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Love everything about this!

I'm aware of that.

Sure looks the part!

A super tonally-neutral overdrive of my own devising. This one has an extended range for bass, (though it sounds just as good with guitar) and does a great Entwistle type grind.



Got a 3-way switch for a few different clipping modes.

You asked for it...

Here's a clip:

Mine are about 200 & 250hfe respectively. Reduced the gain pot to 1k also.

Thanks everyone! It certainly is a fun one.

That LPR for the modulation is a pretty trick idea.  How does it work on a stage, under ever-changing lights? 

Yes, it's always going to have varying results depending on the environment. It's in series with the Frequency pot so it has some range of adjustment. If your light show is synchronised to your music in some way it definitely could get interesting.

That's just incredible. Can we get a video demo of party mode?

I don't have to ship it for a little while, so I'll see what I can do.

thats really cool, is there a schematic for this mod?

By "mod" I meant ring modulator. The circuit is Culturejam's  improved "Thing Modulator," originally designed by Tim Escobado. With a bit of searching you should be able to track it down.
My vero layout is attached. Using the right IC is crucial, they can be a little tricky to locate- I have a bunch if anyone wants some.

A Woolly M***moth Fuzz, but with a second stomp for "Party Mode"- which adds a Logan 5 ring-modulator.
Ring modulation can also be controlled by waving a hand or a foot over the optical sensor. 



Transistors are nice BC109s in the fuzz. Guts a real mess I re-worked them a few times. Originally it had a feedback loop, then I added the ring mod but found I had carrier noise issues. Shielded the input line and rearranged things now it's nice and quiet.



Oh... and the party hat lights up when the Ring mod is active.



Demo:

Cool!
Glad I'm not alone in thinking these are awesome!
I've got some boards coming too, great work brejna!

That's very neat work for start builds.

Absolutely! What a great thing to do.

Thanks  fellas!
Coda- love that GD poster, might have to use it! There was some great poster art back in the pre-computer, pure screen print days.
I'm not hipster enough to know about the Earth-whats-its, it was my customer's facebook icon and I thought it would etch nicely, that's why I did it, but clearly it's an homage to that era.

Well, totally shut out.

This is more or less the same thing I have:
http://www.amazon.com/Proskit-Automatic-Stripping-Adjusting-Mechanism/dp/B005GBJ84W/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1426814591&sr=8-11&keywords=automatic+wire+stripping+tool

You save $28.97- that's almost $29 dollars you can throw at another kind of stripper!

MXR Micro Amp clone
Hadn't heard one before , but it's nice, very LOUD! (26db) with a very flat frequency response.



Yes...my 10k has a chub.

Looks great!
I wanted to smooth it a little too, but was too lazy to mess with the tone stack...I just used a 12AU7 and ran a 100pf to ground before the volume.