alone has made this whole experience fun and rewarding. Ultimately, I ended up settling on a BAT46. With this diode it’s fat, unruly, and has sustain for days. Quite the opposite of the germanium's I tested. Those resulted in that Velcro ripping, gated kind of fuzz and personally, I’m not really a fan of that sound.

For the enclosure, I went with a champagne colored enclosure from Tayda, and a goofy cartoon of a drunken elk. A pretty fitting character for this fuzz because of how angry and unruly it can get.

 

[Harry Klippton]

I love how this came out and I can't wait to build mine

 

[peccary]

I love it. This came together great.

This is pretty close to the artwork I had in my mind with the Dizzy Elk name, and I'm loving the color of that enclosure.

I haven't ever tried any Si diodes, I'll have to experiment with those.

Everyone showing off their Dizzy Elk builds like:

 

[VanWhy]

Looks great. Nice build! I'm definitely trying BAT46s in mine now.

 

[Paradox916]

Awesome build! And That belligerent elk is quite possibly the best graphic I have ever seen on a pedal… I can’t stop laughing every time I look at it…. This needs to be my spirit animal.

 

[jwin615]

Bullwinkle fell off the wagon and has had enough of Rocky's bullsh*t.

Sweet build.

 

[jessenator]

Echoing the above. Superb all around and I too love the belligerent elk.

 

[blackhatboojum]

I love how this came out and I can't wait to build mine

Thanks Will. I can’t wait to see yours .

I love it. This came together great.

This is pretty close to the artwork I had in my mind with the Dizzy Elk name, and I'm loving the color of that enclosure.

I haven't ever tried any Si diodes, I'll have to experiment with those.

Everyone showing off their Dizzy Elk builds like:

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Thanks Joe. I digging the hell out of this fuzz.

Looks great. Nice build! I'm definitely trying BAT46s in mine now.

Many thanks. I should also mention that a 5mm red LED sounds pretty badass too. It also lights up … and I’m a .

Awesome build! And That belligerent elk is quite possibly the best graphic I have ever seen on a pedal… I can’t stop laughing every time I look at it…. This needs to be my spirit animal.

Thanks Rob. I hereby christen drunken elk official Abduction Audio abductee.

Bullwinkle fell off the wagon and has had enough of Rocky's bullsh*t.

Sweet build.

Echoing the above. Superb all around and I too love the belligerent elk.

Huge thanks!