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Hi, folks. I've got my first run of PCB's fabricated for a new pedal that will go in 125B enclosures. I want to submit a drill template for a quote from Obscura Mfg to have the enclosures drilled, painted and printed. But I'm totally lost on how to make one; let alone one that adheres to their...

Hey folks. I'm messing around with schematic design in KiCad and I want to see if I'm doing this right. I'm building a basic distortion circuit with some LED's for clipping, but I want to use a SPDT On-On toggle switch to include the LED's in the signal or remove them entirely. Have I got that...

I picked up a pack of transistors a few years ago from Smallbear, and they worked out great. I love the sound of this circuit. It’s not noisy at all and blends with my Friedman JEL-20 beautifully. I made this enclosure a few years ago, and oddly enough the day after it sold David Lynch passed...

Hey folks. I had a coworker bring me his ‘66 Fuzz Tone for repair. It’s missing the washer flange thing from the front, and he had a new input cable installed a few years ago by a local shop. Everything else appears to be original. It passes signal when the effect is off, but nothing was coming...

Hey folks. I bought some 2SC1815's off ebay a week ago and for the life of me I can't remember what circuit I bought them for. I know I came across a schematic in the last week or two that caught my attention, but searching through my browser history I can't find any evidence of circuits that...

This one sounds awesome, unsurprisingly. Might be my favorite Marshall flavored pedal ever. Dave Friedman is my hero.

I’m kind of fascinated by the sound of my Angry Andy, and I’m wondering if anyone can help explain the circuit a bit and how the component changes between it and the Crunch Captain work/why they were made? I had a Danelectro Daddy-O (Guvnor) as a teen and the AA really takes me back to those...

This one really has me stumped. Picked this up from a buddy who’s been using it for several years. One day he powers up his board and it doesn’t light up. Then he brought it to me. When I plug it in, there is bypass sound passing through, but pushing the footswitch doesn’t change anything. The...

I want to make a few changes to the Angry Andy schematic, but until my breadboard parts arrive I’m looking at the schematic and trying to figure out how and where to apply my ideas. - I want to have a footswitchable “lower gain” setting. I’m thinking I’d like to make this the default setting so...

How complex of a circuit can I make with one before running out of room?

I’ve been building for a few years now, and after finding some circuits I really love and receiving some interest from some local shops, I’ve decided to take the dive into producing my first small run (50 to 100 units) pedal for wide sale. I’d like some advice in this arena since while building...

Hey folks. I have a customer trying to solve a problem. He uses a Kliche I built into an Orange Rockerverb head. He uses it on both the clean and dirty channels, but he has to lean down and turn the volume pot to a lower setting before using it on the dirty channel. Can I add another volume...

I’m thinking of building a dual overdrive with a master bypass. That is to say, a footswitch for each plus a third footswitch to bypass the whole pedal so you only have to press one switch instead of two to turn it off. Oh, and also a toggle switch for changing the order of the drive stacking...

Listen up, you primitive screwheads. This, is my Boomstick. The PCB took just over a month to arrive but given world events I’m not really complaining. Other than that the build came together pretty quick and easy. I had a TightMetal for a while and the tone is dead-on, if not better. The...

I want to add a high/low gain switch to my Glory Hole, and I've seen it done with toggle switches, but I'm wondering if anyone knows how to wire an input jack to use with my Red Remote to switch R7 between stock (220k) and 470k. Can this be done? Thanks! Here's a reference image (not my build!)...

I’m about to wire up a Tele with two humbuckers and two volume pots; no Tone pots. Both will be push/pull, with one splitting both pickups, and the other putting them out of phase. Is this diagram correct? The text at the top says one of the pots is “series/parallel” but the diagram itself is...

I’ve been looking at getting one of these to use on my Les Paul for pickup switching but it needs to be extra tough for doing some rhythmic kill-switching Ace Frehley style. Are these worth the expense or should I stick with a Switchcraft toggle?

Full report on the sound (and maybe a video demo) coming shortly. EDIT 15/5/24: Last year I caved and got a matched set of transistors specifically for a Mk1. After another year of working on other projects, I came back to this one and finally put the transistors in and...WOW. There it is...

EDIT: I tried putting a 47R in place of the 10R in R3, and the squeal at max gain is gone, though I think it loses just a bit of attack/gets a little sponge-y. Any other values you guys suggest? I’d also love to have the Level pot have more range with unity gain being near the middle instead...

This thing delivered on the sound of the original, even if I don’t have an original to compare it to outside of YouTube. I had some radiophonic issues and noise in the latter half of the Bass pot at first, but I shortened the leads on the transistors for a more snug fit in the the socket and...