The Great Destroyer (Fuzzdog Reasonably Good Mangler)

[Glitchlab]

Build Rating

5.00 star(s)

This is the Fuzzdog version of The Great Destroyer by Dwarfcraft. I built it with the additional tweak knob mod because more noise is good. I discovered with some forum diving that the chip that the original uses wasn’t in production under it’s old name (CD4049BE) but was rebranded as the CD74HC4049E. So I ordered that one through Digi-Key and after installing it the pedal does all the noise stuff the original does (or at least what I’ve heard in the demos, I never had an original.) I wanted a messed up fuzz with noise and that’s exactly what this thing is. I will say the it’s a little bit of a tight fit in the enclosure for everything but I did all the off board wiring outside so it wasn’t too bad. This was a super easy build otherwise so if you’re looking for an easy noise oriented pedal this just might be the one to do.

 

[Feral Feline]

Awersum!

I've been trying to track down the elusive CD4049BE (note no "U"!) for ... a decade?
It even sparked some debate on the forum if the chip ever existed.

Old wishlist entry for a Double-Destroyer.



I've also was looking for the MC14049BCP, as well as Philips HEF4049B, National CD4049BMJ/BCJ devices and 74C devices ...


Now all I have to do is put together a DigiKey order! I'll have to pick up a few of those CD74HC4049E ICs, as they're used in TTG's "CHRISTINE" circuit, too!




Thank you @Glitchlab !

 

[Glitchlab]

Awersum!

I've been trying to track down the elusive CD4049BE (note no "U"!) for ... a decade?
It even sparked some debate on the forum if the chip ever existed.

Old wishlist entry for a Double-Destroyer.



I've also was looking for the MC14049BCP, as well as Philips HEF4049B, National CD4049BMJ/BCJ devices and 74C devices ...


Now all I have to do is put together a DigiKey order! I'll have to pick up a few of those CD74HC4049E ICs, as they're used in TTG's "CHRISTINE" circuit, too!




Thank you @Glitchlab !

I actually found some CD4049BE chips from a supplier in china but they weren’t made by Texas Instruments but by a Chinese company (forgot the brand off the top of my head.) They didn’t do what the Texas Instruments chips do in this circuit so I tried a CD4049UBE which did actually work a little better at the noise stuff but still wasn’t what this pedal needed. The CD74HC4049E really did the trick in making this pedal into what it’s supposed to do. And the original chip was manufactured but I don’t know between what dates it was. I saw a few of those forums where it was being debated whether the chip was real or not but a quick google search will pull up a spec sheet detailing the chip so it is real. I don’t think that Texas Instruments would make a fake spec sheet for a part that doesn’t exist. When I read the one forum about the name change on the chip I pulled both spec sheets and compared both of them and they are identical. So yeah just a rebrand.

 

[Feral Feline]

I actually found some CD4049BE chips from a supplier in china but they weren’t made by Texas Instruments but by a Chinese company (forgot the brand off the top of my head.) They didn’t do what the Texas Instruments chips do in this circuit so I tried a CD4049UBE which did actually work a little better at the noise stuff but still wasn’t what this pedal needed. The CD74HC4049E really did the trick in making this pedal into what it’s supposed to do. And the original chip was manufactured but I don’t know between what dates it was. I saw a few of those forums where it was being debated whether the chip was real or not but a quick google search will pull up a spec sheet detailing the chip so it is real. I don’t think that Texas Instruments would make a fake spec sheet for a part that doesn’t exist. When I read the one forum about the name change on the chip I pulled both spec sheets and compared both of them and they are identical. So yeah just a rebrand.

Nearly every datasheet I've pulled for the BE was a bait-and-switch sitch — ie download the doc and once opened it was for the UBE.

Again, thank you so very much for the lead on the IC.

 

[tegendemuur]

Awersum!

I've been trying to track down the elusive CD4049BE (note no "U"!) for ... a decade?
It even sparked some debate on the forum if the chip ever existed.

Old wishlist entry for a Double-Destroyer.



I've also was looking for the MC14049BCP, as well as Philips HEF4049B, National CD4049BMJ/BCJ devices and 74C devices ...


Now all I have to do is put together a DigiKey order! I'll have to pick up a few of those CD74HC4049E ICs, as they're used in TTG's "CHRISTINE" circuit, too!




Thank you @Glitchlab !

Got the Great Destroyer board wishlisted, and recently found a local electronic shop selling the one without the U (also CD4040BE, for the Robot Devil pedal). Asked them a few minutes ago by mail if they could tell me the manufacturer of this IC. I'll let you know if it leads to something worthwhile!