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The Vero layout in post #4 was missing a cut at P6. Building this bitch was a &^$* ordeal. A broken wire, a missing cut and a ground wire that looked soldered, but wasn't. It's working now! Knobs: LEVEL - FILTER - DISTORTION BASS - MIDDLE - GAIN

They give me a headache. They're not just tangled, some of the connections are ambiguous.

The Ruetz mod reduces the mid & treble gain. Do this mod if you don't like turning the DISTORTION knob up past 8 (3:00). I think A1K is a better taper for this mod. The Chuck mod increases the bass and leaves the mid & treble gain intact. Do this mod if you want maximum gain.

The V3207D is a "mixed mode" part in my mind. The delay line is pure analog. The clocking could be considered digital. The CD4046 is also part analog, part digital. https://docs.pedalpcb.com/project/LowTide-Schematic-PedalPCB.pdf If you buy the Low Tide board, a randomizer chip is included...

You don't have to "draw it a different way" to avoid copyright infringement. All you have to do is redraw it. IMO, most schematics are drawn the way they're drawn because that's the style (or lack thereof) of the person doing the drawing. Most of the pedal schematics I've seen are pretty...

Pots are not ideal devices. We might think that grounding the wiper (pin 2) would provide 100% isolation between pins 1 & 3. It doesn't, which means there is an unintended feedback path from the output stage to the input stage. That by itself could lead to oscillation. We can get every...

Green. On my breadboard, I put the 22K resistor on the base side and disconnected BIAS-3. I prefer to NOT connect pots or switches directly to the input side of a gain stage because the input is much more susceptible to stray pickup than the output side. BTW, it's BASE, not GATE. 😁

The BIAS setting is touchy and depends on Q2.

Yeah, there could/should be a 22K resistor in series with the BIAS pot.

I stand corrected. I put in a pair of 124 HFE transistors and I see what you mean. This circuit is not about gain, it's about that "old shitty fuzz tone." BIAS around 3 and SUSTAIN on 5 gets me there.

This pedal gets pretty damned close to the real tone IMHO. The power consumption is low enough that you could install it in a Tele and power it with a battery. I breadboarded it per the Build Docs, except I used MPS6530 transistors (HFE around 70) and left out the switch. I installed 22nF for...

If it's wired per the schematic, then there should be no problem. The convention is to refer to the signal returns (input & output jack sleeve) as GND. In which case, what you call +9V is actually GND and what you call 0V would be -9V. Call it what you like, but as drawn, you're running a...

Show us the schematic. If you're going to use carbon comp resistors, then you should expect some hiss.

Does anyone ever mark these SOLVED anymore?

Mark it solved!

You might want to read this: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/whats-all-this-stuff-about-germanium-diode-leakage.7185/

Did you measure the leakage of the Germanium diodes? We can only use the very lowest leakage Germanium diodes as soft clippers because the leakage kills the gain. I'll be surprised if you get more than 10x gain in the 1st stage using the "average" Germanium diode. Does anyone recognize those...

Done been verified. And updated to include the missing cut at P6.

So we're done troubleshooting this circuit then.

Those long wired could be the problem. With a high-gain circuit, we need to minimize couple between the input and output. The input wire in particular should be short and routed away from everything except the chassis. I prefer solid wire for internal wiring so that it stays put. What does...