1776 PCBs
Just got some new PCBs from 1776. The quality looks great. The pots and rotary switch are attached to the PCB. This is the only way to go. I really don’t like lots of of board wiring. There are so…
Category Stompbox
Posts about Stompboxes and other guitar effects pedals
Bass Overdrive
This is a bass overdrive built from PCBs from GuitarPCB.com. The boards were professionally made. The layout is good, with pots mounted to the PCB. The LED is also mounted to the PCB. Actually everything goes through the PCB, except…
Ampeg Scrambler
Wired up this ampeg scrambler board I’ve had for a while. I’ve been trying to finish up all of the unfinished projects from the last few years. Fired up first test. I used MPSA13 transistors. I got the PCB from…
Morley volume pedal
I found this Morley Volume pedal at a garage sale for $5. I think it was a good deal. Not as sturdy as the Earnie Ball, it still feels pretty solid. It has a big toggle switch at the toe…
Echobase
The Echobase is a PT2399 based delay with some extra features. It was developed as a DIY project at diystompboxes.com. *** by who! post a link The effect includes an LFO that varies the delay time. At low depth the…
MOSFET boost and Lockhart fold frequency tripler
Sounds like a machine. Pretty easy build using a layout from freestompboxes.org. This version has a two drive knobs. The original only has a single drive knob. The circuit is built around two identical sections. Each of these sections is…
Tone Bender Mk I
A friend recommend building the Tone Bender Mk I. I hadn’t tried this before. So I thought I’d give it a go. It also helped that I had heard the one Joe built over a ToneFiend. Sounds pretty good. Sort…
Some Fuzz Faces
Finally getting back to building some Fuzz Face’s I started a while back. Here’s a picture, you can see the sockets for the transistors, two sets of three in a row, in the center. The input socket is two small…
Millenium Bypass – Working!
Millenium problesm all solved with the help of R.G. Who kindly pointed out that I probably didn’t have a path to ground on the out put of the effect. Which was exactly right. After having the Millennium work so well…
Millenium Bypass
This is one of those things that has been around for a long time. Back in the olden days when the 3PDT switch was hard to get and cost as much as all of the other parts that went into…
Box of MOSFET
Rock Box! I was talking to a friend about distortion boxes and the Box of Rock came up. Which got me thinking, I’d never heard one before, and Z Vex always makes good stuff. I found a schematic in the…
Meatsphere?
The Meatsphere I hate that name. Then again it’s a play on the name Meatball. The Meatball, if you are not familiar, is an envelope filter based on the Mutron III. The Meatball was made by Lovetone who went out…