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D3 12v zener is blown after loaning pedal out. From what I understand its a safety for the charge pump??? Im out of 12v but have 14v .5w and 15v 1w. Am I safe to use either of these? Thanks in advance.

Soooo, not to beat a dead horse into pate', I was in the mood to tweak another classic into a more usable OD for myself and maybe others. Seriously, the Klon buffer is just way too much. If you love your amp tone, its gone with this big box in its path. Plus it messes up following pedals` if you...

So I have a pile of OD's like most of us now. A lot of these are close, way off, or just toss it into "the pile". Well the Oddity is of course the OD-1 and is the roots of rock, so of course it was a must have. All my posts are pedals into a driven Plexi circuit, so what works for me may not...

Ahem, not nuts about this OD but I managed to have some fun with it dialed balls out. But in reality, its fat, not very articulate and the tone stack is nasal. Hot player dude on YouTube made it sound convincing. The build is dead quiet, fun and easy. Thumbs up for that! Plenty of people like...

Finally got a big bag of Pink goodies to complete a handful of projects. Theres a KOT for +$700 in the Seattle area which is freaking killing me :ROFLMAO::LOL::oops:. But,,,,,,, the pedal, as simple as it is, is freaking great! I built this one with both sides using 1k for gain. I tried a 47k on...

Finally finished "quickly" this Protein board. Previously Ive built a Nobles odr1, aka: Nobelman, & it was disappointing at best. Instant scrap. So I delayed this project. Well to my surprise, I actually like this Green side. Quite a bit really. The Blue side is pretty OK too and together, they...

Boring in comparison to all the new hyped ,exotic wallet bleeding OD's of today, but I had to try for myself. I had this lowly inexpensive board as I wanted to feel the roots of its legendary folklore. Encased in a botched enclosure but it had the right layout. No decals, label maker, just...

I really like this boost as is. However I know it can be fine tuned, but would ask for some Zen Guru guidance before blindly swapping caps. In a higher gain, already bright Marshall style amp, for that over the edge shred tone, when engaged, boost at min, lows halfway up, the overall signal is...

Here is another freaking great circuit. I mistakenly thought this pcb was something else, built and boxed it. Tried looking up the build report to see how knobs are labelled, and for the life of me I couldn't out find what this was. I of course used the wrong color enclosure I originally...

This one just knocked my other dirt boxs out of my dirt chain. I love it. The boost section I like better than the Archie boost. There is 1 resister value difference between the two. The drive is a great one and its tuned really well. I can go either way, boost or drive alone depending. Both are...

Running out of enclosures, jacks, and other things, I was able to complete my Pauper pcb. I stocked a few green globs for kicks to hear any differences. Im a fan now but they are larger and fitting them can be tight. Theres a 1uf box space but its small. No box cap will fit unless mount it...

Big thanks to @MichaelW for mailing me some J201's (months ago), so I can finally finish this project. Sincerely thank you. Well after the j201 shortages, and trying to source a 250ka ganged pot I was really challenged. My recent rare pot quest was discovered at Stompbox Parts who supplies some...

I recently built the Cleaver Katana and was liking it. Now it just sounds blatty, muddy, farty in a non musical way. I checked the bias and both jfets, they were at 11v up from 9. I turned them down to 9 and same blatty sound. Should I suspect the 2n5458's? Is there a better jfet for this...

Ok electro geeks (myself included), in laymans terms, can a ma856 majically overpriced mythical diode be replicated, or sort of? Somewhere I read you can put another something in series with a 1n4148 and you will have near exact forward voltage? And,,,,, is the ma856 really all that important...

After a building break, I finished a Cleaver Boost Katana I had in my parts bin. Charge pump came from Tayda and works great. I biased the Jfets to 9v just because, and test run. First thing I dont like is when the volume is at zero, so is you volume, none. Volume rises quickly with turn of...

Boring to most, sorry. But this was my 1st OD in 1984 into a 76 JMP 2204 and it was awesome! Endless mods and suggestions on the web, which to me are mostly overkill. So 2 minor changes which make this one perfect for my Superlead. C2-22n (72Hz), C3-68n (498Hz), and its what I believe what they...

I built one of these before using a medium decay module. I liked it as is but curiosity had me do one with the long delay. Its a very subtle difference but I do like it better with the long module. Its a big bang for the buck pedal imo.

I repurposed a brownish enclosure from a disappointing build. Hence the deep Brown delay. Went without hiccups and sounds really good. Two in a row for me! This is a really good circuit and has vibe galore.

Quick and dirty Arche Boost. I subbed 914's for the 4148's, a 5532 in place of the OPA2134, & 1n5227 3.6v for the 1n747 3.6v zeners. Sounds freaking great. With the boost full ccw it gives just the hair Im looking for, and the low control is the secret sauce. This is a great boost. Thanks to...

Built this PCB I got a couple of months ago. As excited I was to try an OCD variant, Im left with a wet noodle. I found it best in the LP (lower gain) and unbuffered settings with little drive. This circuit can quickly become over the top and Im mainly using an OD as a minimal boost into a...