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The drill holes are perfectly done. That must have been tough. Truly happy that you love the tones in this one. I need to build mine. Fantastic job.

Steve.

Eh, I'm never satisfied with my drilling, but as long as it looks passable, I can move on. A drill press with a little oil makes the lid easier to drill.
Thanks for the comment, can't wait to see yours.

Enclosure and the knob color inspired by Home Depot. 
Seriously, though, cool build.

LOL! Matching LED of course. Should have spray painted it safety orange.

Is that an electrical junction box? Nice job.


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Yes, I build most of my personal pedals in them.

Hi!
Here's my Muff Gun V1.1 build on Hexjibber's board







Initially I was worried about having a noisy pedal considering the Musket is an LPB-1 into a Big Muff. However, for being what it is, it's incredibly quiet unless I crank the Pre and Gain controls.
I used a 470uf cap across the power supply jack. I also used BC550B transistors for the Muff stages. I think those were a couple tips for a quieter Muff I read at FSB. Though if I was worried about noise that much, I suppose I could have used different caps instead of ceramic nearly throughout.
Right now I'm liking how this sounds. Was playing for a minute and just had to start coping some J Mascis riffs. I put my bass though this and was loving the low and slow waves shaking my internal organs.
Thanks for the PCB. I've always been down with BMPs, but built a couple I never bonded with. This version with all the bells and whistles will stick around.

Looks awesome! Almost like a DBA pedal mixed with an old MXR that has seen decades of use (in the best way).
Big Tim Escobedo fan here.

So much fun!

Any chance you can do a video or gif of the color changing LEDs? Bet it looks awesome.

Somehow I've managed to build more pedals than months have gone by so far this year.


First off:

Madbean Cavedweller V1 with a momentary switch to select between two different times.
I had tried a momentary switch that put a 47k in series with the time pot on my CDII. Some really cool spacey effects are possible. So, why not try and make it variable? Also, the box was already drilled and needed another feature. Practicality can sound pretty inspiring sometimes.



Next up are the Tim Escobedo PWM twins. These two blue-eyed beauties (just like their father!) also feature a low-pass filter just before the output cap.







But wait, there's more junction box jammers. Yet another FY-2 with Mark Hammer's 3-way tone switch and a mids control. BC338 transistors get the job done. Got a little sloppy with my components layout, but everything works and there's no noise to speak of (except when I hit the strings and it sounds like a beehive is going to implode).





Lastly, if you're still reading this, is a rebirth of the very first Hammond style box I drilled about 9 years ago. It was originally a Tonepad D+ circuit (that has been rehoused), but is now a resonant lpf. Fun on the bass and really neat to put after an oscillating delay (I'm looking at you Cavedweller) and tweak the controls to manipulate the drones without going deaf. The usually paint and destroy method - now with black light flashbacks! Used the closest size of already cut vero to what layout called for, so some kludges were necessary.
Layout:  http://guitar-fx-layouts.42897.x6.nabble.com/Resonant-Low-Pass-Filter-Request-td15612.html
Schematic: http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-51780.html









Thanks for all your inspiration this year. Frijoles locos!

Yeah, communication was a little slow (time zone and language difference - neither are deal-breakers though). First experience was good overall. Follow-up, not so positive. The truth is, I didn't get the reply I wanted so I don't want to immediately blacklist them.

I ordered from daier in Nov 2013. It was a small order, mainly to see check the quality of parts. I only ordered a couple of enclosures to keep shipping down, but everything seemed to be the same as what I have ordered from Tayda (knobs, switches etc).
They did make a mistake. I ordered 5mm LED bezel and they sent 3mm. When I asked them about this they said just remind us next time you order and we'll send them with.
Fast forward 6 months later when I finally wanted to place another order with them. I contacted them for a quote and was told I could no longer order small quantities. Certain items had minimums of 10, 100 or even 500 pieces. I told them I couldn't afford to order that much at the moment, but would appreciate the correct parts being sent...and I never heard back.

Mr. Mike,

That project Cody mentioned is the PCB I sent you a while back.

Here are a couple of my recommendations.
Not sure how fuzzy you want, but I really liked the Hysteresis Oscillator
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=51539.0

Didn't need a volume knob

I also liked the Crash Sync. Very fuzzy, synthy, almost, but not quite like an Ugly Face. Definitely needs a volume knob.

BIG fan of the Tim Escobedo PWM.

A few other options:

http://www.paulinthelab.com/2012/11/8-bit-guitar-fuzz-ii-effect-stripboard.html

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=84193.0

Never used germanium transistors
(hope I can still be a member here)

Super cool! Was surprised at how huge that circuit sounds for such few parts.

Awesome!

Never been great at woodworking, so it's always great to see what others can do.
Have you seen the guitars made from old skate decks?

It would be so rad if you made a demo video of the pedal playing over some skating clips.

Todo esta bien

Sparkles and skulls, a great combination

Great looking pedal! Awesome vibes coming off this one