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After some screw ups on my part with the EV Mini, it worked marvelously. (Note to self: just because you sorted resistors correctly doesn't mean you still can't screw it up, so always double check their values before soldering). You can find some gut shots here. Then I got around to building...

I am currently wrapping up an ElectrVibe Mini build and ran into the problem with the LFO not starting up. I can manually cause the bulb to increase in intensity via the gain and bias knobs and hear a change in the tone (as you'd expect in a Vibe), so I know the rest of the circuit works. It is...

A really great build. I built two of them. One for me and one for a friend. I didn't deviate from @PedalBuilder 's design because I thought it was really awesome -- all I did was tweak the colors and gains on Q1, 2, and 3. They are both using the highest gain GT310b transistors that I had, so in...

This is a pedal I want to like but, it just doesn't do too much for me. However, the pedal itself just screamed Mooninites so I went with that as the theme. I even made sure to name the controls in a condescending Mooninites manner. I enjoyed the building of the pedal and the designing but when...

I had a few PCBs for a SeppukuFX Fuzz Overloader sitting around and some spare parts too. My middle daughter wanted to learn to solder, so I figured this is a great board to use since the part count is small and the layout is pretty simple. The soldering was really good for an 8 year old too. I...

Continuing on my backlog of Dead End FX PCBs, here's Sprocket, Spaceman Effects Space Rocket I clone. Taking my learnings from the previous pedals, I adjusted the level at which I placed the knobs and gave myself enough clearance to have all top inputs. I had to make some small adjustments on...

So, after finishing Trahald, I figured I should finish the big brother: Gollum. Much like the Trahald, this build went together pretty quickly. I went with all top jacks, which maybe wasn't the best idea. I should have given a little more space up top for the first row of knobs which would have...

This build came together really quickly. It appears to be lacking the 3rd voicing that exists in the original pedal (which I assume bypasses the voicings) however, that isn't a big deal since only one of the voicings really tickles my fancy. There were a few time-consuming parts: finding...

I'm a huge fan of the FZ-1 circuit and had this breadboarded for a few months playing with all the transistors until committing it to a pcb. I used SFT-353s from Amplified Parts for the Q1-Q3 and they ranged in hfe from 80ish to 115. The build went really quickly and really had no issues...

I spent longer than I should have building this pedal. I enjoy chaotic fuzzes and this one ticked all the boxes for me based on the demos that I saw on YouTube. It was actually a very quick build but it definitely works much better with a single coil guitar than a humbucker. I spent a lot of...

I just wrapped up soldering a Panspermeria Fuzz PCB. When I plugged it in, I received very splattery inconsistent effect that didn't seem to pick up the playing of the guitar. So, I rechecked all my wiring, my soldering, etc. and that all looked fine. I then looked over the build document and...

I built this pedal about a month ago. I used to have the original pedal (Durham Electronics' Crazy Horse) but sold it a few years ago because it was sitting on my shelf too long. I got the urge to play some Neil Young Weld and Rust type songs and decided instead of purchasing it again, I'd build...