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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.

So I just tested my completed Marigold PCB and am getting no sound other than a quiet gated fuzz, which only happens if I turn the volume up louder and hit the strings hard. I've checked resistor and cap values and looked for solder bridges/issues; also, I went through any thread I could find on...

Thanks! This is definitely my vibe. Seems like it was really responsive with both the tone and volume knobs. Sounds great with that Tele as well. I know what you mean about those blue LEDS. They are still bright even with 22k for the CLR!

Now this I would like to hear a demo of! Your OD-1 build sounds great, and both that and this have been on the list for me for some time now.

I had to listen to this right away! Yes, it sounds awesome. Love that Silver Surfer theme!

This is awesome! Wanted to add, I haven't built the Sweet, but I was intrigued about those 1n6263 diodes. I grabbed some as part of a Mouser order and tried them in the symmetrical (non-stock) diode position on a Percolator build. They completely slay in that circuit!

Great build! I absolutely love fuzz or distortion into chorus. Check out how Bob Mould did so with Husker Du in the eighties ("In a Free Land" is a good example, as is "New Day Rising"). Makes it sound even more like your amp is about to get a rip in the speaker or something. That's my reference...

This is an absolute beauty! I appreciate all the information you shared as well.

Looks great! I do still love my Buzzaround after all these years. I'm a sucker for anything in this circuit family.

Your Q2C should be fine with -0.39v. If it's in that range or ever a little higher, you will have better volume knob cleanup from your guitar (just maybe with a bit more background hiss). It should pair well with that -7.0v you have on Q3C as well. Anything below -0.20v on Q2C and you will hear...

I see you have a couple of Russian transistors there. Make sure you have the correct legs in the correct positions. Guitar PCB's board is set up for and EBC pinout, but I think a lot of the Russians are something like ECB. That could explain the odd voltages. In particular, the Q2 collector...

I seriously need to populate the board I have for this! You've inspired me to get off my rear and make it happen before too much more time goes by. I know what you mean about drilling--center punching things just a bit off has been the bane of my existence. I'm finally getting a bit better with...

I'd been hoping someone would post a build report for this soon! 2n3565s sound like a great choice. Were those BC549b similar in terms of hfe? I notice Basic Audio uses those in a lot of their circuits.

I appreciate the honest assessment of the sound. I was interested in the concept but the demos weren't doing it for me sound-wise really. For me modulation does have to work with OD or fuzz.

That looks great! I love the classic movie monster theme. That's one of your hallmarks, kind of like Marvel for thewintersoldier...

When I did mine I went with lower Vf diodes for the octave section as you mentioned and it came out really nice. I made sure those positions had a bit of that "reverse resistance" (i.e. low leakage) as well to get some of the benefit Schottky-types can provide there. I think your choice on the...

I think you might have the first build report for this! I've got a board too that I just need to populate someday here. I'll be curious to hear more about your transistor experiments. Q3 on this circuit has this setup with the diode where it's forcing it to act leaky. That led me to think...

Love it! I'm having a blast with mine as well.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! @BuddytheReow, that is just a waterslide. I'd like to switch to the no film decal once I run out of the waterslide stuff. You can see some of those cloudy spots underneath even though the picture minimized it a bit! :sneaky: