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McMaster-Carr, G-10/FR4, 1/16".

Tim Escobedo Tripple Fuzz....







I like this fuzz a lot. Some quirky, phasery ring mod sounds in there, overdriven desk and trashy, transistor splat fuzz. Only mod I made was a 0.47uf input cap instead of Tim's 0.1 - gives low notes a smooth, compressed, furry tone on the neck pup.

I don't see the Tripple Fuzz that often, but a form of it is used as the front end for the Spaceman WOW signal. It uses a gremanuim transistor as post boost, rather than a silicon transistor in the pre position. An opamp provides I've had it on the breadboard without the LFO section, at it really rocks.

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/i ... #msg877115

It's a great fuzz, but it's really fussy when it comes to transistor matching. I really should go back to it, and draw up a fuzz only version with tonestack.

digi2t wrote:I don't see the Tripple Fuzz that often, but a form of it is used as the front end for the Spaceman WOW signal. It uses a gremanuim transistor as post boost, rather than a silicon transistor in the pre position. An opamp provides I've had it on the breadboard without the LFO section, at it really rocks.

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/i ... #msg877115

It's a great fuzz, but it's really fussy when it comes to transistor matching. I really should go back to it, and draw up a fuzz only version with tonestack.

without gain it might just act like a soft clipper before it actually does any wavefolding. also interesting to think a class AB amp is the same as a lockheart folder. someone would have found it if lockheart didn't. Ken Stone actually has a lot more waveshaper designs on his site worth a look.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s4tlevLOzQ[/youtube]

I finally found the time to finish a prototype of the loop switcher A/B/Y thing I started a thread about a little while ago. Not the best demo, but I'm really happy with it! You can do loop A, loop B, both in parallel, and both in series either A->B or B->A. Couple of ways to set it up so the toggle on the right switches you between the two settings you're interested in, and holding it long enough makes the change momentary. Here's another little clip on instagram using the momentary feature.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLohJQAA1F1/

6tr fuzz wah, add the output gain stage from 8tr circuit- the little board above main pcb. This fixes low fuzz volume, respecting Shin Ei design element.

Finally finished the Son of Storm Tide flanger. If you ever decide to build this, stay clear of Asian sources for the TDA 1022's. Got burned with fakes. Luckily, didn't cost me much for taking a chance. Picked up the good ones from Smallbear, he had the best prices around. I incorporated Millennium II bypass on one side for the LED. The only thing missing is a bi-colored LED for the manual indication, which will fade from green, to yellow, to red as I sweep the knob from negative to positive. It was an after thought, so I had to order up some LED's.







Hen's Tooth Café video coming soon...

digi2t wrote:

Holy crap, digi2t, that's insane!!!

digi2t wrote:Hen's Tooth Café video coming soon...

I was gonna ask how it sounds.

It sounds as advertised. The flanging is really nice, but it's all the extras that put it over the top. The "Bounce" feature is like someone is bumping one of the tape machines as it's flanging. The ramp and skew modulations are great, and the sample/hold is just sick. If you dial it up to the point where it's popping, and you play in time with the LFO rate, it's like hitting a tuned bongo with every note you pluck. It's like a Maestro Sample/Hold on steroids. I've read that some folks aren't fond of the popping, but I'm really digging it. Then there's the envelope detector, which adds flange modulation on the attack, kind of like a "Mutron III flanger" effect. That's pretty cool too. Short delay, long delay, short resonance, long resonance, no resonance, inverse path or resonance.... there's a lot going on in here. Throw your favorite dirt pedal in front, and run it through a 100w stack at full bore, it's like standing behind a Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 at full military thrust.

So here's my latest attempt at acid etching. My girlfriend and I have been trying to get it down and I think we're starting to make decent progress. This is just for a clariclone with a repeats mod. I'm really happy with how this etch turned out though. We were trying to be frugal and reuse the same acid as much as possible, and using fresh acid made such a huuuuuuge difference. Four times as fast and it actually ended up with texture. I may just have to ditch the frugality.







Also that flanger is fucking nuts...

Couple of different tries at spray paint methods.
First one had multiple layers painted and removed with newspaper underneath then had cut pieces of painter's tape placed over it then black with flecks of paint. Sadly, I forgot to sand the enclosure and the paint ripped off when I taped it to drill.
So, I redid the process but backwards.
Black underlayer with flecks then wrapped in painter's tape and sprayed with layers that were removed with newspaper. It ended up a little tacky feeling, but I'm not sure if that's because of the paint or the adhesive.

digi2t wrote:Finally finished the Son of Storm Tide flanger. If you ever decide to build this, stay clear of Asian sources for the TDA 1022's. Got burned with fakes. Luckily, didn't cost me much for taking a chance. Picked up the good ones from Smallbear, he had the best prices around. I incorporated Millennium II bypass on one side for the LED. The only thing missing is a bi-colored LED for the manual indication, which will fade from green, to yellow, to red as I sweep the knob from negative to positive. It was an after thought, so I had to order up some LED's.







Hen's Tooth Café video coming soon...

holy moly

jrfox92, those are gorgeous.

Finished up my CVLT build. I'll post better non snapchat pictures later.