Let's see your finished DIY projects!

[ran_dizolph]

That's a sweet looking pedal man, you should definitely get on the etching would work great with designs like that!

I did a photo guide if you were interested in my method;

http://diy-guitar-effects.tumblr.com/etching

Let me know how you get on with the Klon!

I have done a couple of etches in the past...they were okay, just not super sharp and crisp like yours. I had a look through you blog on it a little ways back, so i'll try following that a bit.

Thanks for posting it!

[Gigahearts_FX]

nice builds here

[ran_dizolph]

Blackout Effectors Fix'd Fuzz Deluxe...pretty cool build. Definitely the biggest off-board wiring hurdle to date! Was also the first colour graphic I've done. Turned out pretty well!

[exsopr]

Mammoth Carlsbad Reverb Kit. First pedal assembly, but not first electronics project. Found it very fun and much more challenging with the limited space.

[Schlatte]

Built up this dual expression pedal yesterday.
Bought a cheap semi-functioning crybaby wah, slaughtered out all the guts, bought an omeg stereo pot, sanded down the shaft to match the little wah pot gear thingy, attached it and used some super glue just to be safe.
The two switches select the sweep of the outputs. So you can sweep one output from toe to heel, while the other one goes from heel to toe. Or vice versa, or both in the same direction. Sounds awesome when sweeping the filter of the 2nd voice up, and the street sweeper down.

I first thought the range would be limited, but it has a surprisingly good sweep range. I like.

[vauxflores]

Latest beast off my bench, combining 2 synths and a Noise Swash into one box - passive mixer controls the blend as well as the external input level, each synth tied to an independent formant filter before the mix section + swash. Altogether, 24 knobs, 3 switches and a stomp. Unruly, but eh, oh so fun.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDY0bBVLj50[/youtube]

[vegedge]

some pedals I've modded. only two I've ever done! new to this stuff but it sure is addicting.

big muff pi-modded to green sovtek- might try civil war soon.. not sure of the difference
and a joyo UD modded to ocd specs.

sound great separate, like a slaughterhouse together..

[theavondon]

Fuzz pedal I came up with that I've been building as of late.



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It's really loud. And, really gross sounding. I can best equate it to how Dopesmoker sounds over my cranked car stereo.

[LaoWiz]

Fuzz pedal I came up with that I've been building as of late.



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It's really loud. And, really gross sounding. I can best equate it to how Dopesmoker sounds over my cranked car stereo.

Nice, what's the circuit???

[theavondon]

I have a layout for it here (can't quite wrap my head around making a schematic quite yet, and it surfaced from purely experimental breadboarding).

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It's pretty simple, but it doesn't sound right without that transistor (or, the identical MPS3563). Dunno what it is, everything else gets too blown out and starts to cut out, or isn't distorted/octavey enough.

It's also like, really not subtle.

[Jero]

I have a layout for it here (can't quite wrap my head around making a schematic quite yet, and it surfaced from purely experimental breadboarding).

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It's pretty simple, but it doesn't sound right without that transistor (or, the identical MPS3563). Dunno what it is, everything else gets too blown out and starts to cut out, or isn't distorted/octavey enough.
It's also like, really not subtle.

Schematic

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[contraterrene]

..... I can best equate it to how Dopesmoker sounds over my cranked car stereo.

[theavondon]

Jero you smarts. I'm actually slowly understanding this stuff more and more.

[culturejam]

I have a layout for it here (can't quite wrap my head around making a schematic quite yet, and it surfaced from purely experimental breadboarding).

I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of drawing a schematic for this. I also added a power filter cap (C4) and polarity protection diode (D2) and a Volume pot (since it was not shown on the layout). Feel free to disregard the stuff I added.

Oh, and while I was at it, I did a quick PCB layout as well. If you want the Eagle files, let me know. You can upload to OSHpark.com and have a couple protoboards made for next to nothing.

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[pickdropper]

First post here. Culturejam introduced me to this place. Looks like a fun place.

I'm kind of DIY pedal junky. Here is my most recent build, a Phase 90 in a 1590a: