ragamuffin
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Built my first stripboard pedal, an Astrotone circuit with the Analgman specs with the layout from Dirtbox Layouts!
For transistors I used a pair NOS 2N3565 from Small Bear that tested at about 212 and 260hFe. I tried a higher gain 2N3565 in Q2 and that gave a little more fuzz but was darker tonally so I stuck with the 260hFE one.
The building process went fairly smoothly, though the off-board wiring got a little bit spaghetti-ish
I used a 1590b enclosure that I had and laid it out for topmounted jacks. While painting on the control labels/design I f'd up the "F", but I decided I was fine with that; fuzzy F for fuzz
Tonewise it's rockin'! It's a great "not too fuzzy" fuzz that sounds really nice with humbuckers. I own an Analogman Astrotone which I plan to sell now as mine sounds just as good!
The only hitch is that the enclosure won't quite shut all the way because one of my jacks sits up too high. I think I'll be able to grind down the jack frame and/or the lip of the enclosure backing to make it all fit.
For transistors I used a pair NOS 2N3565 from Small Bear that tested at about 212 and 260hFe. I tried a higher gain 2N3565 in Q2 and that gave a little more fuzz but was darker tonally so I stuck with the 260hFE one.
The building process went fairly smoothly, though the off-board wiring got a little bit spaghetti-ish
I used a 1590b enclosure that I had and laid it out for topmounted jacks. While painting on the control labels/design I f'd up the "F", but I decided I was fine with that; fuzzy F for fuzz
Tonewise it's rockin'! It's a great "not too fuzzy" fuzz that sounds really nice with humbuckers. I own an Analogman Astrotone which I plan to sell now as mine sounds just as good!
The only hitch is that the enclosure won't quite shut all the way because one of my jacks sits up too high. I think I'll be able to grind down the jack frame and/or the lip of the enclosure backing to make it all fit.
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