Recent content by maertz13

Turns out I was just really, REALLY tired and the very reasonable answer was right in front of me. Thank you for confirming.

Working on a maestro FZ-1, running on 2-AA, 3v, positive ground. no voltage inverter, no AC adaptor. and I can't figure out how to wire the LED(s). 2? why 2? one is there to let the end user know that the power is on. there is an on-off toggle on the negative to conserve battery. annnnnnnd I...

So I've found myself with a buttload of these pulled out of an old electric organ. Appears to be National Semiconductor: 065 (break) 00 (break) 711 I'm not versed enough in JFET specs to know what this compares to or where I can use it, I generally just use the JFET I'm told to use 😅. What...

Chuck's Germanium Hammer Boaty McBoatface Silicon Slayer Gloria Gainor Articulated Worm Skeleton Wingdangdoodle Drive Jupiter's Wrath Sauropod Eyelashes: Unobtanium Edition Gerald

Howdy. I gave this program a couple hours long spin and would like to share my experience. https://verodesigner.vercel.app/ a free HTML based app that quickly and intelligently creates a vero layout from a schematic. the short version: for being free, it's downright incredible. next to no...

i REALLY want to hear this one. I've made a couple "box of germanium" and had to bias them very carefully to get it into crunch territory, which made it VERY bright, so the tonestack and LPFs on the end had to be tweaked. this seems like a really fun evolution

forgive the necro bump, someone asked if I could make something like this. a triggerable expression sweep with controls for the upper and lower limits. not a constant LFO, but a single tap to trigger that will start from the set low value, sweep at a rate controlled via (probably digital?)...

reduces the gain of the boost section from "way too much" screaming death mode to a more reasonable distortion pedal. very similar to the Orman DS-1 mod.

R7 and R13 - 10k and 220k

heard. though I will also present this: when you have a tackle box full of mojo transistors, put them in a fuzz :D It's starting to look like hoarding parts as opposed to collecting them to use at the right time. I'm not a dragon, they aren't treasure.

Thank you. I haven’t yet, and somehow it has slipped my mind. But I’ll have to get around to that one. Maybe throw in some vintage transistors and see what magic it holds

Smaller input cap, larger output cap. More balanced than just nuking the input cap. Gets to squawky like that.

Finally got a minute to shoot a demo when my neighbors wouldn’t kill me Telecaster into a modded vht special 6 ultra, unidyne 3 on a vintage 30

Thank you 😊. It’s waterslide, which gets a little rocky when the surface isn’t flat. So any raised bumps in the paint were very gently sanded. Clear coat, sand, clean, repeat until the surface is relatively flat. Clear waterslide plays a little nicer, especially tossed in the oven on low for a...

A little over a year ago I posed about the germanium Hirstute Fuzz Vintage Deluxe, a shimmery purple affair with a switchable pre-gain and a giant VU meter in the center. My interest in getting more out of a fuzz face has not ceased. So now I present Hirsute Fuzz Vintage Silicon. Powered by...