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I suspect you could do all of that with a dual op-amp. The first and last gain stages look pretty much superfluous.

I've tried using blu-tak but find it hard to draw on when marking the holes. Plus when drilling the holes it gums up the drill. Painter's tape all the way for me when drilling enclosures.

Yup. It sounds like it's something too tricky to attempt for me. I'd rather not mess with the pedal. It's no biggie really - I have other delay pedals! Another pedal I don't use any more for the same reason is my old Ibanez PDM-1. I love that thing! I don't know why there isn't an updated...

Whatever it is, it works really well. It's a cool tuner. Even in "always on" mode it sounds great. As in I can't tell any difference in sound.

I have worked out similar ways to test myself blind. One thing I have often done to test the through tone of delays is to turn all the delay level down - anything which isn't the core sound - and repeatedly stomp on the switch while looking the other way or blocking my view of the pedal with a...

Not sure about the tuner - they say it's TBP but I suspect it's TBP via a relay because you can switch to an always on mode. And yes, the difference between having the DM2-W vs a patch cable is noticeable. I have tested it a few times and with various ODs. There are pedals where it's a lot more...

I usually have tuner first (Korg Pitchblack or now a Peterson Mini strobe), then an overdrive like a Timbreman, the delay, then a reverb such as a Flint or currently a UA Heavenly. That's it.

Well I can't say for sure it's the buffers I don't like because I've never heard a DM2-W without them. But simply having the pedal in my very short signal chain affects the dynamics and punch significantly enough to be annoying. Other delays like the TC Flashbacks, anything by UA, Strymon etc...

It's ok, I have a chainsaw.

I can't imagine it would be easy. I have a Boss DM2-W which I really like except that whenever I plug it in it really affects my signal. I can hear that the guitar sound I have gone to such lengths to make as good sounding as it can be has lost punch as soon as the DM2-W gets involved. I like...

I just remembered that I also rather like the Colorsound SupaFuzz which is a Big Muff without clipping diodes on one of the gain stages. That's a good one too but my fave is still the brilliant Alter Destiny.

It has been said that there are no dumb questions, only dumb answers. And Mr Bean's answer is one of the good ones.

Ever used germanium transistors? I hear they're the gas for fuzz. Man.

SSSShhhhh!!! You're giving away the magic!

Actually I already traced it and have sent it to Robert. :)

I agree with Szukalski - Basic Audio Alter Destiny. Maybe it's a southern hemisphere thing? I love how low the gain can get and yup - the Fat and Mid knobs make it my Best In Category. If only someone would trace it.

If it's features and programmability you're chasing then the Strymon Timeline is hard to beat. I like the Boss DDs but their buffers mess with my sound too much. I use very few effects in my chain and it's very noticeable. It's a real shame because otherwise they are excellent. If the tone and...

I've built a few Rats for people with the CA3130 as favoured by Bjørn and they have sounded excellent. Authentic? Close enough for me! Just use a 100pF compensation cap instead of the 30pF. A friend of mine has a 13 yr old son who has had a rough time lately with health issues. He's a really...

I thought this was going to be for the joke section: A 2N1304 2N1306 AND 2N1308 walk into a bar...

Probably not very helpful but I think the Blues Junior is horrible. So are the cheaper Voxes. Just ghastly. If you can get your pedals to sound good through a Blues Junior that doesn't guarantee they will sound good through anything else either. A used Hotrod or Blues Deluxe would be vastly...