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So this is my second build of the pedal this month. This pedal alone made me rediscover love for the bridge pickup on my Strat for rhythm playing. You can read my initial review here if you please. https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/pedalpcb-brownout-overdrive-subdecay-variac.30536/ Long story...

One things for sure after this and my last couple of builds…switches are a PITA when you have so many knobs. On to the build. I’m a little surprised by this one as I wasn’t expecting to like it much. I figured it’d be too much TS for me but it’s more Timmy than TS. I can’t tell a huge...

What’s your guys experience with the Russian D9 diodes? Do you have a favorite and why?

Chuck and Sheepylove deliver another home run with this one! It’s like they took the original, boosted it and turned it up to 12! Excellent string articulation and can be used as a light overdrive to a full on distortion. I had TL072CP’s in there at first and decided to try some for JRC4558DD...

Just finished this up. First time deviating from my normal wiring with led on switch daughterboard. This was a repurposed enclosure so it was already drilled for the led next to the switch. I guess it has a buffer because it came with its on switch board. I only got to play it for about 5...

@Robert I just wanted to verify that this is supposed to be 1k5. Normally I wouldn’t question it but it’s listed as 1k05 on the build docs and in the schematics.

Continuing my build with distortion pedals and given the lack of information or demos of this I didn’t quite know what to expect. Well this pedal wants to RAWK! It doesn’t quite have the feel under the fingers or the sustain or the jfet ODs but it makes up for it with immediacy and thump. Just...

Finally get to do a quick build report on this one. What a great sounding JTM in a box with such a low parts count! I love it. I don’t understand why this and the Tweed Sound (Zvex 59) aren’t more popular because they both sound great. Maybe it’s because of the low parts count? Either way I...

Just buttoned this one up tonight but have a feeling I’m not finished with this one. Mine is incredibly dark whereas others I’ve asked say there’s is on the bright side. On a good note I can tell it’s gonna be a killer distortion/od once I’ve figured it out. Have a sneaky suspicion I installed a...

I was just curious why the use of 1N5819 and if 1N5817 would work on this. Why the difference? I’ve highlighted it in the power section.

This board was a gift to me a good while back from @MichaelW. Not sure what took me so long to get to it! It’s essentially a Timmy variant from what I can tell with a 3 way clipping/headroom switch. Sounds great! Feels great under the fingers and sounds good at both high and low gain tones...

Here we have another great pedal from Dave Barber. This time the BUSS (FWW Edition). I’m still putting it through its paces but so far this seems to be a pretty versatile overdrive. Between the normal and “harmonics” mode and 3 different voiced clipping options you go can go from boost to medium...

C5 is 820n and I don’t have that value…closest I have is like 750n or so. SBP charges 6 buck for a pack of 10 of the 820n and I’m likely to never use that value again. Will I be able to notice much difference with the 750n. Are there any other suggestions, other than making it a bass pot, that...

This is another one of Bjorn Juhls designs. I’ve really been enjoying his circuits lately. This one has the most parts count of all of them. It’s a nice articulate Od/Distortion pedal. Has a nice amp like touch and feel. It can be used as a straight up clean boost all the way to distortion...

This was a build request from someone and a great sounding overdrive no doubt. He wanted a bare enclosure so that’s what he got. Great Timmy-ish circuit with a mid control. I prefer this over the Jan Ray. Easy build and highly recommended.

It’s definitely does the Dumble tone in spades. However this is more suited for a band mix rather than isolation. But it does have the smooth Dumble Od. This one’s going for sale though. I really need to slow down and quit scorching caps when doing second row of pots too lol! Advice needed...

For whatever reason this one got the better of me the first build although it is a pretty compact board. I haven’t spent a lot of time with it but first impressions were very good. Good string definition and note articulation. I need to experiment with the Z control. I have a feeling this will...

Andrew at Synchrony Pedalworks was kind enough to gift this to me. It’s his take on the PPCB Marigold Fuzz (Sola Sound Yellow Hybrid Tone Bender). Thanks so much Andrew! @Synchrony Pedalworks This is a beautiful take on a Tone Bender! I’ve seen some reports of this sounding like a Big Muff but...

Finally got around to building this one. It definitely does the Eric Johnson thing. Has tons of gain. I can’t imagine Lovepedal selling these with BC108 and BC183 or other higher gain transistors but he does. Mine picks up a little radio interference at times. These are just my first impressions...

Almost finished rounding out all the Bjorn circuits on here. This time we have the Resinite Od. Wow! This isn’t an overdrive at all to my suprise! This is much more like a faux fuzz/ragged tweed sort of thing. I’m not quite sure what to call it but it’s great. It can definitely pass as your Jimi...