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I'm back in over my head again! I'm now good at, and very tired of building, boost/drive/fuzz pedals. I bought 4 PT2399s to mess with, and I learned after they arrived that I would need to feed them a steady 5VDC. I know I can use a voltage regulator IC, but I'm curious why/if I can't simply...

I have some leftover ICs and transistors that I don't know what to do with. Anyone have any suggestions for how to use the following? V571D (1) LM741CN (1) LM13700N (1) J201 (2) 2N7000 (2) MPSA18 (5) 2N5485 (8)

I don't use many B50K pots, so I only bought two. One of them measures 37K. Think that will be useable? Can I swap out for a B100K?

I want to make a footswitch for my Ampeg Rocket Bass 115. That should be very simple, according to the helpful schematic provided in the user manual: I figured I would try my Mesa Boogie footswitch for my Mini Rectifier, the FC.TS, which is a single button TS footswitch with an indicator LED...

See title. I bought a new amp yesterday!

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See title - I want to build my first tube project, but the barrier to entry is high. All the forum resources are 20 years old, and nobody sells a kit for less than a complete unit. So, who has learning resources? I figure it would be best to start with a simple amplifier, like we do with...

I have a fun idea that I need help with. I really love the Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, which is a TS with a clean blend. I would like to experiment with fuzz pedals that have a clean blend, because I think that would work really well in my bass rig. I figure it shouldn't be too hard to achieve...

My latest project has been an aesthetic homemade classic rock board using 1590B enclosures with top jacks, bare aluminum enclosures, and identical knobs. Currently, the lineup is: 1. Fuzz Face (PNP Ge) 2. Green Ringer (set up to be dark and very loud - BC108C and 2N5087 transistor complement...

Tonight, I built a Fuzz Face with some Germanium transistors. It sounded amazing on the breadboard, so I committed it to vero using a layout I know to be good. Suddenly, it won't bias right and it sounds weak and shitty. I ended up rebuilding it on a breadboard, getting a good result, then...

I've had a Crybaby Classic since my 16th birthday, and I hate the fucking thing. The sweep is wrong, it has no LED, the switch is hard to actuate, it has a huge gain boost that wrecks my fuzz pedal's shit, and it is a tone-suck even when off. Great shell, though! I figure I can make use of the...

EDIT: THE SOLUTION IS TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POWER AND GROUND VS. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE POLARITY. IF YOU THINK IN POLARITY, YOU'RE FUCKED AND YOUR PEDAL WON'T WORK. The way to edit the veroboard layout below is to flip the electrolytic capacitors around. Remove the diode, because...

See title. I want to stick an Electra into my beater Mustang, to make it a better jam session guitar. It's a little too small and thin to route a battery compartment, so I am thinking of using coin cells. Any reason a low power use circuit like an Electra wouldn't work with 3 stacked coin cells...

Very simple. The only thing I'd change about the PCB is to add two small holes for standoffs, since it's just floating in the case otherwise. I wanted it to be a loud, very octavey boost for weedly weedly weeeeee solo time, so I used BC108s and a 2N5087. It's great! Really works well with fuzz...

Someone on a FB pedal group posted a question regarding making a small, passive AB switch. They used a 3PDT, and it seems like that is unnecessary when you could just do what I diagrammed in the attached photo. How do YOU like to wire these things?

https://synthcube.com/cart/parts/internal-components/transistors/2n2712-noisemakers I have no idea how these are used, and I am curious.

A friend of mine mentioned he wanted a fuzz pedal, and I said, "ok!" He's a heavy metal guy who uses mostly active pickups and amp sims, so I wanted something that would sound good direct and not care too much about a hot input signal. The EQ Exciter seemed like a good bet. I didn't like the...

I was playing around with a Si Fuzz Face this weekend on the breadboard, and it just wasn't doing enough. Voltages were all where they should have been, but the fuzz died out too fast and high notes were nearly clean. The decay would fizzle out, too. I tried a bunch of different transistors with...

I really like analog octave up, and I have been messing around with one on my breadboard today. I used the Tentacle schematic to start, with 2N5089 and 2N3096 transistors, and 1N4148 diodes. This works well, and sounds pretty good. I have a bunch of transistors and diodes to choose from, though...

Behold, the Schu-Tone version of the DM-3! This bad boy can do 600ms of delay, boingy sproingy slapback, and everything in between. The stacked boards work really well, and using tantalum capacitors made everything fit really well. I had to use a too-large film capacitor on the top board...