Hello Madbeaners,
I once owned a Blackout Effectors Twosome which gathers together two of their best fuzz circuits: the Fix'd Fuzz and the Musket. The first version of the Twosome allowed only to use one side or the other of the pedal with a single ON/OFF switch and the A/B selector switch.
Then I met Madbean gorgeous work, built my first Muff/Fuzz clones and sold my Twosome.
Blackout Effectors struck back with a special edition of the Twosome named Very Special Twosome where both sides can be activated separately and they also added the famous order switch to select which side feeds the other.
So I decided to build my own thanks to Tagboard layouts (http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.fr/2012/02/blackout-effectors-musket-fuzz.html and http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.ca/2013/02/blackout-effectors-fixd-fuzz-deluxe.html).
Big challenge with 11 pots, 7 switches and I wanted all jacks on top to save some space in the pedalboard !!!
I am pretty glad about how it came out especially with all the wires induced by vero layouts.
Both sides sound really amazing on their own and crazy noisy sounds can be reached with both sides ON.
The order switch is very useful and really brings this pedal a step higher in the Fuzz world.
It totally is the Swiss army knife of the fuzz.
Honestly, I found it to sound even better than the Twosome I owned. It got back immediately in my pedalboard.
My first Twosome color was a kind of orange sparkle so I used my (almost empty) red sparkle spray can.
With the help of a friend at work, I added a frame all around with the milling machine. Usual black stamped letters for the labels.
I only had 10 pieces of little black flutted knobs so I used white one too for the volume control of the fix'd fuzz. I haven't place any order since then so I decided to keep it that way.
Highly recommended build for every fuzz lover !!!
Let's make way for the pictures:
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so many colors...I'm flying
That's allot of cables, switches and pots!
Good job!
That looks really clean on the inside,nicely executed!
Quote from: Cortexturizer on June 12, 2013, 12:20:53 PM
so many colors...I'm flying
I have a kind of color code:
blue for input
white for ouput
black for ground
red for power
green for pots and switches
Quote from: Loztboy on June 12, 2013, 01:34:12 PM
That's allot of cables, switches and pots!
Good job!
With 11 pots and 4 toggle switches, it was difficult to know where all those green wires came from !!!
Quote from: jimilee on June 12, 2013, 01:38:09 PM
That looks really clean on the inside,nicely executed!
Thank you. I quite happy of the result but I broke the main Madbean rule: I didn't rock it before boxing it !!!
Fortunately, everything works the first time for both circuits.
Epic vero build! I love the feeling of a veto project that not only works on the first try, but sounds great.
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what I meant to say was - wonderful build dude! :)
Wow, nice. Good wiring in there.
Quote from: ch1naski on June 12, 2013, 02:07:52 PM
Epic vero build! I love the feeling of a veto project that not only works on the first try, but sounds great.
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Thank you. I can tell for sure it sounds great !!!
You know, when the box is closed, nobody can tell it's built on vero ;)
Quote from: Cortexturizer on June 12, 2013, 02:19:30 PM
what I meant to say was - wonderful build dude! :)
I know ;D
Thank you !!!
Quote from: pickdropper on June 12, 2013, 02:20:43 PM
Wow, nice. Good wiring in there.
Thank you too !
But not as clean as a good PCB layout !
Quote from: Liustucru on May 15, 2013, 11:35:45 AM
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Well done! I love the stamps and that's an impressive vero project for sure!
All around great!
Quote from: Stomptown on June 12, 2013, 11:50:05 PM
Well done! I love the stamps and that's an impressive vero project for sure!
Quote from: lincolnic on June 13, 2013, 03:17:56 AM
All around great!
Thank you both :D
I used to own a Very Special Twosome as well. Was it yours? I traded for it on this forum a while ago. Either way, I've been toying with the idea of re-creating one ever since I got rid of it, as they are excellent circuits. Thanks for proving it could be done... and with style! :)
I really like the sound of the Fix'd, so you may have just inspired me to take on at least that one! :)
Quote from: eldanko on June 13, 2013, 12:23:06 PM
I used to own a Very Special Twosome as well. Was it yours? I traded for it on this forum a while ago. Either way, I've been toying with the idea of re-creating one ever since I got rid of it, as they are excellent circuits. Thanks for proving it could be done... and with style! :)
Thank you !
I owned the first version of the twosome without separate switches and the order switch.
I liked both circuits on their own and really wanted to hear them together.
I'm not disappointed at all !!!
Quote from: Bret608 on June 13, 2013, 02:07:01 PM
I really like the sound of the Fix'd, so you may have just inspired me to take on at least that one! :)
The Fix'd Fuzz sounds great but you may want to give the Musket a try too !!! It is worth a try !!!
Hello Liustucru, could you send me the scheme of the pedal you made?
Thanks