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Was that always there? I could have sworn there were no build docs the other day…

Can I has the schematic for the Overcast Fuzz?…

If Fender can go after strat copies, Paul Bigsby should lawyer up…

TIL Josh Scott invented Fuzz into a crunchy amp…

Fuzz-Rite (Ge and Si), Zonk I and II, Fuzz Factory…

Fun fact: the author of the famous “no taxation without representation” line was a lawyer names James Otis. He was killed by lightning while watching a storm through an open door in 1783…

Bit out of left field, but try the Topographer Distortion…

Ima order something this weekend (maybe) as a thank you for going the distance with that goop jawn. Now, have you heard of this thing called "build docs"?...

I want a Hammond-style wedge. Gimmie the wedge!…

I believe this is true if you are talking about the standard version. But I believe the earlier version, which were installed inside pedal steel guitars, utilized Ge. These circuits are a bit smoother, and fart out easier than the normal version…

Are you running into a clean amp? The Distortion+ style drives are designed to push an amp over the edge, not so much to create variable distortion out of nothing…

I’m a bit skeptical after digging a bit… This is a paragraph from the product page. Kinda reads like an African Prince wrote it. It is also written in the future tense, leading me to believe that the pedal doesn’t exist and is just a theory. I’m sure once people pay up front they’ll start...

Nutmeg, probably…

Sounds pretty good. I’d build in on vero, prolly…

If you want to stick with it (circuits from scratch) get stripboard. “Vero” is a brand name that has become synonymous with stripboard. Veroboard = stripboard. There are tons of layouts all over the place. I recommend starting small (boost, simple fuzz) in order to learn the technique… A few...