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this is so unique! excellent work!

here's another recent build I actually completed before the fuzz factory clone. Using the d-verb vero board layout here, http://www.sabrotone.com/?attachment_id=17, this one's a digital reverb based around the Accutronics BTDR-2 reverb brick with a medium decay time. Unfortunately I didn't realize/hadn't heard of the Mr. Black line of pedals and his Supermoon Reverb so sorry for the confusion but this is not a clone or rip-off of his, just coincidentally used the same name for a reverb since I built it right after the last supermoon this year.

yes, it's laser engraving. I've always wanted to try the acid etching process but gained access to a laser engraver at my job before I ever tried it so went with the obviously easier and more controllable method of laser engraving the graphics.

here's my latest pedal build, a Fuzz Factory clone using the madbeans zombii v.4 etched pcb.

thanks so much dudes! Yes, definitely a few mm away from shorting indeed hints the need for the electrical tape  , I should have taken a bit more time in the prepping the layout phase but my confidence and excitement got the best of me. It does work exactly as it should though which is good. The only thing is I didn't leave enough space for the trs and ts jacks to mechanically "flex" if you will when an instrument cable is inserted so it's a bit more of a struggle than normal plugging in and if you have the output cable in to far/ shoved in too hard it shorts out something and doesn't work at all. I believe it's simply the mechanical issue of not giving enough room for the trs jack so i'm ok with that since it's my first try and all. Look forward to doing more of these and perfecting my planning methods.

..... the board is the tonepad mxr distortion+ pcb

haha just got a laugh out of seeing my position/title under my username on this forum is diode destroyer. Which I have now officially earned my title and made legitimate. oh the irony

So i recently accidentally plugged a reversed polarity power adapter into my Tube Screamer clone pedal, which messed up the polarity protection diode and damaged the IC. So I removed the diode which is optional having in the circuit anyway, and I swapped the opamp for a new one ..... the pedal now works completely fine again using a 9v battery, but will not work when I plug in a standard boss 9v power supply. This seems strange. I did measure the power adapter connector terminals with a multimeter though and was not getting a 9v voltage, more around a couple hundred millivolts. Any ideas on why this would have happened? Or what I could do to solve the issue. I don't really understand how I could have damaged the power adapter in any way in the process. hm

hey guys, I've decided to have my more artistic friends that are graphic designers do the dirty work of designing the artwork for my effects pedals I build, but I need to give them a layout template for each pedal for them to design the artwork and labels around the holes to be drilled. Any advice on a software program for Mac that I could use to do these drilling layouts for them? I came across the pedal vector pack from ontheroadeffects.com so those vector illustrations will come in handy for me when I find an application to use. I really just need something simple that will get the job done and be able to save in a file format that my friends can open up with Photoshop and Illustrator. Any insight into what you guys are using for layouts and whatnot would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

thanks so much guys, i'm really looking forward to my next builds. midwayfair... the painting and labeling is the result of my frustration of having to re-sand and re-paint like 3 times because it wasn't coming out perfectly clean haha... especially after trying to prep for decaling by sanding a bit after the paint dried. So the 3rd time I said screw it, it looks good enough and left it. I did a gray self etching primer, then a coat of white, then applied blue painter's tape over the white strip in the middle and painted the rest green.... I just could never quite get the lines perfectly clean between the colors. But afterwards I thought it looked kinda cool too anyway, kinda like a vintage piece of rack gear with scratches and dings in the faceplate.

also, thanks harberdasher for the zombii and sea urchin boards. Super nice guy and very professional looking etched pcbs, look forward to building these up.

hey guys, new here and figured I'd share my first pedal build. Unfortunately I found madbeanpedals site a bit after discovering General Guitar Gadgets, BYOC, Tonepad, and others and the world of DIY effects pedals in general, so this isn't a madbean circuit used, but I have already bought some boards from madbeans and harberdasher and will definitely be doing more builds soon.... It's a General Guitar Gadgets its8 Tube Screamer clone. I did the expensive boutique mods which is essentially changing a few resistors, a cap, and changing the Drive Pot to a 1 Meg Log Pot, also the assymetric clipping with diodes, I used red LEDs for the other clipping option, just an On-On SPDT switch so no diode lift mod here. I also avoided the AMZ fat mod, may add that later if I want. I researched decal processes and decided to give the lazertran method a try, so I used Self Etching Primer, a bright Green Valspar Spray paint, applied the lazertran decals, and topped it off with a Polyurethane Clear Coat. The hardest part for me was definitely the sanding/painting/decal process so I'd definitely like to get better at that, maybe try the etching method for a more professional look. Anyway here you go ...