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The Zoom PD-1 is a very good OD. I had one for ages. Then sold it for silly money! This and the Ultrafuzz hold their value and then some.

This may or may not be the answer but what you describe sounds a lot like the Subdecay Variac, the PCB here is called the Brownout. It's capable of quite the variety of pushed sounds. I'm a big fan of the Vemuram Karen (Kadundra) if you make a few simple mods. It uses hard clipping diodes, not...

Makes me super glad I have a sawstop tablesaw. I love my tablesaw but am always a bit scared of it! And it makes me sad that getting your thumb fixed cost you $2000. You guys have a really dumb health system. Anyway I am really impressed with the pedal! You should never be tempted to sell...

A while back I built a Kadundra (Vemuram Karen) with an A500K pot instead of the stock B1M, reduced the size of R4 (150K) to 33K ( the minimum gain resistor) and left the width trimpot off altogether. It turned it into a fantastic overdrive. I'm all for reducing the fizz in dirt pedals. Not...

Probably. But it is important to avoid hairy faceplates, if only for hygiene.

Easily one of the coolest pedal builds I've seen in ages. Wow. And you even used purple sparkle as a backdrop in the photos! Even the battery is cool. Damn!

I wonder what it is abut those old Boss ODs that so many folks love them? Is it just nostalgia or is there more to it? I used to sell them in a shop and it didn't matter how they were used - what guitar, amp or music style - they always sounded terrible to me! And I was no gear snob. In more...

I used to work in a music store with an absolute tyrant for a boss. We had a glass showcase as our counter, and we had a display of various metronomes in that case. My workmate was the fella who did the price cars for the display case, where he would write the model number/name, the features and...

This is all just just opinion dressed as absolutes. Whenever anyone engages in this nonsense I get bored very quickly. Both professionally and as an amateur. And when you use words such as forae my wanker alert starts blinking wildly! I have plenty of opinions on how I like things to be done...

I like desoldering braid but it has to be a good one. The stuff from Tayda isn't very good. The one I have which really works is a brand called Gootwick from Taiyo Electric. I get it from Jaycar in Australia. It works amazingly well, unlike any other I have tried. I think it has flux imbedded in...

Simple can be good! I am often disappointed with pedals with loads of parts - all that work and it doesn't necessarily sound any better than something simpler.

I guess that most of the PCBs here are designed for through-hole components, as they are generally easier for hobby builders like us. And in through-hole builds it's normal to use electrolytics for values over 1µF. You could use whatever sort of 10µF cap you liked really. It's a little unusual...

I realise I may have been a bit of a damp squib in poo-pooing your idea initially. But what you are doing is how we all learn about this stuff and it is to be encouraged! It's fun, it hurts no-one and you find out that there are a million ways to achieve similar results. Once you find out how to...

This is the EQ of the Xotic BB "preamp": This is a Baxandall EQ? This is one pedal where the EQ does seem to work quite well, although I use a C taper for the Bass pot and would love to know how to tweak it. As I am pretty much completely electronically illiterate I can't for the life of me...

Geez - a guy can't even ask a question anymore! I applaud you for taking it on the chin Dr Gonzo. To paraphrase a famous saying - there are no stupid questions, only smartass answers. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Oh no - not at all! I haven't felt the need at all to vomit.

I have to agree. I am yet to find a pedal where James or Baxandall EQ stacks works demonstrably better than the simpler kinds of EQ you have shown me. And I'm probably missing something but why do they always seem to be symmetrical?

Nice work! And I'm flattered you liked my layout - I had totally forgotten about it! I also like your photography. You're on fire mate!

Wow - plenty to be getting on with. Thanks guys! Let's hope I can understand enough to make it work. I think it will be worthwhile - I have discovered that the Red lama works very well as a boost for me. :cool:

Ok, I've been looking at the CD4007 but I don't know enough to understand the pinout as it relates to a CD4049 or 4069. I'd love to give it a go but don't know which pins I'd use. With the 4069 I'm using pins 1 & 2 as one inverter and 12 & 13 for the other. But the 4007 is a different type of...