Golden Fleece - DIY

[spi]

Yeah, Speaker Cranker and Cot50 are other great Electras.

 

[bluedmc777]

I built on of these a few years back on a fuzzdog Electra pcb. I put the schematic up on here, Madbean and IG so other people could tinker with it. Needless to say mythos was super appreciative that I shared their countless hours of R&D time to develop this original concept in all seriousness this version of the circuit fucksView attachment 44456View attachment 44457

By saying “this version of the circuit fucks” is that a good or bad thing?

Also, is this the exact BOM for the copper clad? Doesn’t I haven’t seen a confirmed bom that I’m aware of just several traces with minor value changes.

Thanks in advance to all that have contributed to this btw. This will be my first build in YEARS so I figured I’d start easy.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

By saying “this version of the circuit fucks” is that a good or bad thing?

in this context it's always a good thing

Also, is this the exact BOM for the copper clad? Doesn’t I haven’t seen a confirmed bom that I’m aware of just several traces with minor value changes.

I said above that I mad it on a fuzzdog board. @Robert said he's making a pcb for this so I would likely wait for that.
Edit:
I had not realized that he released the copper clad already. Whatever he has on the silkscrean of the pcb is correct and just use those values.

 

[bluedmc777]

Aahhh I guess I didn’t notice the values on the pcb. Should be here any day now though.

 

[Singlecoilman]

The variation of this circuit that surprised me is the Tchula circuit.

The whole concept really made no sense to me... in one mode you have no control whatsoever, no volume control, no gain control, you just switch it on and it does what it does... take it or leave it.

The other footswitch enables a gain control.

Quirky as hell, I expected to be extremely underwhelmed, but man, it sounds fantastic in either mode and actually does "work" .

The tchula is suposto to bem two COT50s. The first stage has the knob so It can work as a boost/overdrive. The second stage is set "before noon" if it had a knob. It was built to Josh Smith, under his specifications. But the diagram shows a switch on a bias knob

 

[bluedmc777]

This should be it, the pot is 0.5" lower than the older 1-knob template.

Tayda Electronics Drill

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Can you not just pull this up as a pedalpcb project on Tayda and choose a color? I clicked the link and saved it under copper clad but i find a pre drilled enclosure remotely close.

 

[Fama]

Can you not just pull this up as a pedalpcb project on Tayda and choose a color? I clicked the link and saved it under copper clad but i find a pre drilled enclosure remotely close.

I don't think there are 1 knob pre-drilled PedalPCB enclosures on Tayda. Or if there are, can you link them to me? I couldn't find any. There are other pre-drilled one knob enclosures, but I think they are with sidemounted jacks and 1590B.

 

[bluedmc777]

I don't think there are 1 knob pre-drilled PedalPCB enclosures on Tayda. Or if there are, can you link them to me? I couldn't find any. There are other pre-drilled one knob enclosures, but I think they are with sidemounted jacks and 1590B.

Well if you click the link in the post of mine above it takes you to the drill template for the project and it’s on Tayda. However I couldn’t find it or figure out how to have a painted enclosure drilled to those specs.

 

[Fama]

Well if you click the link in the post of mine above it takes you to the drill template for the project and it’s on Tayda. However I couldn’t find it or figure out how to have a painted enclosure drilled to those specs.

Ahh right, yes, you can use custom drilling of course. How it works is that you have 1.) the drill template saved on the drill site, 2.) order both the drill job item and the (painted) enclosure from Tayda, and 3.) a bit after ordering you can choose what drill template to use on which enclosure on the drill site. It's also explained I think on the drill job item itself on the store, so go read it there if my explanation was confusing.

 

[PedalProjects.co.uk]

I picked up an old "Zeus Face" Golden Fleece recently, dated 2018 and signed by Zach. Out of curiosity, I tore it down to see what was inside, and I noticed some differences compared to the Copper Clad Fuzz schematic. I imagine the circuit has gone through a few revisions over time, but here’s what I found if anyone’s interested. I forgot to take a picture of the underside of the board, but the 47µF cap is soldered directly to the emitter of the transistor—kind of interesting!

 

[sonic_explorer]

@PedalProjects.co.uk Nice pictures! It is a bit tough to tell from the angles shown, but are the clipping diodes a 1N34A and a 1N914 or something else?

 

[Nostradoomus]

@PedalProjects.co.uk Nice pictures! It is a bit tough to tell from the angles shown, but are the clipping diodes a 1N34A and a 1N914 or something else?

the schematic shows 4148 and D9E

 

[Nostradoomus]

Fleece is the operative word here btw

 

[comradehoser]

Just wondering: Did anybody make a boardless version with a free wiring? The low parts count makes it a cool project.

Well since the thread is resurrected and I never saw it before, I *have* made a Point-to-Point (PTP--I assume that's what you mean by "free wiring") Electra circuit as one half of the Minotaur Sonic Terrors "Fuzz and Burn," which is basically an Electra and a Meathead in one enclosure.

Since I'm slated to build it again PTP, looks like I have a little breadboarding experimentation in my future.

In any event, yeah, this is a PERFECT project for a first PTP.

 

[comradehoser]

Fleece is the operative word here btw

On a roll with the quips, eh?