Any DIY pedal builders on TB? Strut your stuff!

[G.Bisson]

PedalPCB Aloysius gated fuzz

 

[Fuzzonaut]

It's quiet in here ... so ....

Bring the noiz!!!

PCB from Moonn, says it is a clone of the 4MS Noise Swash Mini. It's a very cool distortion and/or noise machine, that can throw in some oscillation as well. I have the oscillation on a momentary foot switch.
If you're into that kind of sounds, this one is a sure bet.
I certainly dig it.

 

[deepestend]

DeadEnd FX Subarashi gated germanium fuzz. This is a best-in-class germ fuzz that I've regretted not buying a decade ago when they were still available.
GE transistors are NOS RCA 2N398's received as a gift from a friend's late father's television repair parts stash. Gains and leakage measurements were near the recommended limits, but it was easy to bias and sounds great! Enclosure was painted alternating red and yellow lines using thread and brushes overtop graph paper guidelines.

View attachment 6990758

View attachment 6990759

View attachment 6990760

Anyone happen to have an extra subarashi board? He's not selling them right now due to taraiffs.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

Anyone happen to have an extra subarashi board? He's not selling them right now due to taraiffs.

They seem to be back .....

 

[deepestend]

They seem to be back .....

Just saw that! Debating building it. I don't really have time right now, but will soon. Love My Switches has a powder coated enclosure drop in a week and I'll see what they've got.

 

[G.Bisson]

Just saw that! Debating building it. I don't really have time right now, but will soon. Love My Switches has a powder coated enclosure drop in a week and I'll see what they've got.

I don't have any extra boards lying around. It's worth it to seek out a Subarashi board due to how unobtainable the TAFM has become. Buy the pcb now and stash it away for when your ready to start building. Next challenge is sourcing the germanium transistors. It's a phenomenal fuzz pedal that is worth the effort and expense.

 

[deepestend]

It's quiet in here ... so ....

Bring the noiz!!!

PCB from Moonn, says it is a clone of the 4MS Noise Swash Mini. It's a very cool distortion and/or noise machine, that can throw in some oscillation as well. I have the oscillation on a momentary foot switch.
If you're into that kind of sounds, this one is a sure bet.
I certainly dig it.

View attachment 7314065

View attachment 7314066

What a chaotic layout! I like it.

 

[deepestend]

I don't have any extra boards lying around. It's worth it to seek out a Subarashi board due to how unobtainable the TAFM has become. Buy the pcb now and stash it away for when your ready to start building. Next challenge is sourcing the germanium transistors. It's a phenomenal fuzz pedal that is worth the effort and expense.

He has made the boards available again... shipping is now more than the board, but I'm thinking about it. Really thinking about it.

 

[Luke the Fluke]

I wonder if anyone's squeezed a TAFM down into 125B size?

 

[Feral Feline]

Looks doable, TAFM into a 1590N1.

However, with two footswitches I think I'd rather it be in a portrait-oriented 1590B3 or 1590BB2 build instead of the DEFX landscape.

 

[G.Bisson]

Recently finished this Lectric-FX Fly Leaf envelope filter based on the EHX Zipper. It's a bubbly filter that doesn't get too extreme. Sounds like a talkative happy duck, instead of angry squealing Daffy Duck. The 'Attack' toggle switch gives this simple pedal an extra trick by delaying the note bloom, similar to the slider found on the Bass Micro Synth.

 

[disssa]

The BOOST EQ:

It is based on the VFE Rocket EQ, slightly adapted for use as a Bass EQ.

 

[G.Bisson]

Effects Layouts Sunndering preamp and PedalPCB Phase II.
Both excellent effects. Sunndering exceeded my expectations after getting use to the tone controls.

Building the Sunndering came with a few challenges. I couldn't find A2K pots so I converted an A10K by soldering 2.4K resistors between lugs 1-2 & 2-3.

Circuit board layout was designed to fit a specific model of tall-n-narrow electrolytic capaitors. I used what I had available by standing them above neighboring components.

 

[Passinwind]

Piezo/Magnetic pickup blender/breakout pedal, mainly for my Dojo but also a test bed for some bass centric applications. TRS input breaks out the Mag side to a separate box, currently formatted: resonant LPF/HPF/one band PEQ. That box runs at +/-15V internally, off external +9V external power, then returns to the blender and sums to mono output. I’ll do proper UV printed enclosures once everything is well vetted.

 

[disssa]

This is the 125B-version of my Dunwich Volt Thrower Clone:

 

[disssa]

A very interesting circuit that uses tubes as an alternative to diodes:

 

[davelowell2]

A very interesting circuit that uses tubes as an alternative to diodes:

Wow, what clean work! Impressive. What’s the circuit? How does it sound? What type of tubes?

 

[disssa]

...What’s the circuit? How does it sound? What type of tubes?

I used these schematics: Klick
The much sought-after Broughton Sunray is not far away...

 

[Fuzzonaut]

PedalPCB Motorizer. This was a no brainer. Lemmy in a box. Delivers in spades. Headroom à go-go.

 

[Passinwind]

View attachment 7378332
Piezo/Magnetic pickup blender/breakout pedal, mainly for my Dojo but also a test bed for some bass centric applications. TRS input breaks out the Mag side to a separate box, currently formatted: resonant LPF/HPF/one band PEQ. That box runs at +/-15V internally, off external +9V external power, then returns to the blender and sums to mono output. I’ll do proper UV printed enclosures once everything is well vetted.

And here's the HPF/PEQ prototype:

I tried doing labels using OSHpark's After Dark PCB spec, but it didn't really end up being much cheaper or easier than just getting UV prints done at Amplifyfun. And it doesn't look nearly as nice. Oh well... live and learn!