I built this BJFe Honey Bee Overdrive, from the AionFX PCB. I gave it away, and 4 or 5 years later it has come back with a faulty foot switch. Turns out I’m all out of foot switches, except for this one. This is a $22 foot switch, that is precision made in japan or … Read more
I’m buying parts and Tayda Electronics is no longer cheapest. I’m sure how I feel about this. Shipping and Tariffs on an order I’m putting together are $50! I made a similar cart at StompBoxParts.com and shipping is $17.75 for second day air. I took a look at LoveMySwitches.com and they offer $9.99 flat rate. … Read more
I’d to thank everyone who came to the pedal building event at noisebridge March 28, 2026. Everyone was super friendly and enthusiastic. I scheduled a new event April 11, 2026. Hope to see you all again! https://www.meetup.com/noisebridge/events/314017920/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link&utm_version=v2&member_id=31132902 if you haven’t heard of Noisebridge, check it out, it’s San Francisco’s OG hacker space. Open to everyone … Read more
This is a clone of the Univox Super Fuzz. I built a few of these here. This one uses a matched transistor pair: LM394CH. I thought this would enhance the octave effect since matched transistors enhance this effect. Seems like this circuit likes low gain transistors in the rectifier. The LM394CH is a high gain … Read more
I have this bag of NPN Germanium transistors. These are rare and you don’t see them much in pedals. They offer a huge advantage over the typical PNP types found in Fuzz Face’s, you can use a regular power supply! PNP Fuzz Face must use a reverse power supply, the + and – are switched. … Read more
This is an updated PCB for Tremshifter. The original idea is Dead Astronaut effects. I built a few his PCBs, but didn’t like the layout and construction, so I designed my own PCB. My first version had some issues, this second version takes care of those problems. Schematic This is an update Schematic. BOM C1 … Read more
Did another workshop at Noisebridge Nov. 29. The next workshop will be Dec. 13. Join on Meetup. Just a few people showed up, it was a small but dedicated crew! Made some progress on existing projects. Started some new projects.
This is an NPN Germanium Fuzz Face. I designed the PCB in Eagle, and had the PCBs made at OSHPark.com. The original Fuzz Face used germanium PNP transistors. The germanium transistors is supposed to have some special mojo. PNP types are more common but require either a battery charge pump to create a reversed power … Read more
Had a good turnout for the workshop. Started a few people on some new projects. I was happy to see people interested in building the Vulcan. I didn’t take any pictures this time. I scheduled the next event for Nov. 29.
This is a second version of the Univox Super Fuzz. Check out the first version in these posts. The first version fit a 1590BB sized box. This time I thought I’d try and get it into a smaller 1590B box (this is my favorite size). This worked pretty well but jacks and footswitch are a … Read more
OSHPark.com is PCB service in the US. I’ve used them a few times. Here is the results of my most recent order. OSHPark charges $5 per square inch. The size of your board matters! You get three board and free shipping. This service only allows for two layer boards, OSHPark can do more layers, you … Read more
I got Glitchstorm working on the breadboard (see this post); the next step is to make a PCB! I had some boards manufactured by PCBWay.com. I took these to the Maker Faire and gave them away to people who came by the Noisebridge booth. Here is my test build made with leftover parts. It looks … Read more