EV Mini and Effects Layouts Sasquatch II

[leadfoot]

Build Rating

5.00 star(s)

After some screw ups on my part with the EV Mini, it worked marvelously. (Note to self: just because you sorted resistors correctly doesn't mean you still can't screw it up, so always double check their values before soldering). You can find some gut shots here.


Then I got around to building the Sasquatch II from Effects Layout which is a Green Ringer and hybrid Big Muff with a treble and bass tone control. This one had an issue with the board itself having input pads reversed which slowed down the completion time. I socketed the Ge transistors so I can switch them out since I'm sort some NPN Ge transistors and put some 2N2222 in there for the time being.

I went completely brutalist on the Sasquatch II build other than the purple LEDs chosen by my four year old daughter so it's pretty.




I'll give five stars for the EV Mini because it really was a great build and would have been a no issues build had I paid better attention.

The Sasquatch II I'll give a 4/5 cause of the screw up with the wiring and nothing in the documentation about the issue. The circuit itself is pretty fun for a Big Muff.

For the demo, I decided to not go with power chords but with a blast from the past.

 

[VanWhy]

Good shit. What was the issue with the wiring and what was the fix? I remember building one and it didn't quite work right. I'm thinking now that could have been the problem.

 

[leadfoot]

Good shit. What was the issue with the wiring and what was the fix? I remember building one and it didn't quite work right. I'm thinking now that could have been the problem.

The O1 and O2 pads on the effect board are reversed so you need to wire O1e -> O2fs and O2e -> O2fs

 

[VanWhy]

Good catch. Thanks!

Edit: I must be getting old. I just double checked my build report, and I did swap the wires on there. Totally forgot about that lol.

 

[leadfoot]

Yeah, your report sounds like my experience, I thought I had the new revision given when I bought it. Just goes back to the old saying about assuming...

I've still got a parentheses fuzz I need to box up so I can make a good comparison video.