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I learned a long time ago to order parts on Smallbear at the amount to get a volume discount. It gave me several spares and it allowed me to get a little better price and I could cobble together a new circuit without having to place an extra order...most of the time. Usually a couple parts (a...

Funny how I too am building a vero Prunes and Custard, Ezekiel and have made a handful of Wooly Mammoth pedals in the past. I like the Mammoth quite a lot and hope that the other two will be handy. Luckily all three are reasonable to build up on vero board.

Congratulations!

I remember back in the day when Vero got popular and circuits came out of the woodwork fast and furious. What an amazing time to have a soldering iron! I started using perfboard at first and had a decent amount of success. Solder bridges and the birdsnest of wires coming from all parts of the...

This is a super cool and very generous idea. Thanks for the chance.

Woah! Just looked into the Multiplex and that thing sounds like a really interesting circuit with the rotary switch and different delay times. I hope they get back into production one day soon. I've got some youtube investigating to do. Thanks for the ideas.

I don't mind a diversion here and there. Your info is right on the money. I have had a lot of success with stripboard and have made a lot of pedals over the years following Torchy's layouts and a bunch on tagboardeffects. What an amazing resource! You just have to be meticulous as hell! Working...

I've been sorting my parts and setting up bins to organize the variety of pedals I've got in the works and wondered if I'm missing any wonderful/lesser known circuits to try out. Some of my favorites have been: Tim Escobedo's Uglyface (not the most useful or conventional, but who doesn't like...

That's great to hear. I've got a variety of buffer schems and layouts (leaning toward the JHS Little Black Box/Buffer?) and this could be a pretty useful item. Thanks for the words of encouragement.

Thanks for the help. Gotta add this to my future projects list.

Any help for these transistors to be used in a Fuzz Factory clone? I've got my sights on a Fuzz Foundry Deluxe once they come back in stock, along with the rotary switch. Thanks.

I keep coming back to this circuit and can't wait to see it come to life as a kit or documentation to diy. In my wish list, I'm hoping for something really simple to go out of one of my preamps (Alembic F1X clone, Intersound IVP, Acoustic 360+ or maybe one of the handful of pedal in a box...

I love the sound but have very little hands on experience with them. I did see a post on instagram of a modded Fender with four banjo tuners added to the headstock to convert it to 8-strings. Pretty cool idea even if they have a lousy turn ratio. That Ibanez posted above is a holy grail bass...

Just received an order from Tayda and I do feel a difference in the construction of their Alpha pots and the ones I have always received from Smallbear. They seem not quite as robust, but it's by a small degree and the printing on the board and back of the case seems a little bit different. I...

What a generous and clever contest! Thank you for the opportunity. It's been great reading all of the interests in the replies. I started getting into pedal building because I knew that I could make comparable products for less money. I did and still do and love the fact that I can be frugal...

I've kept a bunch over the years and sold a good number as well. I don't gig but I like to tinker with different pedal combinations and sounds and it's fun to have a variety of flavors to choose from...and that's why I have WAAAAAAAY too many fuzz/distortion/overdrive pedals cluttering up my...

I grabbed a Gravitation Reverb, Magnetron Delay and a Fuzz Aldren today. The Gravitation got back in stock just in time!

Just got word that the Gravitation Reverb pcb is back in stock and I grabbed one alongside a Magnetron. I did a good deal of youtubing clips of both and they seem to be flexible circuits. Can't wait to get them started!

So a reasonably high hfe Ge transistor will work in place of a lower hfe Silicon? Interesting... Good thing I ALWAYS socket my transistors.

Ha! I wonder if I'd ruffle some feathers with that jab. I'd wager that 99% of guitarists out there have better tone than I do!