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Cool art on your build!

Might be some good ideas in this thread:

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=6286.0

I took an extended break and don't build much these days, but I still check in here because this is a good corner of the internet.
Just finished up new switches and LEDs on an FM4 this past week. I remembered, and looked up, your post on your FM4 and wanted to say thanks for sharing. You take care of yourself, but please remember what you shared has helped others.

I appreciate that OD designs are often what get people into pedal building.

I also appreciate the urge to reach out and keep pushing.
This might be more in the fuzz/distortion category, but I definitely like designs that use unusual parts. Anchovie's Noise Ensemble is a good example. No one expected a dirt/fuzz/mod pedal out of a PT2399.
I like set it and forget it, but I also really like pedals that use a momentary switch to punch in a different setting. Touch pads, external LDRs and other shenanigans are also welcome.
How this applies to ye olde dirt pedal is something I would have to give more thought to though.

As someone else mentioned, a blend control is also a welcome addition.

Something like this?:

https://www.specimenproducts.com/product/electric-guitar-making-summer-camp/?mc_cid=62f221b903&mc_eid=8a85a24628

Here's someone else's take on the Colorsound Overdriver circuit. Maybe some ideas here will help you, or maybe just an interesting quick read.
http://atomiumamps.tumblr.com/post/157119810141/lets-talk-about-fuzz-for-a-minute-this-is-the

Lifelong Chicagoan. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

http://baritones.tumblr.com/post/92511266453/darrell-rants-about-the-proco-rat-and-the-ruetz

Further reading...

This looks so awesome! Great job. Put it after your "I think I have a problem" build and space out

Hi everyone,

I built a GCFX Fluffgirl a while back and really dig it. Well, someone came over to check out another pedal, asked about the Fluffgirl...they had to have it - and next thing you know I am feeling a little less funky.
I picked up a Rocktron Heart Attack because I had heard it was basically a Bassballs clone. Here is what I did to it to get it towards Fluffgirl status.

First, I wanted to add a volume control to balance out the boost from switching on the distortion.
R21 was replaced with a 50k audio pot. I did have to cut a trace between C4 and R21. Lug 3 wired to the negative end of C4, lug 2 to the point where R21 met C4 and lug 1 to ground.
I did not attempt to change the bypass switching, you may have to alter your wiring slightly if you do go with another switching method

R3 and R5 should be removed and replaced with one B5k pot for your Balance control. Wire the middle lug to one of the pads where the two resistors meet (follow the circuit traces). Wire one outside lug to the other pad where R3 was and then the other lug to where R5 was.

R12 can be removed and replaced with a C500k pot wired as a variable resistor and a 47k resistor wired in series connected to ground as your Decay control.

I hope my explanation made sense. Check out http://www.grindcustomsfx.com/product/gcfx-fluffgirl/ for the schematic and it will be more clear

The enclosure is easy to work on and take apart. All parts are through-hole. I had to place my new controls on the sides which I normally wouldn't prefer to do. I might have tried to be more patient and placed them elsewhere if I had 9mm pots in the values I needed, but I was too interested in the grimy sounds I could be making to wait for parts.

Hope this helps someone looking to give some love to what seems to be a sleeper pedal. Many thanks to the GCFX crew for sharing their very cool sounding project.

Super cool looking. Great photos too. That mod makes the Belton brick reverbs appealing

John Lyons (of Basic Audio) etched me a PCB a number of years ago. It was an updated negative ground version

I like it. I've been meaning to try a junction box for an enclosure. My concern is also how to seal it.
Is their a website for pcbs or are they offered through the forum

Thanks!
Search the forum for a buy/sell/trade thread from the3secondrule for the PCBs

I agree with you about keeping the junction box tight. Some of the boxes/covers I use come from Garvin Industries. They are local to me. They make boxes without knockouts or other holes and they made the cover I used on this pedal. If you get on their mailing list they will let you know about sales - pretty sure they have a July 4th sale going now. In the past I've used epoxy to try to keep the box watertight. Please share what you come up with

Pictures aren't showing up for some reason :/

Fan of Live, are we? (_The Distance To Here_, track 6... "Voodoo Lady".)

Hmm, back up now!
I had Throwing Copper, but none of Live's other albums.
Jeremy (the3secondrule) named and had the PCB fabbed.

Thanks to forum member the3secondrule for offering these PCBs! Jeremy has a lot of cool dirt circuits available (with pads for board mounted pots  yes!)
Thanks to flanagan0718 for the knobs, Mike always sends cool extras 

So, I've built a bunch of pedals in junction boxes. What could I do different? How could I improve?
One of the things that bugged me about the regular covers was the dirt/dust that would get into the pedal through the holes where the screws secure the cover to the box.
So I came across these covers that have a gasket and the holes are just big enough to let the body of the screw pass through. I'm still too stubborn to build with only Hammond style boxes so this helps 

This circuit is a copy of the Roger Mayer Voodoo Bass. Was planning on this being a bass only pedal, but I really like how it sounds with guitar. When I first plugged in I thought it lacked volume, sounded gated and was I heard weird filtered frequencies in the background...I forgot a resistor. Can you guess which one? Of course, the only one that isn't metal film.
50kC pot for Gain works great. Used OP07 for the op-amp. Probably won't change it unless an LM308 lands in my lap.
Cheers friends!