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I don't build from scratch like I used to.  Also, I don't like keeping around as much gear as I used to.  This has had me fall in love with the lil bitty Madbean 1590A builds.  They are fun, don't take up much space, and I really enjoy the compact build experience (my first builds ever were 1590A Green Ringer and BazzFuss pedals).

Anyway, I'd love a 1590A project for a Companion Fuzz with common mods like a volume boost stage at the end and a tone control to shift the mids.  I think it would be a pretty plausible fit.  It is on the verge of fitting using perf board, but should definitely work with a smart pcb.

While I'm here, I'll throw out that I'd love to have a decent tiny Tremolo pedal, whatever circuit makes sense. 

For the hell of it, a 1590A DOD 250 would be cool. 

These builds are super handy.  I've got a Rat, a Hot Cake, the Mutantes Fuzz, and plan to do a Big Muff and Fuzz Face.  It makes it so easy to travel with some extra options.  Madbean excels at these boards and is my favorite place to buy pcbs.

I've recently wired up the 2015 Cherrybomb PCB from the site.  I've also read what I could on the project from this forum.

I seem to be running into the same old problem as others. 

I've swapped in and out several BC109 transistors.

The biggest issue is the crackling that seems to get louder the harder I play the guitar, even starting at very minimal gain settings.  It is very frustrating as it seems like there is this killer dirt sound rocking out underneath the static crackle.  Maybe you can call it splatty, but again, the unpleasant sounds seem to be "on top of" the overdrive sound, which itself seems nice and grainy. 

Is there a definitive answer about this issue?  Is it down to biasing?  If so where should I start?

Hi folks.  This is my first post here.  I've built plenty of relatively small dirt, fuzz, and misc. projects on perfboard over the years but when it came to something big like the Rustbucket, Madbean seemed like the place to go.

So here's he question.  Is there any way to maybe increase the decay length on the envelope?  The problem in practice is that even on long decay settings the RB will close the envelope when I really wish it would cut of my sustaining note quite so soon. 

I have a pal with a vintage EH model and he says it is functioning normally in this respect, which sounds good and all.  I just wonder if there is anything relatively simple that can be done (maybe switchable) to allow for longer sustain.  The attack sounds great, but if the mod influenced the range of this control as well, that might be ok, especially if switchable.

I have a busted Pigtronix Attack Sustain around somewhere.  This has a decay on/off switch, which would be a great mod for the RB if possible (I know they are related but not the same design).  Of curse the Pigtronix has all its component markings scratched off, so it's tough for me to relate what's going on in there (and currently only the compressor works--it was free after all).

So any of the wizards around here have any ideas?