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It sounds awesome! Always partial to the Ibanez stuff.

Oh I like this! Been wanting to try out either this or a Guvnor-based one.

Great looking build nonetheless! I would doubt having those Si transistors close in gain would really change the sound much, so if it's sounding good, slap that lid on and play!

Ah, the original of this had some sort of ZZ Topp tie-in, right? Looks awesome!

It does sound great! Am I wrong that the schematic looks similar to the Keeley Fuzz Head? Basically a transistor boost into a "differential fuzz" with an output buffer? I believe the Keeley was trying to do the same thing sonically, anyway.

Well, this speaks to me! Glad you made the choice you did.

Looks great and I have been curious to see one of these in the wild! I know what you mean about those trimpots. I once order some 3362R or U thinking the footprint would be the same as 3362P. Turned out they're not!

Nice! I recently did the 1973 #18 from his website, and I can see the potential for going down the rabbit hole with these.

This is awesome! Love the graphics. You were on the right track with the lower-gain Q1 and Q2. That's what the Mk III/Buzzaround/Dizzytone actually wants, as well as wanting a higher gain/leakier Q3. Finally, the diode almost has to be leaky for it to even bias. I learned that the hard way on a...

Thanks to you both! I've seen that vero and it looks intense, so hats off to you for taking that one on. For mods, two I could picture would be the drive switch on a footswitch and the second trimmer (the Q5 one) as an external knob (as suggested by Ghost Effects in the build doc for a short PCB...

Imagine an era where the big secret thing our governments were working on was the most intense fuzztone of its day! If only, right? I've had this board since 2014 and have finally gotten around to boxing it. My daughter got me this lovely aqua Rustoleum for my birthday and that was the impetus...

Glad to see your build report on this circuit! I've been curious about it. One thing I'm not clear on--the Ge transistor as diode in the clipping section should be NPN or PNP? I thought NPN from the schematic but not sure if that's right...

I love this! I'm glad to see something new in DIY analog bbd land as well. I approached storyboardist with an idea to do an Ibanez AD-80 or AD-9 a while back and it sounds like it could happen (but I'm sure will take a bit). In the latter case, pretty sure it would be 3205-based.

Demo sounds great! I honestly didn't know what a Metal Zone sounded like, but the owner of a local guitar shop in my town swears by its EQ section.

You bet! I should have pointed out for folks who want to build this that Antique Electronic Supply has the same transistor that I used in this for Q3, the OC141. I just tested one I got from them and it was around 197hfe and really low leakage, so higher gain than the one I used, but you could...

Thanks for the kind words and likes, everyone! Also thanks the b-day, wishes, Chris! I always picture you and bio77 as around my age, at least if I'm going by the sonic referents in your clips and such. Anyway, after playing around with the build more, I would highly recommend it. It...

I'm feeling a little sheepish to finally be posting a build report for this when I participated in the trace thread a while back! I have to admit I had a failed build of this the first time around, so picked up a second board this summer when my daughter got me a PPCB gift certificate for my...

Looks awesome, John! I am tempted by the low noise floor to try this one out. Love my A/DA clone, but without the gate, man that noise...

I was hoping to see the first build report of this soon! I honestly did not even know about this pedal until PedalPCB had a board coming out, after which I sought out clips. Will very likely do this one over the summer!

I did, this one has the red dot on the C. I confirmed it through the gain/leakage testing and also through trying it out in a Keeley Fuzz Head-type build I did a while back. It's a great transistor for sure.