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WARNING- politics adjacent content. If you don't want to see such things, please move along. It's more of a silly dad joke word play than actual politics but as always, this is not an invitation to debate. Long before I started posting build reports and memes around here, I was in to big combo...

After posting my mini mu build, I decided to dig my first attempt at a vfe build out of the box of shame and take another look. I had initially installed the wrong regulator so I wasn't able to turn the effect off and after replacing it, the relay still wasn't working but my voltages looked...

I've built a bunch of other mutron III based filters and I greatly enjoy the sound, it's a widely beloved envelope for good reason. For the past few years I have been preferring the madbean Junk Trunk for it's ability to play nice with the gas tank fuzz. I like that combo more than a meatball...

As a bmp guy and a frequent Zappa listener I had to build this one. I knew it wouldn't be good for bass but I built it anyway. It actually isn't that weak but compared to any other muff it's definitely lacking there. It also lacks the gain of a garden variety muff as expected. What it doesn't...

Perhaps this isn't the most exciting build for some but I've really been looking forward to it. Similar to letting my diy habit take over the topside of my pedalboard, it now begins to take over the underside power supply as well. Being able to easily upgrade my gigrig power supply without...

I hadn't heard of this "inspired by" which always feels weird. No matter how big a nerd I become, there's somehow always new stuff to discover. This drew me in, not so much because of the hype or rarity but the controls seemed like a nice companion to my Nobelium. I also removed my equilux to...

I finally divorced my Radial Bassbone after 16 years of an increasingly stale relationship. Having built my Nobelium the redundancies couldn't stand. All I needed was a leveling switcher. It took a while to find the right circuit to put on my upright, channel 2. I haven't found a simple boost...

According to Nils' build docs this is a modernized Park Auto Wah, the OG modulation pedal. It's a simple wah controlled by an lfo and is very much its own thing. The filterfx from electric druid can kind of cop these tones (and way way beyond) but the wobblington has a more vintage kind of feel...

Looks like I'm drawing first blood on this one. I've made a point to avoid building screamers. No hate, I just never liked the sound. In fact it's rare for me to mess with what I consider guitar specific circuits. I've only built a pauper, a chop shop, an odr1 and the mojito. I'm also not all...

Thank you, @Robert for making this available to us. I frequently talk about my Frantone fandom around here so I was on board for this build immediately. Build out was smooth and easy though I needed some aid when the speed range seemed way off. @DGWVI set me straight telling me to pull pin 6 of...

A while back, @peccary kindly offered up these beautiful little dizzy tone boards and though I had already built one long ago on a ppcb Gnat board, I was compelled. Thankfully I had socketed my original build so auditioning another set of transistors was pretty easy. I had a moment of confidence...

This might belng in the troubleshooting thread but that didn't seem right either. I feel like this will be a fairly long post so firstly, my apologies. Also thanks to anyone who reads along and helps me bust my ghosts. So I've been having some weird troubles when playing at my drummer's place...

I am mid populating my pcb and as I was soldering the last of 3 150k resistors I had put in there, I realized that they're supposed to be 150r. I pulled the one but uhhhh... I'm fairly color blind and reading resistors by color code isn't reliable so I'm not sure which of the other resistors...

SATISFACTION. I have a new favorite pre amp. A long time ago, I put the Noble Pre in the ppcb wishlist as a joke but... not a joke. It seemed like too big of an ask but I definitely wished to build one. Then @vigilante398 comes along and drops this Nobelium project before I could think to...

I populated this board almost 2 years ago, drilled the enclosure and then handed it off to an artist friend to paint. Unfortunately said friend flaked for 24 months so I took it back this week so I can finally get the pcb off my bench. I had built the "Electric Ladyland" chuck d bones' version...

Having recently put together a space harp and realizing I preferred the tone over the polytrog and XC, I figured I should check out the ehx phaser I've never played. @Bricksnbeatles stated a while back that it was his favorite phaser for bass so it's been on my radar for a bit. Having the...

Not a ton of mods going on, I included the clean switch though I mostly prefer this thing full on fuzzy. I tried it on a pot, then considered housing it with a boost or od in front as others have suggested but I chose to keep it simple as it isn't going to be gigging or anything. Keeping things...

I finally boxed up this freebie I received from Nils at Moonn, thanks to him for this generosity. Based on the JPTR FX Silver Machine, it's an interesting little octave fuzz that goes from green ringerish sounds to intense unpredictable octave fuzz that is not like any of the others I've played...

A while back, I posted a build report for madbean's oracle, his take on the CS3. I had mentioned that I was building it as a tribute to Juan Alderete who famously uses the cs2. @Guardians of the analog was extremely generous and sent me one of his squishy boards that he collaborated on with...

I boxed this up this morning, a clone of the Lovetone Meatball envelope filter. I initially started (cough, failed) building this in 2020. With a nice little pile of victories on my bench, I got a little cocky. This was the biggest board i had ever seen, my first experience with vactrols or...