Recent content by maertz13

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...

ahhh so you did the same as I did, but yours looks better. I've submitted that as a request and it was ignored. MOST of us are using the small trim pots and layouts drawn with the x-small footprint don't play nice unless you bend the pins funny.

@HamishR where did you find a component footprint for the trim pots? or did you make your own?

and JHS pedals the exact opposite

I “fixed” the diode clipping to the point where both sides worked, but wasn’t satisfied with the sound. So I moved it to where Friedman/jose put hard clipping. And that sounded just awful. So I’m officially at a loss about what to do with that. At the last stage of the preamp, where rob said to...

“A little thicker all around”. Then it has earned its name 🫡

Well I sacked up and put it all back together. Master volume works wonderfully. It’s probably the most crude MV, but it works and it’s not obliterating the tone. Jumpered over the variable power section. Nothing caught on fire, so I’d say that worked fine. Bright switch ks phenomenal. The...

yes, it was intentionally built on eyelet board to make it a platform for mods. everything has been easy to get to, just when it comes to power related things I'd love a second opinion 😅