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I got the pickguard on and all strung up and the fuzz sounds really great! Thanks guys for all the help! 🤘 The hiss is still pretty loud, so next time that I order components I will get some non-electrolytic caps to try and replace C1 and C3 But overall I'm stoked!

This is the layout that I used from Amplified Parts. The trim pot is in place of the 8.2k resistor that connects with the Q2 collector. Yeah I guess I'll not worry about it (y)

Unfortunately I don't have any close non-electrolytic caps to play with, I could orders some though

So last night after I put the pickguard back on I realized that I had not removed the direct ground wire to the circuit, so the circuit was getting power all the time and that's why there was so little pop. This morning I opened her up and removed that ground wire (so relying on the switched...

I followed this diagram and it's working with minimal pop! Thanks so much!

I'm getting -1.3mV across R5, zero on the volume pot pulldown

I do have a multimeter, I should be able to check that tonight or tomorrow

So I have a 1n cap, where exactly would I be putting it? From the signal input on the effect board to ground?

That sounds like a good idea, it does have a lot of hiss

So I tried it with a 1M resistor on the pot between the middle (output) and ground, and it's still popping. Was this not the right place to put it? Does it need to go on the switch to ground

So here's the schematic I'm working with It looks like there is already a resistor on the input that may be functioning as a pulldown? (R5, 1M) so I should be good there, right? So it would make sense to put a pulldown resistor on the output, and the place to do that would be between the...

Thanks!

Got it wired up correctly with the schematic and it all seems to be working! The switch shuts off voltage to the fuzz. Slight problem/annoyance though; I get a pretty loud "pop" when switching the fuzz on or off. Is this to be expected? Any way to reduce it? Thanks

It's a lot of fun!

Thanks! The knobs are Davies 1910cs daka-ware that I got from Amplified Parts. They were kind of expensive, but they do look nice and are a good size

So I also found my Simulcast kind of bright so I gave the cap on Q2 thing a try. I found 55pf cap that measured on the high side (.06uf on my dmm) and stuck it between the base and collector. Just what I needed! It's still a bright pedal, but that took the "shrill" off.

Today I finished up the last of the three builds that I've been working on! The first build was the Simulcast. Populating the board went fine, but I hadn't boxed a pedal in a long time so I made a lot of mistakes. First try I wired the power backwards, jack input/output and grounds backwards...

Thank you so much! That makes sense

Oops, forgot that this is a PNP circuit, reversed the battery snap leads! But based on voltage readings I think I've got it right now (y)

Ok I think I get it. Does this look correct? The contacts of my switch seem to face the opposite/90 degrees from a regular 3pdt stomp switch.