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Boss DRV-1981

This is a clone of the 1981 Inventions DRV rehoused in a Boss DS-1 enclosure. I used the PedalPCB Informant PCB and the MadBean Softie for this project. Why? Good question! I suppose I saw the ridiculous prices people were…

Sometimes it’s the switch…

I’ve had pretty good luck with those blue 3PDT switches. But this switch was bad on the first use! I can’t believe it. Just soldered it up and it was stuck in one position. I only needed a DPDT switch…

Parentheses Fuzz #4

This is a clone of the Earth Quaker Devices Life. Which is a great octave fuzz. The foot switches left to right are: Boost, Octave, Bypass, The knobs left to right: Boost, Distortion, Filter, Volume, Octave. The center top knob…

PedalPCB 1981 inventions DRV clone

This is a build of the PedalPCB Informant, it’s a clone of the 1981 Inventions DRV, which is a great sounding evolution of the ProCo Sound Rat. I’d call this a beginner to intermediate level project. The PCB is easy…

Parentheses Fuzz postmortem

What is it Parentheses Fuzz is a PCB from PedalPCB that is a clone of the Earth Quaker Devices Life pedal, with some mods. Originally designed as a sort of signature pedal for the Band Sunn o))). What does it…

Boss Enclosures

I got the bug to put some circuits into Boss enclosures. Boss makes a really solid pedal. The pedal itself is bomb proof with a nice form factor and circuits are pretty good. The switch has a nice feel to…

Those low profile switches

These look good and come in a few varieties. I tried these out when first saw thinking the would allow a little more space for components. These days I’m not including a battery 🔋 and making batter layouts with two…

The Fulltone 3PDT

When I got started in the DIY pedal hobby the switches that were available were the Carling DPDT. These were about $9 but didn’t allow for easily wiring an LED and true bypass. Small Bear Electronics started offering a 3PDT…

That blue 3PDT stomp switch

The Specs*: (from Lovemyswitches see my notes below) 3PDT Latched Foot Switch Nickel plated solder lug Two hex nuts, one plastic washer, one lock washer 50,000 cycles 12mm mounting hole Solder temp: 482°F / 250℃ max for 3 seconds 3A…

Tayda mix up

I order some parts on 1/4/21 a big box showed up on 1/20/21 and nothing on the box was anything that I ordered. It was all pedal making parts. Including: 5x 125B enclosures knobs resistors caps 2x PT2399 4x TL072…