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Fuzz Box
Just thought this should get reposted.
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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 and had one these left over so figured I’d use it to clear out the…
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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 is a four position switch that chooses the clipping type. The circuit uses an octave…
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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 to work with and well laid out with plenty of room to work. The only…
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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 sound like? This thing sounds lightly. It has a distortion, boost, and a switchable octave.…
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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 it. You can’t just buy the enclosure to my knowledge, so it seems the only…
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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 sided boards and space is not an issue. 3PDT Latched Foot Switch – Low Profile…
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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 switch labeled “Fulltone”. These switches were $13 if I recall. I suspect that Fulltone really…
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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 250VAC 6A 125VAC 4A 30VDC The specs are pretty good I see these used everywhere.…
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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 LT1054 7805 2N3904 LEDs and other diodes pots big bag of jacks I’m like seriously…
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Electro Harmonix Factory Tour
Found this blog post about a tour of the Electro Harmonix factory. It’s all in Japanese but the pictures are great. https://yhosokawa.myportfolio.com/dream-factory-by-electro-harmonix
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Vulcan v1.1
Vulcan pcb built up. This is version 2.