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around the same time that I had the idea of doing the discrete opamp SD-1 with the Wilhelm Scream PCB, i also pondered similarly about the ST-9 and thought what if, instead of having an ST-9 based around the TS-808/TS-9, why not build one based around Boss SD-1 values instead? initial...

when i first discovered this board in the pedalpcb shop, it came to me at just the right time.. before i had even tried an ST-9 circuit (my favourite), at the time (‘22) i was all about the 808 circuit (OD808/TS808). I had this idea where I really wanted to do a discrete opamp version, and was...

i’m sure anyone that’s had a browse of the range at effectslayouts has seen this nifty little board. i only bought it cos i thought it looked cool, and it is cool, but i was never really sure if or when i was going to build it. but recently i’ve been enjoying building with 1590B, and getting...

a few weeks ago i breadboarded the V5 big muff and i was immediately keen to build one. ...and like many others, big smashing pumpkins influence, siamese dream being an inspirational masterpiece - this has been on my list for ages. it’s got a unique crunchy crispyness that the others don’t...

so far my big muff journey has been rewarding, so i thought i’d build another variant, but i also just wanted an excuse to do something cool with my minty green 100n caps on a vero build. for the benefit of less noise, i probably should have done it in a 125B instead of 1590B, but it's hard to...

the short story behind why this pedal was built involves the bass player of my band finally letting go of his helix stomp and agreeing to try/use another analog bass driver/distortion. he’s already got a sansamp bass driver, but apparently that’s not quite doing it for him, so i suggested this...

since this has had some serious hype, i was thoroughly compelled to build and hear this delay. my last analog delay was the Lectric FX DC ECHO, and while that thing is heckin marvelous and fun to play, it's a friggin huge 1590XX and has a lot of knobs, so there's a lot of appeal with this 125B...

so this reverb/delay circuit features a BTDR-2H belton brick + PT2399, and that sounded like a pretty good time to me, so i had to give it a try. turns out it’s actually a real treat to play. and with only 3-knobs [mix(depth), dwell, pre-delay/attack] it’s one of those things you can just...

this is probably one of the most unique sounding PT2399 delays i’ve tried. I guess a large part of what makes it stand out is the clever filtering design. IME, it allows this scenario where the repeats / oscillation can build up in a subtle way that feels like a nice warm blanket in the...

i had a vero layout for this printed and sitting in a folder for a while, but wasn’t sure when/if i was really gonna build it. so when PHB2025 got launched, i guess it was the push that got this build to happen sooner than i had planned. fortunately i had already ordered some 2N3903...

my first chorus build was a CE-2 on vero. i’ve never had an issue with how it sounds, and the soft switch relay bypass that was retrofitted made it even better. it’s been on my board for live use since it was built, but i knew eventually i was gonna have to build a caesar chorus and check it...

after beginning my dive into breadboarding with some soviet NPN Ge, i wasn’t really all that excited with the sounds i was initially getting on the fuzz face circuit. briefly tried silicons, still wasn’t that great, although the ones i tried were like 350hfe (bc108). gonna have to revisit a...

admittedly, i really didn’t need to build this. not sure why i got sucked into dropping it in the cart. maybe it was the sight of the troubleshooting threads and thinking, surely it can’t be that much of a big deal. or maybe it was the build documentation that really sells this as a whopper...

i’ve built this circuit a few times now; vero, pcb, tagboard, and now ‘perf/wood’. inspired by the success of the perf/wood big muff, and after finding a perf layout for the ST-9 on effectlayouts, i decided i was going to attempt to do this board style again with my favorite overdrive...

i’ve had a few LM308H opamps to play with, and after a fair bit of breadboarding with them, and building a life pedal V1, it was time to build a proper og rat. my last rat build was for a friend with an OP07, and at the time i wasn’t real fond of it. not real sure if the opamp had much to do...

omg. the noise. how did i not see all these threads: https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/dark-rift-delay-distortion-fuzz-in-wet-signal.3512/page-3#post-41773 https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/dark-rift-delay-noise-in-the-repeats.4557/ https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/dark-rift-noise.4069/...

initially inspired by the mods described in this thread, i wanted to explore some plexi / super lead inspired values/mods with the Mofeta board. so i started off by breadboarding the Mofeta as per the schematic in the build doc. sounds pretty good. then I tried the mods seen in the annotated...

doesn’t seem many have built this one, and of those that have, it seems most have reported less than favourable experiences with it. well that isn’t the case for me. i reckon this thing sounds fantastic and does exactly what it’s supposed to. i’ve read the discussions on a thread regarding...

a few weeks ago i had a squizz at this circuit on the breadboard, and was immediately enjoying the thick crunchy blown out saturated drive that comes from this thing. it's sick. [👉 grab an El Sol Distortion if you haven't already] i was yet to do a single knob build, this circuit was satisfying...

i should have started breadboarding a long time ago. it all started about 6 months ago when i wanted to start testing out some MP38 Ge transistors in basic circuits with a cheap 400 point breadboard and the brilliantly convenient ProtoBoard Micro. then i finally 'got it' and realized why...