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It’s been a few months since I built anything, but a friend asked me to build him a bass pedal last week so I figured it was a good time to start. I don’t do a build report for every pedal I do anymore, but thought I’d post these, as I find other people’s build reports (and pictures) really...

It’s kind of funny how the the builds I anticipate being difficult go off without a hitch meanwhile I’ll end up troubleshooting a fuzz pedal with a quarter of the parts. At any rate, thought I’d post this one as it’s one I’ve been wanting to build forever. I wasn’t sure how well Black would...

I had a free day yesterday and the weather was gross, so I stayed in a built pedals until my contacts didn't work. But I'm really pleased with them. Something about building pedals while listening to audio books is really cathartic. The 3W sounds really good. Its not quite a monster high gain...

There wasn't a lot to this build other than having to get some parts that I don't usually have on hand. It's been sitting in a state of mostly finished for a week now. At first I couldn't quite tell if it sounded good or not, but as I experimented with it, I got the settings to where I wanted...

I have a questions about the Vero layouts. I understand what links are. And the how the components go. But for a few weeks I've been wondering what the heck the red squares mean. however, i think I've figured it out and want to double check. The image below says 3 links, 10 cuts. I put two...

I've tried to google this and cant find anything. So I assume, Either its so basic no one needs to look it up or its rare enough that no one has felt the need to make a guide. That being said, I've seen various comments about these rotary switches being bad when ordered from other sources and i...

A friend of mine pressured me into giving him my first one of these. And given that it’s the fuzz that made me fall in love with fuzz, I had to build another one. I really can’t recommend this one enough, even if you do have to buy a wierd W20k pot that seemingly only serves to make the tone...

There's a certain sigh of relief that comes when a build with this many parts works the first time. I highly recommend taydas pre-drilled enclosures for this one. If you're a fan of high gain pedals, I can't recommend this enough. The Be OD deluxe was one of the pedals that made me turn an...

This is the second time I built one of these. When I orginally sourced the parts, I ordered two of everything and then had the ics laying around, so I figured why not build another one of them especially given how much better I am a building than I was a year ago. The end result is much...

The 5th in line of my so called 12 builds of Christmas. I will probably ramble a as I’m writing this to my future self as much as anyone else. I love this thing. Id previously built one with two seperate boards prior to the combined version releasing. But it’s a wiry mess inside, and in a...

The fourth pedal in what I’ve affectionally started calling ‘The Twelve Builds of Christmas’. This was a fun one. But I did nearly have a minor heart attack when I plugged it in and the right side and octave werent working at all. The LED just stayed on on the right side fuzz, and the octave...

I love the Friedman sound and have wanted to build all of the pcb’s from here for a while. Just got around to this one. Followed the directions to a t, and there’s not much to be disappoint by. I do think having a noise gate with these type of pedals is damn near mandatory, but when you use...

My giant Tayda order finally came in, and this was the first pedal I wanted to finish. I’ve been using the Spirit box on my board, but wanted to try something different. This was the first Spin FV-1 Pcb I’ve used. I was pretty nervous as the cost of the board plus pre soldered chip is more...

This was a fun one. I’m not sure how useful it will ever be, but I’m glad I made it just because I don’t often get to build in a vertical oriented 1590xx. And because it’s simply a weird pedal. Will need to look up a tutorial or something to find the more musical settings. I cut extra...

I've been doing no film decals prior to drilling because I'd heard that that works best, but Id really like to just start ordering Tayda's predrilled enclosures as I can't ever seem to get the holes 100% straight. I could always do a test run, but typically only order from Tayda in 1/2 time a...

I was just looking at the PCB for the Clandestine Preamp and saw that the capacitors appear to have 4 prongs. Do anyone know where to source these from. And If you do, what is the search criteria that finds them? Thanks

As I’ve run out of jacks and foot switches earlier this week, I decided to take a crack at something I’d been putting off for a while. Trouble shooting. Along with some guidance from the people who commented on my troubleshoot post, I pulled up the schematic to really try to understand what I...

Hi all, thought id post here as I’m getting near the end of things I can check and I’m to the point of going though every single resistor to check if that’s where the issue it The pedal works (ish) , the led works, it even passes a fuzz sound. However, the signal works best with the low notes...

Built this one start to finish last night. My trouble shoot pile is getting uncomfortably large so I slowed things down and double and triple checked every single component before soldering. Made for slow work. But, it worked the first time minus a couple of bogus MN3207 chips. I’ve found...

Seems like when I build, i alway build in spurts. tried using a spray can to coat the enclosure in white, but the cold caused it to crack. So i decided to try something new and leaned in to the distressed look. I used alcohol inks for the top and then used resistor wires to scrape patterns into...