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Thanks for the suggestions. The only cap I have in that range is a 100pf and it doesn't really help, although it does change the pitch of the whistle a bit!

Anybody out there?

I built the three-knob Pink Purple/Fuchsia Fuzz from this stripboard layout: I used an MPF4393 in Q1 and an MP38A in Q3. I used 1n4001 as D1 and D2. Everything else is as in the layout (or at least that is my belief). The pedal works but I'm getting oscillation in the higher reaches of the...

Apologies and thanks for the response. I will post in Troubleshooting. To answer your question, I built it from this layout but with an MPF4393 in Q1 and an MP38A in Q3: https://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2013/08/bjfe-bearfoot-pink-purple-fuzz.html?m=1

Hi Chuck. I have just built the three-knob version (yes, silly me, it was before I realised there was a refined version) on stripboard, but I'm getting oscillation with the fuzz pot in the higher regions on certain spots of the Nature pot. The oscillation remains no matter Q3 (I have a load of...

Did you ever find a solution to this? I just built a three knob version and I'm having the same issue with a variety of germanium npns. I have double-checked pinout and I am putting them in the correct orientation (I'm socketing). It's only at some points in the fuzz and nature controls but the...

The depth pot wiring needs to be mirrored from my take in post #23 above. Works fine now. Very nice-sounding pedal.

So I wired my depth pot like so... Do you know why the depth knob is working in reverse?

It's alive! I desoldered the whole board and migrated the components to a fresh piece of stripboard. Soldering went much more smoothly with magnification. One thing though: my depth pot is working in reverse: most intense at fully anti-clockwise and vice versa. The image shows how I've...

Yeah, my eyesight is definitely an issue soldering to stripboard. I ordered a magnifying visor, which unfortunately arrived when the board was mostly done. I will concede that the soldering is on the messy side. That said I'm getting continuity everywhere I should, and no continuity everywhere I...

I guessed that the 3PDT board might be the problem so I rewired it directly to a fresh 3PDT two days ago. I had a look at the schematic in the BYOC build document. It's practically illegible. In any case, I'm not terribly fluent in that language though I'm slowly working on it.

I can't get it working anyway. I think I might hate stripboard.

Annoying. I'm sure you've maxed out the level trim pot?

Yes, I have more or less finished it with the small issue that it is not working. The LED is flashing and the speed pot affects it but no sound. I'm not really sure how to wire the footswitch so that might be the issue.

I think that's jack in/out?