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hi everyone. i breadboarded a PNP FF to positive power and have a question: when the guitar volume is rolled all the way off, there is quite a lot of static/hiss that comes through but isn't otherwise present when the volume is up. i was wondering if this is something related to the powering...

after building the pro-10 (protein) earlier today, I finally started on my collection of cornish stuff. i prepped enclosures with the film free toner transfers and started with the Nugget (NG-2). the description i read was that it was the sound of a Muff into a Tone Bender which are pretty much...

I have looked at this empty PCB for a while now and decided to give it a go this weekend. Second only to the Shallow Water build, the populating of this one was laborious but pretty straightforward. As you will no doubt notice, the drill template that i used for the Paragon was great for the...

So I tried lead-free Kester for about the last week. I’m running the iron from 685F-700F and I hate the lead free stuff. Just doesn’t run/flow as well as the leaded stuff. I know there are folks on here who use it. Is there something that I’m missing? Any hints for making this better? I use the...

So spent today building the P-2 board that arrived yesterday. Have always been curious about the Cornish pedals so I figured it was worth a go. As you can see, things went sideways in a couple of areas… First, I’ve been using the 3pdt board with LED on it lately and really like it. I don’t...

i've been building some germanium fuzz faces for friends and wanted to try the phenolic pcbs from amplified parts (i can only find them there and pigeonfx but pigeon is in england and i hate the tariffs). more than that, i wanted to try to run it on a standard center negative adapter so... here...

I've been in a deep Big Muff rabbit hole lately and came across the Colorsound Power Boost when reading about David Gilmour's use of the Muff. I pulled up the PPCB schematic and figured I would breadboard it to give it a try. I ended up liking it enough to try my hand at a stripboard layout of...

Not sure if this is the right place for this... I am using the layout below for a Colorsound Power Boost and using the values from the PedalPCB Powersound Boost as a reference. In the layout, the 22uf electrolytic on the far right corresponds to C8 in the schematic for the Powersound Boost...

i have now tried two separate PCB builds with the Civil War muff specs from the Muffin Fuzz pcb and neither has been functional. i'm not sure what is going on. I've built them the same way as the multiple Triangles and the Dope Priest that have worked fine. I am using the KT3102EM transistors...

Finished this up this morning. I have been working on pedal finishing and am still not happy with it but getting better. Tried some spray enamel on the enclosure and got some rippling at the top right so I think I must have gone a little heavy there. Transistors are from Oleg. As others have...

At the recommendation of @PedalBuilder I decided to build the Dope Priest. I had no idea how badly I needed this pedal! It's absolutely my new favorite Muff variant. I had purchased some KT3102E transistors from Oleg several months ago and have been waiting to use them on some Muffs. I purchased...

I am building pedals for some friends/acquaintances and they’re telling folks about them so I’m looking at selling some germanium fuzzes to some people for the first time. My tendency has been to use trimmers to establish bias then replace trims with resistors of that value. I’ve been of the...

have really been impressed with the Lovepedal clones that I've built lately. Picked up the Super Stevie OD a couple months ago and got around to it this week. Not a difficult build and sounds really great. Really amp-like OD. Apparently supposed to be reminiscent of cranked BF Super. I really...

So I have wired up my PNP FF on tagboard but have no sound when I plug in the guitar. I have gotten the audio probe out and it seems to be fine all the way through and back to the input jack. Uncertain about what’s going on. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It’s not the cleanest wiring as...

just finished my low tide modulator after staring at it for months now. i finally got all of the components acquired and sat down over the past couple of days to put it together. what a challenge. i am enjoying the pedal but man that was a lot of work. a couple of notes: 1. this post from...

Wanted to give a Tchula a try after watching Josh Scott’s Short Circuit series. Had in mind that I wanted to keep its appearance the same as the original for no real reason. In hindsight this made it so much more difficult than it needed to be because the PedalPCB switches are reversed from the...

Hi all! I just saw a photo of the Jam Fuzz Phrase LTD on turrets and wondered if someone would be willing to "check my work" on it before I get to plugging away. For some reason, the FF circuit gives me more trouble than anything else, but I can't seem to stop trying... I have screengrabbed a...

@PedalBuilder was generous enough to offer me a PCB he had made for can LM308s and I got it wired up today. I replaced the clipping diodes with 1n34 germaniums just to see how those did, but I socketed them to be able to try some different things out. I spent HOURS trying to get it working...

Got my Rat turret build done finally. Phew!!! This one was a challenge. Glad that it works. And now it gets hidden in an enclosure. Always loved the look of the Jam Rattler LTD but can’t wrap my head around a $500 Rat so this will scratch an itch for me. I’m itching for a point to point build...

Want to build a Rat so I picked up some NSC LM308 cans. Trying to sort out a P2P à la Reeves or a turret build (maybe one of each) just to give it try. Found turret style Rat here in the forums. Going to work on laying out a P2P. If anyone has advice I would love to hear it!! John