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This is one of those “god dammit. Gotta give credit where credit is due” posts, because this circuit is “just” a Timmy with an active mids control. And it sounds *fantastic*. Yeah, it sounds like a Timmy, but with little nips and tucks to the tone shaping that make it sound a bit more open...

I’m obviously no @Robert when it comes to layouts (much less circuit tracing. *shudders*. dear @Robert thank you so much for your traces and schematics), but I’ve been wanting to work on my routing skills by doing some 125B-sized dual-circuit boards, and a dual Arche set up like the OG Heavy...

Snippet from the Sex Drive schematic. So unless I'm missing something, LED2 is never going to come into play because D3 is gonna conduct first, right? Apparently there's also an LED with an unconnected leg in the Crazy Horse. Anyone know what the deal is? Last minute changes before going into...

So this is about as simple a build as it gets, and it’s entirely possible you’ve got everything you need to build this one in your spare parts drawers (the only parts I didn’t have handy were the 2N4401 transistors). Now, THIS is the reason I put the Spires on the wishlist in the first place...

EDIT - So I just realized that my drawing is not 100% accurate and misleading - for the right footswitch, you'll need to rotate the footswitch 90 degrees! The lugs will have to be vertical, not horizontal, for it to work as shown. My bad! Other than that it's correct. With the lugs oriented...

Very straightforward build, @Robert said it’s a little tight, and it is, so you should definitely put the 3PDTs in first, solder only one leg of each pot, and then get everything test-fit first before tightening all the nuts and soldering all the pots (which I guess technically you should do for...

Anybody else order the Honeysuckle? If so, does yours have values printed on it? First time I’ve seen a PPCB board without my absolute favorite feature heh

@PedalPCB would it be at all feasible to move the 120uF caps a bit on a future board revision? They make it difficult for my (admittedly fat) fingers to manipulate the DIP switches :/ This thing is a wonderful overdrive, like a cleaner, higher-headroom, fuller-range TS with a much more powerful...

Mouser's shipping is always a bummer, but I'd definitely be up for paying more in shipping if it were coming with PCBs!

For those still looking to source the more-unique parts for the Low Tide, @StompBoxParts carries the dual-gang A1m pot https://stompboxparts.com/pots/16mm-dual-gang-potentiometer-smooth-shaft-short-pcb-leg/ Smallbear used to be the only place that had them AFAIK, but now that they're sadly...

https://guitarpcb.com/product/v3207d/ In case anyone else is looking for those super-scarce BBDs for the Low Tide, GuitarPCB just got some! (I also have some NOS BL3207s from Germany and probably-duds MN3207 from China on their way, will hopefully confirm whether or not they’re any good soon)

@PedalPCB i think the drill template in the build docs may have the LED in the wrong spot? ————— So this is definitely a “fuzz for people who don’t like fuzz”, or a “distortion for people who like op-amp clipping” - in a lot of settings this thing feels more like a very open-sounding overdrive...

So the things to know about this build: 1. You need to use open-frame jacks, boxed jacks hit the back of the potentiometers 2. So this thing actually does live up to its hype! I’m not sure I can come up with a solid description, it sounds a little bit like all the big hitters in the boutique...

Just a heads up, the Chauffeur needs open-frame 1/4” jacks, boxed jacks hit the back of the potentiometers

Not the cleverest idea by any means but not one that I’ve seen before, surprisingly? Lots of Rat mods use an on-off-on switch to change out Rat clipping diodes, but for some reason seems everyone likes to use the off position to just remove the clipping diodes entirely for op-amp clipping. Do...

@PedalPCB is the 680p on the silkscreen possibly a misprint? The tone control had a *very* wide imbalance with a 680p, replaced it with a 100n and it functioned as expected (which maybe isn’t what DBA was going for) with a relatively even sweep from bassy to trebley, instead of insanely bassy...

Did a quick search and didn’t see a similar thread, apologies if I missed it, but I was putting together a parts order and was thinking I’d share the offboard parts that I use and ways they make my builds easier to build and/or more reliable. If anyone has other suggestions we could keep the...

Was looking at the documentation on the FuzzDog RawFuzz V1 and see that they have two BoMs http://pedalparts.co.uk/docs/RawFuzz-V1.pdf ---------- The original DBA circuit apparently uses 2N5089s (probably pre-sorted for low gain?), 430K biasing resistors, and 680nF caps in every stage, which...

Will probably want to build the Bellum fuzz with the drive pot external instead of a trimmer, does someone know if it’s linear or log on the 3-knob Fuzz War?

Anyone know of a source for PCB-mount A25K pots? None of the usual suspects seem to carry them. If not, does omitting R5 and using an A10K for the volume pot really make that much difference on the sweep? EDIT: for context, did some research because I saw a lot of Timmy schematics with an A10K...