Timmy/Jimmy Update

Someone posted a comment about my original Timmy/Jimmy build. I was never happy with this and not sure if I got it right. It didn’t sound bad, it didn’t sound great, to me. Maybe it was right but Timmy just…

Peach Fuzz Clone

This is a clone of the Frantone peach Fuzz. The signal chain is something like: In –> op-amp –> LM386 –> LM386 –> BMP Style Tone Control –> Out My first build sounded great but, I had forgotten the power…

ETI Hyper Fuzz Build

ETI Hyper Fuzz is strange Fuzz from the 1988 Electronics Today International Guide to Making Music. I found it here. I wrote more about this here. This is my modification to the original circuit. I replaced what looks like an…

Chips from Aliexpress

I bought a bunch of chips from Aliexpress. Are they legit? I don’t know, and I’m not sure how to check them. They seem to work. But, I’m using them in dirt boxes, if the sound is low fi and…

Boss DS-1

What is it Hard clipping distortion. I put this in the same family as the Pro Co Rat. They are distant relations. Boss says: The DS-1 Distortion is a true icon in the world of guitar effects. Introduced in 1978,…

Black Tar (Rat)

I was really impressed with the dylan159 Rat, it sounded amazing, I needed to make an original Pro Co Rat. Here is the schematic I used. I made a PCB with Eagle PCB. I forgot to put a name and…

Interesting Clipping

Here is a snippet from Bernie Hutchins. I think this is from Electro Notes 132. Seems to be an interesting clipping scheme. I found this here: I’ve been thinking about this snippet for years now, I’m putting it here…

Pedal Building Workshop

Thanks to everyone who came out to the workshop yesterday! A few people bread boarded some circuits, and a few soldered some prototypes on strip board, after some some debugging we managed to get everything working! Here is an updated…

ETI Hyper Fuzz

I ran into this post a few years ago and have thought about this often. This looks similar to the Crowther Prunes and Custard. The First op-amp looks almost like a normal clipping stage. The second one has a…