mudbunny (green russian specs) my first pedal

[oip]

hey folks

had a lot of fun (and many mistakes) making this, my first pre-fab PCB, first etch and first proper enclosure with a stomp switch.  learned heaps and keen to move on to the next one!  i love how much problem solving and general mixture of creativity and tech is involved.

many thanks to this forum for etching and painting tutorials in particular.  i did a bunch of reading here and around while gathering parts.

cheers!

[287m]

first etch? you make me jealous.  hahaha
if im the jury, you charged guilty for good build
also, welcome to madbean

[Boba7]

Nope, a first pedal just cannot look that good!! Ahah you should see mine...
AMAZING job!

[storyboardist]

Really nice man!

[jimilee]

Very cool. One of my favorite fuzz pedals.


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[AntKnee]

Great job. For a first build, you really jumped in, and it came out very good!

The mudbunny is a great sounding pedal and with multiple ways to build it, you may end up with 2 or 3 of them. Which specs did you build it with?

[m-Kresol]

wow. my first etch wasn't even half as clean and don't get me started on my first wiring job.

[blearyeyes]

wow. my first etch wasn't even half as clean and don't get me started on my first wiring job.

Great job all around man, my first pedal was a mess. But by golly I forced it to work in spite of myself. I thought I knew how to solder. HA!  I haven't even ventured to try an etch. I have all the materials ready to go.

[selfdestroyer]

Great job! Love that font choice and that etch came out great.

Definitely something to be proud of.

Cody

[oip]

thanks very much everyone!  really appreciated. 

selfdestroyer thanks in particular for the etch and paint tutorials they account for a very large percentage of the enclosure working out.  (like high 90s)

The mudbunny is a great sounding pedal and with multiple ways to build it, you may end up with 2 or 3 of them. Which specs did you build it with?

part of the desire to build one came from playing a skreddy perestroika in a shop which sounded just crazy good, so i tried to build with the civil war specs, ended up being mostly green russian as i couldn't find the right caps.  definitely some room for variation, i socketed the transistors and diodes and next time i would like to try a switch for the tone circuit and maybe a few more things. 

first power up sounded awful which was a huge bummer as i had spent almost two full days on it, took some deep breaths and the time to clean up all the mess from the build - turns out the diodes which i had originally used were just ruining the sound.  took them out and it roared into life, so i replaced them and now it sounds like what i think it is supposed to sound like.  i can't crank it in my little apartment but going to head off to a rehearsal studio next weekend and see what it is like at proper volumes...

cheers again!

[Lubdar]

Looks killer!

[bluescage]

Great job!

[mrclean77]

Whoah. Looking at that build wouldn't prompt anyone to think there are that many "first"s involved. Nice etch and nice build!

Did you go by Cody's/Selfdestroyer's etching tutorial?

[Coda-effects]

Really nice!

[oip]

many thanks! 

Whoah. Looking at that build wouldn't prompt anyone to think there are that many "first"s involved. Nice etch and nice build!

Did you go by Cody's/Selfdestroyer's etching tutorial?

yup followed those etching and painting guides quite closely.  i had a try at etching a random pattern a few weeks ago with caustic so i kinda knew what to expect, though the caustic freaked me out so i ended up grabbing some ferric chloride instead, and the reverse etch with ferric was a different feeling.  my plan was to get some offcut aluminium panels and practice everything but i got impatient and went for it.  the painting and drilling was entertaining.  so many mistakes (holes not quite centered, one hole a full step too big, paint uneven, some parts dripping, left painted base to dry.. in the rain) but it somehow turned out looking solid.  just fun, literally every step was a learning experience, feels good on the brain

got some more PCBs on the way and about to put in a tayda order so i'm keen to refine this all for rounds 2-3