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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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Carling DPDT 316-B-PP
This is the classic foot switch found in wah pedals and older effects. In the old days this was the switch, 3PDT switches were not available or were very expensive and hard to get. These days these switches are about $10 each! And they don’t have the extra pole for an easy LED indicator and…
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Parentheses Fuzz #3 EQD Life Clone
I got three boards from Pedal PCB. This is a pretty good project. It cost a bit more than the usual 1590B sized projects. It works well and sounds great. I’m keeping one and selling the other two on Reverb as a way to support my hobby. Check this out on my Reverb shop. Or…
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22/7 on OSH Park
Built and test this second version of the 22/7 by RunOffGroove.com. Sounds good. This is a great alternative for Big Muff fans. The OSHPark project is public and verified. 22/7 is a Big Muff built around CMOS inverters in place of the transistors used in the traditional BMP circuit. The CMOS inverters have a tube…
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ICBM (op-amp Big Muff Clone)
Here’s a purple sparkle op-amp Big Muff Clone. This fine specimen is for sale on my Reverb shop. If you’re in familiar, the Big Muff circuit is built around 4 transistors for all of the different versions except for one version made in 1978. This version has am similar but unique sound and was built…
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Haunting Mids Fuzz (clone)
This Haunting Mids clone is on sale on my Reverb shop. If you haven’t heard of Haunting Mids, this is not a clone of the JHS Pedal with the same name, it’s DIY community variant of the Big Muff. It has a great sound and stands on it’s own in the field of BMP clones.…
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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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Harvesting Parts!
Harvesting parts from these old PCBs. I had this need for a A100K pot and Christmas 🎄 has holding up the deliver from Tayda Electronics. So I started digging through my bin of old projects that never made it into a box 📦. I didn’t my ideal A100K pot, it would have been 16mm with…