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  1. G.G.

    Share YOUR music! (full tracks, clips, demos, loops, jams, whatever)

    ok gonna set the Wayback Machine to "other lifetime ago" this is the recording session that got us signed to Quincy Jones Qwest Records and then the group imploded almost right after the record came out. 🙃 And this is a 60s garage rock outfit we did after that. It was all cover songs but was...
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    How ugly is it allowed to be if it works?

    is the ugly part on the back? :D Looks super neat and clean to me. Very cool project!!
  3. G.G.

    Carlsbro Sound 2-Knob Fuzz!

    :D I'll bet it would sound fantastic with a bridge P90 or an SG!
  4. G.G.

    Carlsbro Sound 2-Knob Fuzz!

    Hey Gang, I put this together a while back and had always intended to post a build report. It's a cool old school fuzz that should definitely get more love than it does so I made a quick demo vid and here we are. The enclosure originally housed an ROG Tri-Vibe from back when a younger me wasn't...
  5. G.G.

    Mojito PCB traces question

    forgot to add, after removing the lug 2 connection from the PCB I got voltages changes on both 1&2 and 2&3. This is a great sounding circuit, super-psyched to get it up and running!
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    Mojito PCB traces question

    zgrav, I didn't get continuity between lugs 1 and 3. The resistance didn't change between lugs 1 and 2, but it did between 2 and 3 (not 100% sure my measurements were accurate). I removed lug 2 connection from the PCB and ran a wire from it to my test rig jack and it all works and sounds...
  7. G.G.

    Mojito PCB traces question

    I'm still getting continuity from end of the output wire to the ground pad after removing it from the test rig. I don't see anything that looks like it could be a solder bridge anywhere else. Maybe I'll try making a small cut on either side of the Output trace in that one spot 😷
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    Mojito PCB traces question

    Hi guys, I just put together my Mojito build and I'm not getting any sound at all from the output. Oddly, when I use an audio probe on Lug 2 of the Output pot it sounds like the circuit is working fine, all the controls work and it sounds great. When I test with my DMM I'm getting continuity...
  9. G.G.

    Aion fx Deimos

    Great looking build! What transistors did you go with? I got a Flying Dutchman set from Small Bear and thought the sound was excellent but needed a touch more low end so I added a bit larger output cap on the back of the board.
  10. G.G.

    let's see your pedalboard!

    I recently had some swap-ins and did some re-arranging to get the upper row a little more compact so here's the latest. I would like the get the orange chorus to not hang off the edge so much at some point. So, clockwise from top left corner: CE-2 Chorus, Tonebender MKII, Nordland ODR-C, BJFE...
  11. G.G.

    What Was Your First Pedal/Effect?

    I had an Echoplex like this back in the 80s, had to sell it to get some cash at a low point. 😑
  12. G.G.

    Russian Germanium. What to build?

    I made these with MP38As and GT404s and they sound great! I auditioned a bunch of them in the circuit to find good combinations but they basically worked with whatever I had on-hand. https://effectslayouts.blogspot.com/2015/05/jack-deville-vintage-two-knob-fuzz.html I switched the polarity on...
  13. G.G.

    Folk Fuzz De-Luxe!

    I auditioned MP38As and GT404s before going with some AC127s that gave a little more sauce with pinch harmonics and whatnot. They all sounded pretty good and would have worked well even with just my random selections. I kind of regret not trying out transistor clippers like the original, would...
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    Folk Fuzz De-Luxe!

    yeah looks like that's what was left when synthcube paused the web site.
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    Folk Fuzz De-Luxe!

    Not 100% sure but I think I got the powdercoated 1590B from Small Bear in their clearance section for $3.75. I thought it would be like the Tayda Lawn Green (which I really like) but it's very chartreuse which is cool too. I think they still have them (Light Green)...
  16. G.G.

    Folk Fuzz De-Luxe!

    Hi Folks, Chuck D Bones graciously posted his layout for his iteration of the BJFE Folk Fuzz with switching options between LEDs, silicon, and transistor clipping (which in my version is germanium diode clipping). It's a pretty nice sound and a little different than the usual tonebenders and...
  17. G.G.

    Acetylene Overdrive ?

    hmm, yeah my 15 side sounds about as clean as his 30 side, I don't get nearly that much breakup. Thanks for the video, I hadn't seen that one.
  18. G.G.

    Acetylene Overdrive ?

    I'll see if I can swap out Q3 & 6, thanks for the advice!
  19. G.G.

    Acetylene Overdrive ?

    I set the J201 to 4v Q3 & Q6 say 1.28 Q2 & Q4 are at 4.99 thanks for the help everybody!
  20. G.G.

    Acetylene Overdrive ?

    I played around with the internal input trimmer a bit. It's possible to push it into more dirt territory that way but the pedal gets really, really loud to the point where I had the output volume almost all the way down. The distortion seemed kind of harsh at that point and I was wondering if...
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