The Gator

It's runnin' now. Not sure how socket goes bad but, it works now.

Yeah there's two sides to every coin. A lot of people say the less things you solder the better the less connections there are the...

Thank you very much. That's what I thought. I sold all the ones I had previously built (like a dummy). I should know better and always...

So this is about the fifth pendulum I've built and this is the first one that I've had any issues. Basically I would say the voltage...

This is yet another revision of my "Hard Rock Pinnacle Purebred Drive", which is a @Chuck D. Bones modification of the Animals Diamond...

Thank you very much for sharing this info! Great stuff!

Because of my infatuation with the Animals Diamond Peak mod, which is a similar circuit that also calls for low-gain silicon...

Even though I love the germanium sound, I avoid the search for the germanium transistors. If I can find low gain silicon to take its...

That's some cool info, thx! Here, I have bc109c for Q1 and Q4, KSY 62B for Q2 and Q3. I don't have too many low hfe candidates stashed...

Oh cool! On the one I built I used bc549c on Q1 and Q4 (flipped around for proper pinout), and some 2N3903 for Q2 and Q3. Hfe of 70 and...

Thanks! I found a few pieces with relatively low values - I chose 64 and 88. Works as it should :)

Probably want to retune a few caps to let more bottom-end thru. N.B. there is no clean bleed and since this circuit inverts, you'll...

Well, somebody with a bass needs to build one!

It is two layers of trace. The pots and components are all on the same side which seemed strange. Come to think of it you're absolutely...

When I traced the Hell bender and Page Bender circuits from Deep trip there were several zero ohm resistors that I just omitted from the...