I found these old school layouts by Andy. These look like fun to build the layouts just scream mojo. I think I will have to etch a few of these up and build them with carbon comp resistors and ceramic caps! Andy aka “Dragonfly” posted like mad on the DIYStompbox forum for several years and … Read more
Looks like one of my Ugly Face’s made it into the “Art of the Stompbox” exhibit at the Museum of Making Music in San Diego. http://www.flickr.com/photos/museumofmakingmusic/page3/ http://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=282&Itemid=41
Wow, you must take a look at this site. These are the most amazing applets. http://www.falstad.com/circuit/e-index.html
Bay Area DIYer’s should make it to the DIY Swap meet on Feb 21 at 924 Gilman St in Berkley CA. For more info: http://www.euthymia.org/ The first three were a great time lot’s people with lot’s of stuff. Anyone from the should meet up with me. I’ll try and wear my DIY Stompboxes t-shirt.
Assume there’s your favorite booster at the input, what is D2 doing? This is the most common clipping arrangement that I have seen. It seems that D2 does nothing. If the boost at the input is running off 9V then the you should have a single that is centered on 4.5V going past the two … Read more
One of the Ugly Face’s that I built got a mention in the Fretboard Journal. No picture though. Which is too bad. They took a picture of a bunch of other more common name brand things. Really Tim Escobedo should have gotten a mention. The people writing these articles need to educate themselves on the … Read more
Here’s an idea for a ring modulator. I used a 3080 for the balanced modulator from the Ring-Modu-Matic. I used an envelope, from the Meatball, to control the carrier frequency. This is untested. The controlling the FET to turn on the carrier is going to be a challenge.
I had been wanting to build Craig Anderton’s graphic fuzz. But I had never gotten around to it. Though I did find an old 10 band EQ on the street that I thought would make a home for that project. Lately the idea had struck me to make a smaller version with two Tube Screamers. … Read more
Don’t miss the Musicians and DIY Electronics swap meet at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley. I had a great time last year and the Year before. Lots of good deals to be had. Last year there was a ton of analog synth equipment and the year before there was a group with a massive amount … Read more
I’m down to about 30 of the original PCBs. I’m thinking about doing another run if there’s interest. I’m also thinking about creating another board. Same layout as the first but it would include traces for an effect with the rest of the area taken up by pad per hole in the same style as … Read more