Bumblebee (Madbean Bumblebee)
Using the positive ground Madbean Bumblebee board, with a Madbean 3PRR to invert the voltage supply.
I used 2 x AC128s for Q1 and Q2, and a GT108v for Q3, after trying out various combinations these sounded best to me. Loving the range of tones from the buzzaround.
The enclosure was another of the Hammond-powdercoated 1590b. Since our home is printer-free I opted for my usual manual decoration, labelling with ink stamps; I drew the bumblebee with a permanent black marker pen and decorated the wings with a white craft pen. The bee's head glows when the effect's active. The knobs are nice compact metal knobs from chromesphere's webstore.
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a593/ngvbrown/IMG_20141228_120826_zpszlb5ia3i.jpg)
And the Bumblebee guts:
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a593/ngvbrown/IMG_20141011_095140_zpsty0dotuf.jpg)
Tone Bender (Madbean Pastyface)
The board's populated according to the Soulbender specs, with another Madbean 3PRR board to invert the voltage supply. After trying out various different transistor combinations I went with 3 x AC128s as they sounded the best to my ears. Enclosure is a Hammond-powdercoated 1590b, labelled with trusty ink stamps. Knobs are Tayda's Marshall-alikes.
Been trying to nail some early Zeppelin tones with this, and the pedal gets into the ballpark, which is nice. Also looking forward to building the Si Tonebender to compare/contrast.
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a593/ngvbrown/IMG_20141214_231805_zpsjql5m19l.jpg)
And the tonebender guts:
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a593/ngvbrown/IMG_20141011_095537_zpsi5af2y8i.jpg)
Enjoy, and thanks for looking :)
Boxes of awesome fuzziness! Great builds! 8)
Those alu knobs from chromosphere look indeed very nice!
these are real nice
the stamps look great
Great work, I like them a lot!
Great builds, the bee looks especially good.
I really love the bee. Work of art.
Cody
I used a 3PRR on my Pastyface too. Glad I did! Both these builds look great. I am planning to try out a Dizzy Tone on the Bumblebee board this year. I've got a Buzzaround as well and it's one of my favorite fuzz circuits.