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This is v2.0 of the Timbre Man, circuit courtesy of @HamishR and @Chuck D. Bones. HamishR's thread, Chuck's Thread, my v1.0 build. This is, loosely speaking, a Timmy with a mid boost. It essentially has all the standard Timmy-isms, but gives more control over the mids. I didn't have time to...

As I mentioned previously, my recent Aion Quartz build was mostly just to have a reference circuit handy for any necessary debugging of my own custom PCB spin of the Diamond Compressor. This build, my Carbon Squish is my first take on that circuit. Turns out I didn't need the debugging...

Here's my "xTORTION-10", a lightly-tweaked clone of the Ibanez MT-10 Mostortion. Background Back in 2020, one of my earliest - quite possibly my first - non-kit build was the AionFX Quantum, which is Aion's MT-10 Clone. At that time, he didn't offer a kit for this circuit. That build forced...

As mentioned in my previous compressor build reports (Delegate Boneyard Edition and Median), I've always struggled to "get" compressors. However, the Median did somewhat put me in the compressor "apprentice" category (but less so with the Delegate). At the same time, I've been trying to...

In yet another nod to this thread, You guys that build the same pedal more than once…, I present my "Pez Rojo", a custom implementation of the Mentatone Red Snapper. Here is my first build (1590B), and here is my second build (125B). Both of the originals were based on the PedalPCB Red Herring...

My first "Timmy" was a Caline Blue Pure Sky, which is rumored to be a clone. This was long before I was into DIY pedals, and before the Timmy v3 had been released. When the v3 was announced, I immediately pre-ordered one, because I wanted to support PaulC. Not too long after I got the v3, I...

One of my earliest builds was the Aion Andromeda, which is a near-clone of the Nobels ODR-1. It was a kit build. I don't have a built report because it was before I discovered PedalPCB (PPCB's take on this circuit is the Nobleman). The Aion kit adds a Timmy-style bass cut. Back then I...

This is a custom Rat, built as a gift for my friend/bandmate. It's close to a Fat Rat, but the clipping switch implements "turbo" (LEDs) instead of the MOSFET scheme of the actual Fat Rat. My buddy is fairly new to guitar, yet already showing signs of GAS. I haven't yet sold him on DIY gear...

I made a PCB that supports both the Greer Lightspeed (PPCB Mach 1) or Southland (PPCB Southern Belle). The Southland is a superset of the Lightspeed: same circuit with only a couple extra hard-clipping diodes, and a few component value changes. Thus far I've only built the Lightspeed. I built...

Here's my submission for most boring build of 2026: an always-on unity gain buffer. It's... delightfully unremarkable! The opamp is an opa1678. Since that's a dual opamp, it's basically a double-buffer with a little bit of high-frequency filtering between active stages. (And the opa1678 has...

@bluedmc777's build report, Sheepy Love Bee Sting (One Control Silver Bee) brought this circuit to my attention. After reading the build report, I immediately went to Sheepy Love's Bee Sting Product Page so I could look at the schematic. I initially missed the numerous references across the...

It was suggested that I also post this here in the Amp Room sub-forum. I recently built a Hiwatt DR504 clone from a Ceriatone "Hey What 504" kit. I used Mojotone transformers and put it in a custom 1x12 cabinet made for me by Sour Mash Guitar Cabs using brown "country western" tolex. Full...

It's been nearly four years since I built an amp... and that was also a Hiwatt DR504 clone (Mojotone Custom 50 kit). I absolutely love the one I built years ago. The only "problem" is the size and bulk. I don't take it out as much as I'd like, because the head itself is fairly large and...

Here's my clone of the Barber LTD SR. I used the PedalPCB Sliver schematic, along with @Route14's Sliver -> Barber LTD SR component value swaps to turn it into a LTD SR ("Special Recipe"). I call it "Special Haircuts, LLC". I know, terrible name. You might be thinking, didn't we just see...

I finished up my Delegate Compressor (Boneyard Edition), based on the Earthquaker Devices The Warden. Here's Chuck's Delegate (Warden) Upgrades thread where he describes the changes made to the circuit. The build itself was unremarkable, everything went together and appears to work correctly...

Here's a complete do-over of my "Dynamic Haircut", which is a clone of the Barber Gain Changer. Here's the build report for v1.0, which I did almost four years ago. I sold that build a while ago. I had long since given away my last v1 PCB, and someone recently messaged me asking if I had any...

Here's my build of the PedalPCB Sliver Overdrive, based on the Barber LTD. I used the component value substitutions in @Route14's post, Sliver -> Barber LTD SR to build this to LTD SR ("Special Recipe") specs. It's a straightforward build, nothing unremarkable in that category. I built it in...

I also posted this to DIYStompBoxes, but it's not getting much attention over there, so I thought I'd see if it piqued anyone's interest here. In my pedal builds, for bypass switching, I generally prefer a buffered electrical bypass scheme (similar to typical Boss pedals). I've been doing this...

Here's my build of the Aion Procyon, based on the BJFe Honey Bee. Kevin has a great writeup on the Honey Bee circuit, based on his extensive research and tracing this circuit. The short version is, there are several variants of the circuit, loosely based on which brand was selling it (BJFe...

Here's my take on @Chuck D. Bones's Hybrid Fuzz Driver Deluxe. A long time ago, I built the Skreddy "Holy Trinity" using PedalPCB's Aldrin Fuzz PCB: The Lunar Module (Aldrin Fuzz stock), Hybrid Fuzz Driver, and Screwdriver. I've done a lot of builds using this core topology. One of my...