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Hey! I have recently acquired an old (analog) boss CH-1 for a pretty good price. Only catch is that it was probably stored in a basement damp enough to pose a risk of tuberculosis. The circuitry is fine and it works great, but the screws on the hinge are rusted and the spring on the inside that...

Interesting, I saw a post requesting the mini version of that on the forums here: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/smallsound-bigsound-mini.4150/ Looks like the guy who made it is apparently open with the schematic. And the ol' reliable tagboardeffects has a post on it...

Adam jone's fuzz sounding effects. Again, I know people say he doesn't but there's no way that's just amp tones on the chorus of forty six & 2: Or all throughout jimmy: And I know it's the game changer audio plasma pedal on 7empest, but if I could get a fuzz sounding close to that, it would...

Yep, no problem with vero. I'll try that too at some stage.

Yep, that's probably the most sensible thing to say tbh. But! I am not necessarily the most sensible person in the world ;) I have heard some fuzz sounds that are really clear (like those used by Adam Jones of Tool - I know most of hist fuzz-esque tones are just stacked amps, double tracked, but...

I might be barking up the wrong tree here, but I'm looking for high gain fuzz with a 'modern' sound plenty of sustain, but doesn't just sound like mush when pushed really hard. Any DIY projects you folks have tried that might fit the bill? I've got a few fuzzes I own and have tried, like for...

Caps get old and start dropping in capacitance and acting more like resistors. This happens in amps, computers, phones (not that anyone keeps a phone around long enough for this to ever matter lol) and it happens in pedals. Electrolytic caps are particularly vulnerable to aging due to their...

Fair enough. I think newer DS-2 pedals replace 1SS-133 diodes with 1N4148's because that's all that's in mine. Solder joints look factory on them. I am definitely worrying too much about the hard clipping diodes in D14 and D15 on the original, where the 1SS-188fm's go. In fact, I think the...

You know what, I'm currently very confused as to what the 1SS 188FM diode even is. I did some double checking and now I haven't a clue whether it's a germanium or silicon, 1VF or 0.3VF part. Does anyone have on good authority what this part even is 😭

Yeah that probably gets me close to the ~1v VF of the 133 188. I *think* the 1n60 germanium diode is pretty bang on too, and it's available to me from musikding. I think I might go with that, unless I'm missing something obvious and it's just a bad idea.

Out of curiosity, what diodes are you using instead of the 1ss 188 diodes found in the original? Some genius who previously owned my DS-2 decided to replace those with 3mm red leds haha

Hello! Because I am an incredibly poor judge of what the best use of my time is, I decided to take a TH Custom NOPE relay bypass board and hook it up to the internals of my Boss DS-2 (that the previous owner apparently modded to make sound worse, but that's a different story) so that the stock...

Yeah I probably will return it to stock. Those LEDs have a fV of like 2V. When I actually had this working before I took it apart (ages ago at this stage) I remember it getting way louder than I was expecting. This makes sense if you have higher fV in clipping stages (obviously). I wonder if...

Hello! I have a second hand boss ds-2 that I am converting to true bypass using a relay (there is no good reason for this - this is in all likelihood a complete waste of time) and I noticed that compared to the schematics, some of the diodes were not as they are 'supposed' to be. If you look at...

Ah I see, I completely misunderstood the documentation for it then. Thanks for clarifying. I still think for my needs, I'd need to build a relay that I can intentionally switch between momentary and toggle, with no timing ambiguity that could mess it up. Thanks!

Just out of morbid curiosity, why is this? I know the same is said about Devi Ever's Hyperion 2 with the oscillation control. I've seen some claims about how the circuit is required to be 'unstable' or whatever, but unfortunately for my inquisitive mind, this just isn't a good enough answer for...

Thanks for the information. I'm trying to put together an understanding of how this stuff works one step at a time haha. It's fairly clear to me now what is meant by, "turning the circuit upside down." (y)

That's my fault for not being clear, no worries ;) What I'm actually looking for is a bypass circuit that uses both a momentary push button and a toggle switch: The toggle should switch between two modes for the bypass of the octave effect, latching and momentary. In latching mode, with the...

Thanks for the quick response! Just to clarify, are you suggesting I use one relay to control another relay that's doing the bypassing of the circuit?

My friend and I are looking to put some silly stuff into his guitar - one idea was a simple no knob analogue octave a la the green ringer. I threw out the idea that he could use a momentary push button to either toggle the effect or have it on only whilst holding the button, and it was a hit...