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So is anybody gonna misbias their Super 64 Overdrive so it sounds broken like the Taco Bolt and post the voltages? Then @Robert can update the build docs (lol)

While my Caesar languishes in the limbo of boards without an enclosure, here's a clone of the Boss CE-1 chorus/vibrato, minus the preamp. The 3 position toggle switch has Chorus, Chorus + Vibrato and Vibrato modes. Vibrato mode is quieter so keep that in mind when you set the Gain trimmer...

Hi, years ago I built a Surfybear kit. It's a Fender 6G15 reverb unit with transistors instead of tubes. It features the same drawback of the originals: dry and wet signals are blended in the Mixer pot, which means the dry signal gets quieter and darker as the wet signal increases aka massive...

Finished this build and it's perfect but I noticed a faint ticking in bypass when in Chorus mode. I made sure none of the wires are close to any of the ICs. I don't have good shielded wire. The one I have has thin wire surrounded by thick, stiff insulation and it breaks at the solder joints...

I built this germanium Fuzz Face for a friend. It's my first commission so of course Murphy's Law decided to apply. After boxing it up it started to sound gated with a farty cleanup. The circuit worked perfectly on the breadboard so I built it on eyelet board. Here it is powered by a 9V battery...

Here's my most satisfying and simultaneously my mostly frustrating build to date: another germanium Fuzzrite. The silicon Fuzzrite was the first circuit I breadboarded. I instantly fell in love with its buzzy, thin sound. I since built a germanium version that is IMO the superior circuit. This...

The build doc shows this But the board is blank. Is this the correct orientation? Thanks!

TL;DR It sounds amazing but it needs a few mods in order to perform well. I believe the build docs should be updated to reflect these mods. Until then, read the forum before you populate your board. Two footswitchable speeds can be useful while performing as an alternative to expression pedals...

She's nasty, she's rough, she'll never learn how to behave. She sounds like a bee. I love to look into her big brown eyes (and her one 8mm green nipple). What I like about her is she's got some guts. This is her DNA. FY2 wasn't loud enough, she needed a little LPB-1 kick in the butt to...

I'm on a Germanium kick so here's a Fuzzrite. All stock, Q1 has a gain of about 80, Q2 is around 40. This way the CCW setting on the Depth knob is beefy and the CW setting is not too over the top. Housed in a really nice vintage blue 1590BBS from Banzai. This is me after 4.5 hours of trying...

Hi, I'm building PNP germanium fuzzes and I need a voltage inverter board. Since I know nothing I'm not sure which of the following layouts work for adding a 1N5817 diode for polarity protection. #2 is the most convenient because the diode lays flat and the board isn't big. There is a trace cut...

Hello everybody. I'm very happy to present my most rewarding build to date: a Tone Bender MK I. I built it on turret board with 1W carbon film resistors (but there's a 1k8 1/4W metal film resistor in there too) and big axial capacitors. The coolest thing about it, however, is the vintage style...

Since I'm too cool for school I thought I'd build a Tone bender Mk 1.5 instead of a Fuzz Face. Too bad I didn't use the right transistors and I biased it like a Fuzz Face (thanks @Big Monk for pointing that out) so that's what it is, but worse, because the input cap is 4u7 and the emitter cap is...

I just finished my Duck Box. It doesn't quack enough and only on guitar. No volume drop. Bypass works. The Attack knob must be maxed out to trigger a decent effect and the filter only opens up if I play medium to hard. My Strat has vintage aka low output pickups. The Decay knob seems to behave...

Can I use X7R 820pF MLCCs instead of ceramic disc caps in this build? I imagine so but just wanted to check. I can't find regular ceramic discs in that value.

I have a bunch of octave fuzzes (Joe Gore's Screech + a Foxx Tone Machine and an Ampeg Scrambler clones I built from Musikding kits) and they are wonderful but I usually play with an always-on Fuzz Face and adding fuzz to fuzz makes my amp go splat. Enter the Green Ringer, which is just the...

I thought I was a lot of things. I thought I was a Fuzz Face guy. I can get clean, dirty, overdrive and fuzz from one pedal with a twist of the Volume knob on my Strat and it looks like a landmine. Good, now I can play! But I couldn't leave it alone. No, I had to go and follow a breadboard...

After months spent procuring tools and parts, the stars (and little else) aligned and here is my first build since last summer. As you can see I totally botched the holes but I like to think the wonkiness fits the nature of this fuzz. I follow the standard drilling procedure using a hand...

I've been breadboarding this fuzz and the Depth knob (really a blend between the two amplification stages) is only useful in the two extreme positions for me. In the middle it's quieter and neither fish nor flesh. How do I replace it with a toggle switch? Here's the schematic:

Salutations, I'm building a Calamity Fuzz and a bunch of other fuzzes and I need to adjust some resistors for optimal transistor bias. I know I can use single SIP sockets but the plastic encasing usually falls apart and I don't trust the thin resistor legs to make a good connection. I'd rather...