analog_bham
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i've been building some germanium fuzz faces for friends and wanted to try the phenolic pcbs from amplified parts (i can only find them there and pigeonfx but pigeon is in england and i hate the tariffs). more than that, i wanted to try to run it on a standard center negative adapter so... here it is!
i decided to add a graphic as well to the enclosure. vulcan is kind of an icon here in in birmingham (Alabama) because of the steel manufacturing so i dumbed down a photo that i had of vulcan and made a vinyl sticker for it with the cricut.
as to the pedal itself, i used transistors from Oleg. mid-70s and ~100 for hfes, low leakage (<100) and other miscellaneous, fun mojo bits.
i worked through wiring it up but need to think about a better way to get power distributed. i ended up adding jumpers from the dc jack to the switch/led but need to find a better looking way of doing that. but this was really a proof of concept for me today. it works and really sounds great.
i really would like to have my own "vintage" style pcb for the FF like these phenolic boards but with the modern additions of +/-, LED, 3pdt connections. i haven't figured out how to make the curvy tracks in kicad yet. (if anyone has pointers for that, I would love to know!)
i decided to add a graphic as well to the enclosure. vulcan is kind of an icon here in in birmingham (Alabama) because of the steel manufacturing so i dumbed down a photo that i had of vulcan and made a vinyl sticker for it with the cricut.
as to the pedal itself, i used transistors from Oleg. mid-70s and ~100 for hfes, low leakage (<100) and other miscellaneous, fun mojo bits.
i worked through wiring it up but need to think about a better way to get power distributed. i ended up adding jumpers from the dc jack to the switch/led but need to find a better looking way of doing that. but this was really a proof of concept for me today. it works and really sounds great.
i really would like to have my own "vintage" style pcb for the FF like these phenolic boards but with the modern additions of +/-, LED, 3pdt connections. i haven't figured out how to make the curvy tracks in kicad yet. (if anyone has pointers for that, I would love to know!)
