Pedal Building at Noisebridge

Thanks to everyone who came to the pedal building event at Noisebridge on Nov. 1, 2025. Great to see new faces, and always great to see returning hackers! The energy was excellent — I attribute this to the enthusiasm of the participants, thanks! Sign up for the next event. A few people started new projects. … Read more

Noisebridge Pedal Workshop Jul 26

If you came to the previous workshop, you should have started the Fuzz Face. When you get all of the parts soldered to the board it’s time to put it all in an enclosure. This post covers drilling the box and wiring things up: Pedal workshop Noisebridge #3 If you’re still soldering things up refer … Read more

Summon Fuzz

I built this a few years ago. I got it out and played it for a while. sounds pretty good. This is a Big Muffin with a diode lift switch, and a blend control. The PCB is from https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/product/bassblendmuff. It worked well but the board doesn’t have an LED! So the wiring is a little … Read more

Big Muff Workshop

Big Muff Workshop at NoiseBridge You want o build a Big Muff, good for you! It’s not hard todo follow the steps below.  If you’re using one of my PCBs the part numbers on the PCB correspond to the parts numbers on the schematics on this site:  https://www.bigmuffpage.com/Big_Muff_Pi_versions_schematics_part1.html There were many different versions of the … Read more

Schräg Filter

I found the Schraëg filter while surfing the Modwiggler and lines forums. Described as “Schräg is an expanded repackage of the Bastl Cinnamon multimode filter”. It sounded interesting and I have wanted to try having a project manufactured by a service with SMD components. In the discussion on lines, here, there was some discussion of … Read more

Resistors and Ohms Law

Resistors are the most common component you will encounter in electronic circuits. A resistor resists the flow of electrons. To understand this you first need to understand the concepts of voltage and current. Electricity is the flow of electrons. Electronic circuits are all about controlling the flow of electrons in creative ways. A common analogy … Read more