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A while back I breadboarded this and was thinking of dropping it from the build list. Gain, gain, gain, fuzz, fuzz, fuzz, blah, blah, blah. Seen it, done it, got the Conan shirt. Then it came up in rotation and I breadboarded it again, since I had all the parts. Boy, I'm glad I did. This is...

Hahaha... Sure, but I would like you to make you a pedal even better. It's much more gratifying. PTP is a good thing to do!

Hey Hamish! Currently breadboarding the Major/Old Fashioned and auditioning transistors. Stay tuned!

Trying to build up a BlueBeard on an old Muffin board, but I can't find the unrevised schematic (pre-tone bypass). Anybody know where I can find it? I could suss it out with continuity tracing, but I'm trying to take the lazy way. Nevermind, found it via google...

Could use a clean with a toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol. I also was wondering with ErikS about that slashy looking line, and make sure there are no solder bridges between pads. Have you tried each "head" switch? And dimed the knobs? And ensured that the cables are going into the right...

Merci M. Chat! Here's some thoughts: this circuit is very tuned for guitar, although it did sound pretty good with my baritone. I'm pretty sure I implemented it correctly, minus maybe some old-ass component tolerances (thanks again, @jwin615 ! See, I told you I'd put things to good use!) One...

Well, I'm recovering from minor surgery and high on opioids (prescription!) so maybe it's messing with my procedural logic and aesthetics. Lots of good things already written about the figbuster/cluster fuzz/moonn f(x)=fuzzyness2 and I've reported on the latter's differences. This is just a...

Speedo has always played solid rock parts on a Les Paul (some augured out), but I think Rick has had more varied guitars. Like a funky teisco or some such-- whatever it is, he always chooses similar trebly stuff for the angular playing he does. [Edit: Rick might be the consistent one: Harmony...

Seen all three! Dig all three! Lucky me, I guess. I was about to note the lack of pedals thing. I think their sound is all guitar, 'tudes, and ferocious attack. I do love me some sweaty Hawaiian shirted San Diegans, and screamy skinny guys with weird guitars. Long live the Shamu rockers...

This pedal is really a bit odd. Half the time I'm not sure I like it, but then I consistently manage to come up with some pretty good parts! Anyway, the pedal really rewards a varied touch in the 10:00 to 12:00 position [edit: of the gain knob. How vague!]. You can caveman it if you want...

I still use transistor sockets. The annoyance of desoldering outweighs the potential need to reseat a transistor for me. And I've never really noticed any particular excessive noise. Now if I was touring and throwing pedals around all day, that would be a different story.

Isn't tremolo by definition an intermittent signal problem? hahahahaa... On the pin-headers, maybe this is a good opportunity to try the copper wire technique @temol posted:

Merci l'ami chat! The diagonals were accidental. I was just trying to open up space at the top of the pedal so I just tied all of the grounds together. But I agree! I've been embracing them in PTP.

Hahaha no. I haven't yet achieved Thorpyesque levels of girthitude

I guess that makes us all weird then, good bud. :geek:

***BASS ALERT!! BASS ALERT!!*** Tested initially with my Guild Polara into my little orange crush test amp. Tried with my tele... Sounded decent. But man, this sounds pretty effing dope on bass. [edit: tried it through my Sunn Sonaro and 2x15 cab--the treble content still sounds a bit harsh...

Hm! Always with the learnings. As always, much appreciated, thank you, CDB. I have to admit, I totally forgot about the JFET substitution, not that remembering would have changed my ignorance about the diode function and orientation.

Well, I'm not going to pretend like this one didn't give some trouble. Mostly because I let the first stage sprawl a bit, and it cramped everything else and made soldering through little windows not super fun. Forgot a resistor in the power section, melted a cap, banged up the array a bit with...

A google lens search returned this: So, apparently designed by John Dyer Baizley from Baroness, and sold by Sonny, the dude who made the pedals, so I guess, yes, official.

I hear that--but you are talking about the redundancy of diodes in the original design? Did the rerouting of R1 to ground require D1 be removed for the circuit to function properly, then?