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It's been a while since I've done a build report, I've been doing a lot of building but not a lot of boxing. A big part of that is because I've been working on a few things, moving from DipTrace to KiCad, and playing with ideas for different faceplate designs. I think I have got to a happy place...

The Mojito has been paraded around a bit, but it’s a great circuit and I wanted one on the inventory. Nothing special to see here, usual build and made a faceplate for it. Used the recommended diodes, only change was to put the boost switch onto a dual relay board. If I were to do it again...

It's still missing the faceplate, but I thought I'd share something which has been on the burner for months now. Chris is one of my biggest instigators when it comes to pushing my envelope, and I've really enjoyed making some PCBs for some of the more obscure pedals out there (Boss CS-2, TR-2)...

Just a little boost I made into a top mount 1590A (because). Based on the Boot Boost by dylan159, here's the schematic: It's simple and sweet. I will most likely use this with an internal trim pot instead of a pot, to add a boost option to any pedal. And some crappy demos, because nobody...

This has been on my radar a looooong time. The Diablo first popped up when lurking Gregor Hildens guitar shop, it’s part of his tone stack and I like his tone. I got a local PCB of it when I was first building but it was from an incorrect schematic and I was (am) a lousy builder so it didn’t...

This took a while but I finally got there.. I decided to make myself a Lightspeed, but wanted to have a little extra gain for moments when that mood arises, so I made a PCB with switchable gain following this tip by Chuck. That board (v1) had oscillation. Learning curve I said, bad PCB design...

Having done three face plates in my latest round, here’s the third. It’s a simplified klon called the Clown Centaur, by dylan159 over at FSB. Jimilee had a great tip about using LEDs for clipping and I made that into an external switch. Great klon sounds with 9V and lower component count...

Another which came from the Fig contest. Courtesy of music6000, here vibes the Figbuster! There are sound clips in the contest thread, but this is a fun one. Build wise, nothing special. Had to make my own Darlington pair from some 2N2218 because I had no MPSA13 at the time. Drilling...

This is Chuck’s GeFet boost, which I built a number of weeks ago. Then a few weeks later I boxed it (must be good to be worthy of an enclosure). I’ve been so happy with it that I got a faceplate done, so here we are with a build report. PCB is my own but the circuit is all Chuck, and it’s a...

I made this PCB as part of the Fig contest and I decided to box it because it sounds great pushing a cranked amp. It’s a clone of the Kasha overdrive, 2 selectable JFET stages and 4 gain voicings on a rotary switch. It’s raw, a bit like the Chopshop but less refined. It’s lo-fi and fun. In...

I know we've seen a few of these, so here is another one in my own flavour. Sound-wise, it's knocked off the Timmy from my board. We've all heard Michael's demo so the only thing I could add is high output pickups going into a Clandestine boost and then melting a plexi.. (it does sound pretty...

This is a fun build which is based on the Blue Pilot by dylan159 over at FSB. That is an attempt to re-engineer the Blues Driver to be simpler and cheaper to build, using IC op-amps instead of a discrete op-amp configuration, and common parts. There are a few of these projects and they're all...

This isn’t particularly special, but it is my first PCB so here we go.. A Red Rooster / Chickenhead clone built for cheap-o Russian PNP Ge transistors. Nothing amazing here, just following the RG Keen approach to migrate from NPN. It was also my first faceplate attempt. I’m fairly happy with...

There have been a number of build reports on this fuzz which pushed it up the build list for me. Sound wise, it does not disappoint, I used a bog-standard Russian PNP Germanium transistor, and I found the OA172 to be the more pleasing diode for my ears so stuck with that one. Read what others...

It's been a while since I did a build report. Mainly because my builds have not been boxed, or have been on the breadboard. I had completed the PCB build on this without testing around half a year ago but never boxed it because @MichaelW told me it was so-so (and I had a bunch of boosts...

It's been a while since I boxed a build. This is the first of the year I think. Resistors and caps are running low in useful parts, and a big Tayda order is on the horizon. @MichaelW was the instigator for this particular pedal and I really enjoy it. Not much to be said which hasn't already, it...

This has been sitting and waiting for me for weeks now as I caught up on some other things.. glad that I got around to it. Build wise, nothing overly tricky. Followed advice given by @Chuck D. Bones in some threads, the Reap has a leaky transistor around 100 and the Ride has a pair of low...

This has been in a half-finished state for many weeks now as I focused on other work. Finally got it finished after ordering some MLCC and here we are.. Build Straight forward build, I had to have a couple of capacitors snuggling to make values but nothing terrible there (unless you have a...

Catching up on some build reports so chucking them into a larger thread.. here's a combination of pedals I built whilst waiting for a Tayda order, and those I've gotten through since it came in. Ignore the glare in the photos. Not my forte.. Starting with the one I finished tonight, a Sanguine...

What a pleasant pedal. With the little time I’ve had playing, it’s probably my favourite MIAB. Golden Falk is ok but it lacks something which this has. (This could be because I play a KT66 JTM45 as my main squeeze). Build wise, nothing too special or tricky. Nice to not have to bias or solder...