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phantasmagorovich wrote:Sweet!!

Is that a peps1 kit? I've been thinking about trying one of those. After I botched my stripboard RAT last year I think I am ready for a new attempt. Kits are easier, at least you can't fuck up sourcing. (Also it takes forever and is really annoying.)

yes its a pigeonfx aka peps1 kit. looks like you used all the resistors in the kit. or you biased it with the same carbon comps that look like the ones that come with the kit. I did one a few pages back in a 125B. i couldn't get it to lay down flat like that, my switch was in the way. I have it on an angle touching the switch and the corner of the box. but I like how the switch holds the battery on mine. I used the resistors that smallbear gives you with the fuzz face transistors. after demoing the pedal in the store, I think I should have used a smaller value on the collector of Q2. its super gated when half way on all the knobs and playing up high on a strat volume rolled down. but when maxed out on my bech amp it screams. I dunno.

@cloudscapes 3 encoders and a volume knob. is that the fractal generator xor thing you were workin on? what did you get in soic that you couldn't get in dip8? or did it come like that on the dip8 board?

peps1 wrote:Very sexy build, but then I may be a little bias!

isn't this fun to see your children grow up in to fully built pedals? go back a few pages for mine

eatyourguitar wrote:isn't this fun to see your children grow up in to fully built pedals? go back a few pages for mine

I really do love seeing just how many different things can be done with the same basic platform, how do the smallbear oc75 oc76 pair sound in there?

I only tested it with a 96 strat bridge all knobs at 10 on the strat and the fuzz face into a dean markley $20 practice amp. fucking rips. also my first time playing a fuzz face. mostly wanking up high and it has lots of sustain but not too much. really interesting sound that has all sorts of textures based on how you play and where you are on the neck. I was almost crying when I put it up for adoption at the local boooooooteeek. but I'm poor so shit happens. I will definitely order another one at some point and I swear I'm keeping it.

peps1 wrote:Very sexy build, but then I may be a little bias!

and it sounds glorious!

Just overhauled my American Standard Strat. This was my first real guitar. I bought it new in early 1992, but it is a 91 model. I learned just about all of my core chops on this guitar. I've owned it longer than any other piece of gear I have, and I really love it.

I figured it would be righteous to upgrade the electronics (but I forgot to take a photo of my wiring, doh!), and I really don't care for the loud hum of the stock pickups. Also, I like a little more beef than the banjo-like sustain of Fender's stock single coils.

So I popped in a trio of Dimarzio stacked single coils. They sound pretty close to the real thing (but with more of everything), but with ZERO hum. I got a Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2 in the bridge, an Area 61 in the neck, and an Area 58 in the middle. Got them all used, but they all three look brand new. The rest of the electronics work is all Fender replacement parts.

I replaced the pickguard, since back in high school I thought it would be cool to stencil paint some designs on it. Kids. Whattaya gonna do? The original was three-ply white/black/white, and the new one is white/black/ faux abalone type thing. I think it adds a little swank. 8)

I also replaced the stock tuners with locking tuners that came off a Strat Plus. The bridge is blocked, so there's no real *need* for locking tuners, but it does make changing strings a lot easier. And I'm sure it will help it stay in tune better, as I do a ton of bending. I left the string trees on, though, as I think they look cool.

I forgot to buy new pickguard screws, so I just used some black ones I have left over from another project. Also, the knobs are original (forgot to order those, too).

Here's a pic of me playing it from a couple years ago:





And here it is now:




Close up of the guard so you can see the funky pattern:

TIm Escobedo Square Wave Shaper going into a phase locked loop chip. Nothing special but I haven't made a pedal for over a month because of work so it was nice to ship something out quickly....

Your stuff has a great look man! Always pleasing to the eye.

BlindtoFaith wrote:Your stuff has a great look man! Always pleasing to the eye.

Thanks, man! I'm kinda digging the old industrial look these days....

Do you have a list of things you build and rates? I am really interested in getting something from you in that industrial finish!

phantasmagorovich wrote:

BlindtoFaith wrote:Do you have a list of things you build and rates? I am really interested in getting something from you in that industrial finish!

I've only built about ten pedals for other peeps, mostly Shin-Ei FY2's. I don't think I want to ever build another one of those! The Tone Machine I posted awhile back was made for a gentleman in Norway. Mostly, I just am building for myself and just trying to find the right combination of sounds for my own setup. I would be interested in making some more pedals for others, if you guys are really interested. I have 2 boxes I'm making for some friends and have some circuit boards for a Rat, an Echobase, a Christine, and two Ring mods that I need to finish for myself, as well. Once I finish that shit up in a few weeks, I'll need some new projects.

I just boxed up a germanium Fuzzrite circuit that has a boost in front. I'm really excited about that one but now that it's boxed, the circuit needs some tweaking.

PM me if you guys are really interested and let me know what types of stuff you like...

Cheers
Richard

try throwing a 25k pot inline with the signal between the booster and the germanium fuzz. changes the impedance and brings back all the good shit you get when your fuzz doesnt have a buffer in front. I haven't tried it yet but I heard it worked great on a LPB>25K pot>PNP-FuzzFace. I'm making a similar unit with a LPB>FuzzFactory. 7 knobs. maybe more.

eatyourguitar wrote:try throwing a 25k pot inline with the signal between the booster and the germanium fuzz. changes the impedance and brings back all the good shit you get when your fuzz doesnt have a buffer in front. I haven't tried it yet but I heard it worked great on a LPB>25K pot>PNP-FuzzFace. I'm making a similar unit with a LPB>FuzzFactory. 7 knobs. maybe more.

Are you using the 25k as a variable resistor with lug 2 tied to lug 3 going into the fuzz, or are you feeding the fuzz with LPB/25k volume with lug 2 going into the fuzz? I'm basically doing the Fixx Fuzz or Fuzz Fixx that was posted on Diystomp last week, which I believe you were a part of the conversation. Anyway, looking back at the schematic for that one, I made a simplified version of it that sounded great on the prototyping board but has to much fuzz and not the amazing rocking overdrive sound I was hearing...

I just checked that thread and I never saw the fixx fuzz before today, I was actually thinking of the fulltone 69 that had a knob called "bias". not really biasing a collector so I dunno why he calls it bias. all it is is a 25k pot with two lugs used. so it isnt in the circuit when fully ccw. the original fuzz face doesnt like low impedance signals. like after a boost. so if your pickups are anywhere from 5k to 25k at the output jack of the guitar and the booster has a low output impedance like 1k, the 25k pot lets you trick the fuzz face into thinking its a guitar. like my phantom octave passes a mostly clean signal on keyboards. I actually went and bought a impedance transformer. the quick and easy way is the 25k pot like andy fuller. other people have built the LPB>25K>Fuzz Face in one box. so when you kick on the LPB it kicks in the 25k pot.

in your situation, its the opposite, you have too much fuzz. I would say fuck it, gots a new fuzz pedal.