gilly - An Emanating Fist Dope Priest homage

[analog_bham]

Build Rating

5.00 star(s)

At the recommendation of @PedalBuilder I decided to build the Dope Priest. I had no idea how badly I needed this pedal! It's absolutely my new favorite Muff variant. I had purchased some KT3102E transistors from Oleg several months ago and have been waiting to use them on some Muffs. I purchased 10 Muffin Fuzz boards for my son and I to build together, focusing on different variants for them. Well... he's a teenager and his appetite for hanging out with dad is minimal so I just decided to step away from the Tonebenders and Fuzz Faces that I've been working on and give this one a try.

I spent quite a while sorting the KT3102s before coming across a forum post on another board that indicated that gain doesn't matter in a Muff circuit. I don't know whether that's true or not, but I went with 4 transistors that were all about 550 hfe and am very happy with how they sound. Other component choices are honestly aesthetic.

Definitely give this one a try. I know I'm going to end up building a second one of these for my son (or for me to replace this one when he steals it)

I've been working on different labeling schemes for the pedals. This one is a white Love My Switches enclosure that I used my Cricut to cut out permanent vinyl stickers that I applied to the enclosure. I sprayed it with a lacquer to lock the vinyl in place because I doubt that they had guitar pedals in mind when they marketed it as "permanent."

John

 

[genXslacker]

Well... he's a teenager and his appetite for hanging out with dad is minimal

Yep. Same.

Other component choices are honestly aesthetic.

That paid off. The board looks awesome.

I used my Cricut to cut out permanent vinyl stickers

I didn't know it would cut stickers as thin as the control labels. I've had one sitting in a box for the better part of a year. I got it with the plan to cut vinyl as an etching mask, but the pictures of yours look pretty good to my eye. I guess I've got another learning curve to tackle.

 

[analog_bham]

I didn't know it would cut stickers as thin as the control labels. I've had one sitting in a box for the better part of a year. I got it with the plan to cut vinyl as an etching mask, but the pictures of yours look pretty good to my eye. I guess I've got another learning curve to tackle.

It takes some effort and is pretty inefficient but it works. I end up with tweezers and the “weeding” tool from Cricut. After that I basically line them back up on the cutout sheet, put the transfer film over them and then just cut them out. They come off the transfer film pretty well.

 

[dcfvgb]

Looks awesome, the colors! Is this based on a rams head?

 

[analog_bham]

Looks awesome, the colors! Is this based on a rams head?

Yeah.

 

[bluedmc777]

Pretty sure those are the same transistors used in my bubble font. Are there a lot of changes from the Ramshead? I would’ve thought it was based off one of the Russians with the extra low end. I love both but like the Ramshead more.

 

[analog_bham]

I took it off the build documentation for the Muffin Fuzz with the exception of the transistors.