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I just built this recently and it's a great pedal. I really don't think you can go wrong with any of their pedals.

I'm close to the same when it comes to building pedals, I use a notes program to keep track of what I liked about a pedal or disliked about building it. As far as actually keeping track of settings, once I dial something in I'll take a picture of it with my phone and push it to the cloud. So if...

Continuing on my backlog of Dead End FX PCBs, here's Sprocket, Spaceman Effects Space Rocket I clone. Taking my learnings from the previous pedals, I adjusted the level at which I placed the knobs and gave myself enough clearance to have all top inputs. I had to make some small adjustments on...

So, after finishing Trahald, I figured I should finish the big brother: Gollum. Much like the Trahald, this build went together pretty quickly. I went with all top jacks, which maybe wasn't the best idea. I should have given a little more space up top for the first row of knobs which would have...

This build came together really quickly. It appears to be lacking the 3rd voicing that exists in the original pedal (which I assume bypasses the voicings) however, that isn't a big deal since only one of the voicings really tickles my fancy. There were a few time-consuming parts: finding...

I'm a huge fan of the FZ-1 circuit and had this breadboarded for a few months playing with all the transistors until committing it to a pcb. I used SFT-353s from Amplified Parts for the Q1-Q3 and they ranged in hfe from 80ish to 115. The build went really quickly and really had no issues...

It's an AI generated image of Indrid Cold aka The Grinning Man. Playing off the name of Space Fuzz :). Although, the similarities are quite uncanny with Kenneth Copeland in more ways that one...

I spent longer than I should have building this pedal. I enjoy chaotic fuzzes and this one ticked all the boxes for me based on the demos that I saw on YouTube. It was actually a very quick build but it definitely works much better with a single coil guitar than a humbucker. I spent a lot of...

I went through the signal path with an oscilloscope and confirmed there was signal at all places. I rechecked all the solder joints and had them checked by someone much more skilled than me in soldering and confirmed they were ok. The sustain potentiometer is very interactive with the volume...

I referenced @debrad's build here and desoldered the extra 10k resistor from the board. I also cleaned up the flux off the board and tested again. At high volume levels on the guitar (e.g. volume at 7 or higher) the pedal works as expected, at lower volume levels the signal just disappears and...

I did not see that note, thanks for bringing it to my attention. How sensitive to your guitar's volume control is it? Thanks again!

My pick ups aren't too hot just standard Burstbuckers in the LP and some Klein Epic '54s in the strat. I'll be cleaning and touching up once the effect is up and running well. It's the joy of working on it after the family is in bed. :) Pin (LM386N-4) Voltage 11.298V 20.006V 30.007V...

Added 10k resistor back in and it works. How sensitive is the circuit to guitar volume? Based on my playing (Les Paul and Stratocaster) the volume needs to be ~7 or higher at the guitar to really get anything out of the circuit -- below that its just the occasional snap crackle and pop.

Yup and the resistor I removed (which looks to be R1) based on a previous post that I probably misread is connected to pin 1 of the B100K pot essentially removing sustain control from the circuit. :(

I have attached a shot of the back of the pcb in the first post. As far as the CLRs, I don't mind modifying the breakout board to remove and jump the CLR and LED there since I use the LED in the main board. Transistors are all 2N5088. Voltages for IC @ steady state, sustain at 0, vol ~50%...

Steady state: Pin 6 on IC (LM386N-4): 8.31V (assumming left to right ordering of transistors and checking collector voltages (pin 3) Q1c: 8.26V Q2c: 1.48V Q3c: 0.0v (could be wrong, couldn't get a good read on it)

I just wrapped up soldering a Panspermeria Fuzz PCB. When I plugged it in, I received very splattery inconsistent effect that didn't seem to pick up the playing of the guitar. So, I rechecked all my wiring, my soldering, etc. and that all looked fine. I then looked over the build document and...

I built this pedal about a month ago. I used to have the original pedal (Durham Electronics' Crazy Horse) but sold it a few years ago because it was sitting on my shelf too long. I got the urge to play some Neil Young Weld and Rust type songs and decided instead of purchasing it again, I'd build...

@debrad would you mind posting a picture of your finished PCB? I just built this and am not getting the desired results. Which resistor did you end up keeping? (sorry for jumping into this thread to ask questions, I'll be happy to make a new one). I have posted a question in the troubleshooting...

Cool, thanks, I'll have to dig into the diysb thread. I've got this pcb on order and this would be a fun mod to add to it.