Straight ahead Germanium Fuzz Face on vero with a couple of mods. Bias trimmer, added a pre-gain pot and a power switch. I hate having to unplug my battery operated fuzz pedals ;D
Transistors are GT308's from Musikding in Germany. They sell lots of different types of GE trans all sorted by gain. Very reasonable prices. I got a variety of types to experiment with. These two are 70-80 and 80-90. Has a surprising amount of gain and it's freakin loud! Lots of great, great tones and range especially with the pre-gain. Cleans up very well and plays well with my other pedals too.
I socketed the output cap and tried several different types with the same rating. They all sounded different to my ears. For this pair I settled on a Wima box cap. Somewhat more harmonics and sustain.
Used an axial cap (I forgot to order a radial) and had to tip it to shut the bottom.
The enclosure is etched using PNP for the mask. The knobs are vintage. Sanded the blue led to diffuse it.
This is my favorite Fuzz so far!
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Wow this is awesome. Those knobs look pretty sweet.
Dude that's a sweet build. I love the etched enclosure! Did you use a particular layout or just make one?
Just Awesome :o
that kicks ass, i like everything about it.
Cool knobs and awesome wiring = win!
Jacob
Wow, what a great looking pedal.
Full of win.
I love those knobs and the top etch too.
It's a work of art! ;D
Josh
Thanks everyone for the the good words on this build. :D
Quote from: sgmezei on May 20, 2012, 08:53:18 PM
Dude that's a sweet build. I love the etched enclosure! Did you use a particular layout or just make one?
I design the enclosures using photoshop. I love vintage knobs and buy them off Ebay. The designs often develop around the knobs I've selected. The swirl pattern on this pedal is stock vector art from depositphotos.com. The type face is "Rat Fink" a free font off the web. I usually start with the basic layout for the hardware then the labels and name of the pedal. Then I see what kind of pattern works to unify the overall look. I looked at 10 -12 patterns before selecting this one. The background pattern has been heavily modified in photoshop. Takes me longer to design the enclosure than to build the pedal!!!!!!!! :o
I love the knobs, they look like the communicators from star trek.
also sanding the lens of the LED to defuse the light is a good tip.
cool build!
Its a corker mate.
Really, really, nice etching and overall look/design.
Even your photos of the box are overthetopquality. Im impressed. And ohhhh i want those knobs too!
Cheers
Really nice, especially the wiring. Great job!!
Dude! This is sick!! I love the look of those knobs and the enclosure finish...it works great! And the insides look really cool too. Great job!
-Kaleb
Looks like a Vegas Slot Machine...like all it's missing is the One Armed Bandit pull lever on the side.
Congrats
a work of art as usual!
kinda noir, kinda western, kinda psychedelic
Quote from: bigrigg on May 21, 2012, 07:10:47 PM
Looks like a Vegas Slot Machine...like all it's missing is the One Armed Bandit pull lever on the side.
Congrats
Kinda reminded me of a playing card :o Vegas works for me!!!
Quote from: jtn191 on May 21, 2012, 11:03:48 PM
a work of art as usual!
kinda noir, kinda western, kinda psychedelic
I'm a sixties kid so that makes perfect sense! Thanks everyone for the kind words on this one.
All I can say is this forum has been inspirational and thanks to Brian for the amazing projects
and info at Madbeans.
Quote from: Bluestrat on May 20, 2012, 07:32:19 PM
and a power switch. I hate having to unplug my battery operated fuzz pedals
How did you wire the power switch? I hate unplugging my fuzz pedal!
Quote from: Haberdasher on May 20, 2012, 09:24:33 PM
that kicks ass, i like everything about it.
Completely agree. Looks great inside and out. Great job!
Quote from: murdog47 on June 13, 2012, 08:36:13 PM
Quote from: Bluestrat on May 20, 2012, 07:32:19 PM
and a power switch. I hate having to unplug my battery operated fuzz pedals
How did you wire the power switch? I hate unplugging my fuzz pedal!
Hey, The on off switch is an spdt. I run the 9v lead to the switch and then run a wire to the 9v tap on the circuit board. Just a straight on/off interrupting the power supply. Works great!
Very cool. Love the colour coordinated guts... pedalgeek props!