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Back then it was called poodle pedal parts or something, now it's called fuzzdog. Same link though, they just rebranded themselves.

I'm in the UK - my first build was from a tube screamer kit bought from shop.pedalparts.co.uk - i'd definitely recommend them.

I think of the word "thump" as being onomatopoeic, that is, the sound it describes resembles the sound of the word itself when spoken. If that helps...

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I use the putty, which works well. I've not used the two tubes though, so can't say whether that'd be better or worse for patching up drilling errors.

Excellent - that build is made of win

Classy!

Fuzz Tonic (Madbean Wolfshirt)


Enclosure is a Hammond 1590b, painted with Hammerite paints, and labelled with letraset , a child's stencil (borrowed), and ink stamps. The ink stamps didn't come out exactly as intended.
It sounds great, a big octave fuzz. Probably the one fuzz of the three that's capable of the most octave-y fuzz, but possibly not the most unruly of these three fuzzes.

Standard Fuzz (JMK Standard Fuzz)


This was Jacob's PIF from from last year (Thanks Jacob, and sorry it's taken so long to get the build report up!)
I used 2N3904s for the transistors, and the resulting sound is an excellent over-the-top octave-y fuzz, with the tone boost on a DPDT stomp rather than toggle switch, and two separate LEDs.

I'm not proud of the wiring, it's far from tidy, but I'm sure this isn't the intended configuration for this board in this enclosure - I was determined to make it fit this way round even if it made the rest of the build difficult.

Enclosure is a Tayda 125b that was originally intended to be used for the JMK Testing Rig, but having messed up the drilling for the testing rig I used a 1590bb instead for that, repaired this 125b enclosure using JB Weld (which is great stuff, thanks to the guys on the forum that recommended it!), painted it with Hammerite paint, and re-used it for this Standard Fuzz; pots, LEDs, and pedal are labelled with ink stamps. The patching up is visible in the gutshot.

SuperFuzz (Nucleon Superfuzz)


I've been wanting to build a superfuzz for some time. I used BC550s throughout (matched Q4 and Q5, which apparently accentuates the octave, with the lowest value in Q6). For diodes I tried a bunch, opted for 2 x 1n695 diodes for clipping. Last week we had some quality daddy-daughter time painting the enclosure (hammerite primer as a base with acrylic paints on top) - I did the letters, but the colour scheme was all hers. It's a wild, unruly fuzz.

Now, what happens if I chain all three together...

My kids just watched your video and after it finished the youngest (2 yrs 10 months) said "make one, daddy". So that's that, I *have* to make one now.

Lovely reverse etch, tidy build, love it!

Brilliant! Great lo-fi approach, like the donkey klon especially, wish I had thought of that.

Nice build, especially the graphic homage to Absolution

Cool design! Is that a 125b or 1590b?

[Bumblebee]

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.



And the Bumblebee guts:



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.



And the tonebender guts:



Enjoy, and thanks for looking

Very classy, tidy build -  can't go wrong with black, goes with everything.