I build a lot but don't box a lot, I don't know if that speaks more for my taste in pedals or the pedals themselves. In any case, I boxed this one! Thanks to @HamishR for enlightening me to this Muff variant. I'm not a huge Muff fan, I value what they do and enjoy the tones but they don't gel with my playing style. He recommended the Basic Audio Alter Destiny for me to try out, and I was really happy with it. Essentially, it's a Muff with an added Mid and Fat (bass) control. I changed... Read more ..read more

If I want to omit the rate LED (bottom pads), do I just leave it unpopulated or does it need a jumper ..read more

I have a pedal that I designed and built using strictly point to point for the circuit. I want to have a pcb version made but have no idea where to start. Is there a service for that? Someone designing the pcb from a schematic and enclosure size ..read more

A few months ago I was missing a pedal that I used to have but later sold, the Barber Gain Changer. I was kinda surprised that no one had released a pcb based on this versatile dirt pedal yet. Then I came across a post by @MattG on his design of a PCB based on the schematic and his builds of the pedal. I reached out and he was kind enough to send me a pcb free of cost as well as a printed BOM. I followed his build threads and that of @MichaelW using the same PCB from MattG to... Read more ..read more

I just finished Chuck's version (thread here) of the Animals Diamond Peak Overdrive and it sounds absolutely killer. Not a single bad sound in it! Absolutely impressive and a must build for everyone, in my opinion. It transitions beautifully from clean to dirty, and all controls are very usable. I had no low gain Si transistors, so I had to use a couple (socketed) 2n3904's, but I'll replace those when I order parts. I also had to replace the jfet, and gain was lower, but adjusting R2... Read more ..read more

Hi! I recently bought and started building a Conquerer Fuzz before I realized I don’t have a 500mH Fasel inductor. These seem hard to come by, also, I’ve seen in another thread that @Robert said the the board has been updated to use a variety of inductors, including the TM013-R. After combing the forum I found a few other posts where people have used 5 100mH inductors, or a 42tl013, as well as other inductors or transformers. I’m wondering is there is a full list... Read more ..read more

Hey all! I finally finished putting this Duo-phase together and recorded a couple clips with it. As some of you may have seen, and even contributed to, I had a hell of a time getting the ticking noise from the LFOs to not be super audible, but after lots of trial and error with shielded wire, tiny buffers, and wire placement, I finally got it to a point where the ticking isn't present anymore. Once I got that squared away this thing fired up no problem and sounds really cool. This build was... Read more ..read more

ordered this for myself, but ended up building it for a friend’s birthday gift. i had high hopes for this circuit, it’s definitely gotten a lot of praise around many parts of the internet. it’s really hard to make fair assessments of pedals like this when i’m a lot more used to better tools for the job (real tube amps, amp sims+IRs), so i compared it to a couple other similar high gain preamps/distortions (REVV G3, SLO pedal) to get a ‘baseline’. opinions: - 18V... Read more ..read more

Don't know why, because they've been out forever, but I'm getting the itch to build a Timmy. I have a Lightspeed vero build in the works, then saw a demo comparing THAT to a TImmy, and now GAS it hitting me. My problem is, I don't know the differences between the Timmys (v1 - 3) and Tim. Can someone sum it up? Also, I saw the Timbre Man has a mid control added - is that easy to implement/mod in a Timmy? Thx ..read more

Here's another mean sounding fuzz. When Roland released the double beat in the 70s, Japan had a thing with fuzz wahs. Like many of it's contemporaries, the AD-50 had a wah that left much to be desired but had a fuzz that was the standout of the pedal. The fuzz was supposed to be a bonus but ended up being the main attraction. This is another hidden Jem that I had not payed attention to and I'm glad I gave it a chance, so here is another fuzz from Boss before they were Boss. The Aion argus... Read more ..read more