Any DIY pedal builders on TB? Strut your stuff!

[Silver Blues]

Those Maelstrom graphics are great! Love how the colors contrast and the thin lines looks like metallic foil.
All my old worn out toothbrushes go into my toolbox. They are useful for cleaning pcb's, bolt threads, and any thing else with tiny cracks and crevices.

Here's a gut shot of my two Aion/DG builds from earlier this year. Maelstrom on the right and Binary on the left
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Thank you! I think the print came out amazing, too. Wish I could get a better picture of the base colour.
Toothbrushes are a good idea.

Nice builds! The Binary is coming up sometime soon in my build list too

 

[johnk_10]

Okay, one more from me, hope no one minds



The first victim of this improvement quest is my Fuzzhugger Doom Bloom clone. Here's the original build:
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I built this back in 2017 on veroboard, and honestly it's not that bad, but hindsight has made it obvious that there was absolutely no need for a 1590BB-sized enclosure for this tiny circuit.......... So, through the magic of Retrospective, we obtain the New and Improved Doom Bloom:
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So how does it sound? I like this pedal a lot. It's an extremely versatile and tunable fuzz with an enormous amount of available gain and a sometimes overwhelming low-end presence. One should note that the Bloom [gain] control does not have a bottom-out resistor so zero gain means zero signal (which is a bit weird). The Bias control lets it go from full, sustaining fuzz into gated velcro territory. The Head control adjusts the compression and "openness". Body allows you to tame some of that low end or let it go free for Big Doom Tones. Despite being such a simple circuit, all the controls have very distinct effects (though there is a level of interactivity, especially with Body, Head and the gain). It's quite quiet despite being such a high-gain circuit and I feel it sounds just as great on bass or guitar with no modifications between. Five-star build and an easy recommendation.

since it's such a simple circuit, i designed and etched my own PCB for my clone of it, used an oshpark pcb that i designed for the relayed true bypass board, and just etched a 1590B enclosure for mine.... i like this pedal a lot

 

[Silver Blues]

Really cool! I love the mirror-polished enclosure thing you're doing lately.

 

[mdalamond]

Havent done a stripboard in awhile so I did this one just for kicks.
It's based on the Boss GEB-7. Sounds great. I used a relay bypass. Made my own knobs and footswitch nut on my 3d printer. The 3d printers are fun and nice but they can be a real pain sometimes.

 

[johnk_10]

i had a Sanford and Sonny Bluebeard for a while and sold it (to Sanford and Sonny of all people!) so, now that they've become almost unobtainium, i built myself a clone of one:

 

[Passinwind]

My mutant dobro/banjo hybrid needed a preamp. Actually, it needs two, but this is my stab at one for the piezo pickup side:

That finish is color shifting, Prismatic Powders call it Neutron Star. Stompbox Parts did a special run of these for Pedal PCB members a few months ago, sounds like they're going to do another one for the general public soon as well. Probably mostly or all 125B format, as many of us got shut out last time and had to settle for other box sizes. The one in the pic is 1590BBS, which is actually perfect for my funky modular build style. Hope to finally have the board shares and schematics up on GitHub by next week, FWIW.

 

[johnk_10]

my most recent Baximato build:

 

[deepestend]

i had a Sanford and Sonny Bluebeard for a while and sold it (to Sanford and Sonny of all people!) so, now that they've become almost unobtainium, i built myself a clone of one:

So, what exactly is it? So much discussion on that...

 

[crguti]

Guts?

 

[johnk_10]

So, what exactly is it? So much discussion on that...

it's modified 1973 ram's head muff.

 

[johnk_10]

Guts?

 

[disssa]

A simple 1-band param. EQ

 

[Luke the Fluke]

A simple 1-band param. EQ
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Love the use of pcb mounted jacks and power input

 

[johnk_10]

i built another Blackbeard fuzz (S&S Bluebeard clone) only this time in an etched 1590B with a relayed true bypass:

 

[mdalamond]

I already built the 1590BB version and had so extra PCBs so I figured I needed a 1590B version, top jacks and relay bypass. Best part is it sound just like my original so I can put that away for safe keeping.
Happy Saturday.
Matt

 

[G.Bisson]

Finished this ZVex Super Hard-On with two diode clipping options from a JPTR Jive. Built on stripboard into a 1590A.

 

[Luke the Fluke]

Finished this ZVex Super Hard-On with two diode clipping options from a JPTR Jive. Built on stripboard into a 1590A.

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Nice I have an empty 1590a I don’t know what to do with and that was on my list of ideas too!

 

[johnk_10]

After owning the original Spaceman Equinox:

and building a clone of it:

i just finished another clone of it only in a much smaller 125B with all top jacks. It sounds exactly like the large box versions but is way more pedalboard friendly. The original required an 18 volt power supply but this new 125B contains a charge pump so it uses a standard 9 volt one. I also think that the controls layout is easier to navigate:

 

[davelowell2]

After owning the original Spaceman Equinox:
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and building a clone of it:

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i just finished another clone of it only in a much smaller 125B with all top jacks. It sounds exactly like the large box versions but is way more pedalboard friendly. The original required an 18 volt power supply but this new 125B contains a charge pump so it uses a standard 9 volt one. I also think that the controls layout is easier to navigate:

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That looks great, John!
Are you making faceplates? I’ve been waiting 6 months, Pedalpcb says they’re working on it, but…

 

[johnk_10]

That looks great, John!
Are you making faceplates? I’ve been waiting 6 months, Pedalpcb says they’re working on it, but…

thanks! nope, i made a waterslide decal and gave it a matte poly clear coat. it was pretty tough to fit the frequency number values to fit around the three rotary controls, but i'm happy with the way that it turned out.