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That is a really interesting take on things, and it would work well. Would there be any advantage to that, vs. what I have built?

COOL! That would be awesome on the bottom of a pot/switch combo and shoved into a guitar

I really like simple circuits the most. One or two knobs, a switch maybe, and the on/off stomp switch. This circuit sounds great! Input stage is a BC108, and the clipping stage is a BC548C. @BuddytheReow I don't think I built what you suggested, even though it does what I want it to do. Edit...

The 100K is the volume control. I want a fixed amount of clipping (as much as possible). I am close! I tried feeding the output of the boost to a DPDT like this: 1-----4 to output jack---2 5---from boost out from recovery stage out---3 6---to input...

Yes, exactly! A "clean" (for an old transistor) boost, and a selectable clipping section that doesn't drop the output. I can build a booster, and I can build an Electra, but I am having a lot of trouble figuring out my intended endpoint. Right now I have a 100K pot coming off the booster, so...

Thank you! That makes sense, trying to match the cut. The recovery stage is what I wanted to do, but I didn't build it properly. I was trying to make a single knob effect - it sounds like I will need two, with one for the booster and one for the recovery stage? I'm also unsure of how to...

OK, so here is my intention. When adding clipping diodes, output is decreased. I want to make that output decrease go away. I tried sending more signal to the diodes (correctly this time), but that just made the quieter clipping more intense and fuzzy. It sounded great, but not louder. Is there...

The Electra circuit is really easy to build, makes a lot of gain, seems to not care about which transistor you use, and is also a good boost with a lot of color if you skip the clipping diodes, so it's perfect for a beginner like me. I had an idea of making an Electra with a selectable clipping...

So THAT is how my Spark Mini works!

It seems like lots of builders are going for an SPST footswitch and a relay these days. What are the advantages/disadvantages to that approach?

I got home from the lab a little early tonight, made my wife dinner and sent her to bed with some wine because she isn't feeling well, and I have a little time to play with the circuit I built from the schematic I posted initially. I am going to write out what I am doing as it happens for...

A self-built trap for beginners.... lmfao. OK, I will power my breadboard backwards and also buy a 9V and build it the right way.

I've been able to breadboard all sorts of stuff in the last few months, including a Distortion+, a simple delay, and others. I can't seem to get this working right. It's probably just easier to use the charge pump and not have to think about negative voltage, etc! At this point I've sunk in...

That makes a lot of sense! I will try that.

Thanks for this. Those voltages are not possible using the "upside down" schematic from muzique.com, since all grounds within the bounds of the filter caps are connected to power. That gives me 9VDC at Q1-E, etc. However, we are talking positive voltage, not negative, since the power supply is...

I have two PNP Ge transistors to make a fuzz face (literally exactly two, one of each model). They're expensive, so I didn't buy more. Since it isn't very fuzzy, I figured making a very large boost to the input would make it do something closer to what I wanted. My original question was, if I...

I have a power supply, but no 9V batteries. I also don't have any barrel connectors to make a center-positive cable at the moment. Everything seems to be connected correctly, and I measured each resistor out of circuit to verify values. What should Q1 values look like, so I have a point of...

Right now I have the booster disconnected, so that can be ignored. Schematic for FF is above - I shouldn't need to flip the caps around because I'm powering it upside-down to use a center-negative supply, according to Jack's writeup on it

Measured just now, 8:30AM PST. Wildly different values from last night - it was cold! Q1 - 1970's AC128, ~70hFE, ~300µa leakage Q1-B: 8.99 Q1-C: 6.47 Q1-E: 9.07 Q2 - 1970's GT402I, ~140hFE, ~300µa leakage Q2-B: 6.47 Q2-C: 4.06 Q2-E: 6.64 This schematic, replacing the 8.2K resistor with a 10K...