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mcatano wrote:Just boxed up this circuit I've been tinkering with for the past couple of weeks on breadboard. Turned out pretty cool, but have to sort out some switch popping...




Because of all the switches and wiring in and out, I figured it would be easier to break everything down into discrete circuit fragments than to try and do one huge vero layout for the whole thing.

That's pretty great. Nice to see a Rangemaster hitting the MKIII. Just this week I have been messing around with a circuit that replaces the Darlington 1st stage of the Buzzaround and hitting the 3rd transistor fuzz stage with the booster from the Bee Baa front end. Sounds awesome. Was thinking of seeing what a muff like tone control instead of the Buzzaround's timbre control which is weird but sounds great.

Still on a bit of a Germanium kick so thought I would build another Rangemaster. This one has an input cap blend which didn't work out too well as there's not much range and it's mostly thicker which is what I wanted but not getting that bright Rangemaster sound with the pot. But it sounds awesome, almost like a fuzz. But maybe I did something wrong with the layout, as well. And most of the other transistors I had tried out didn't sound great but this one slayed it so not sure what is up other that a happy accident. Originally, I was going to keep it a little more plain calling it Treble and Bass Booster or something but decided to have a little for fun and go with a Takashi Miike theme as he's a favorite and this is one of those Gorva Design S90 enclosures which are more expensive so thought I should put in a little more effort. Amazing high quality enclosures and take etching really well, easier to sand and polish...

LaoWiz wrote:

That etch! That John-E Fast capacitor! Cool as hell, this thread rules.

that looks amazing - just call it a fuzz and call it a day?

That looks fantastic! Is that the black stripboard from amplified parts?

crochambeau wrote: That etch! That John-E Fast capacitor! Cool as hell, this thread rules.

Thanks, man! I love that cap.

Dandolin wrote:that looks amazing - just call it a fuzz and call it a day?

Ey, thanks!! Yeah, it's def in fuzz territory. Since there's not really a volume control it's got a huge vol boost when engaged and hits the tubes in a wonderful way. I wasn't expecting too much out of this weekend project but probably one of my most satisfying builds in awhile.

mcatano wrote:That looks fantastic! Is that the black stripboard from amplified parts?

Thanks! The board is actually just some copper clad that I spray painted black. Inspired by this fella's mouthwatering black boards - https://www.instagram.com/p/CWoUk_wv5mM/

LaoWiz wrote:

Dandolin wrote:that looks amazing - just call it a fuzz and call it a day?

Ey, thanks!! Yeah, it's def in fuzz territory. Since there's not really a volume control it's got a huge vol boost when engaged and hits the tubes in a wonderful way. I wasn't expecting too much out of this weekend project but probably one of my most satisfying builds in awhile.

LaoWiz wrote:

Smithsonian grade build. Superb!

digi2t wrote: Smithsonian grade build. Superb!

Thanks, Dino!!!

Killer stuff Richard, those etches !!! oh my .........

I'll dump some more of mine.

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MUFF DLX. A Muff with options, mids, tone stack bypass, oscillation and a boost up front.
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(Hoof) REAPER (EQD), SI/GE Tonebender -> Octave Fuzz -> GE Muff tuned to maximum bass. SHRED!

It's been a while since my last post here but I've really enjoyed seeing the fine work in this thread

Here's a build that finally got boxed up, a Colorsound "Supa Tonebender", which was their version of a Big Muff I guess. My original crack at this piece of white stripboard featured caps of obscene values as an experiment, but it sounded too wooly and blown-out so I revised my plan and de-soldered those and other bits. Took a bit of inspiration from the 1994 Green Russian circuit in adding a couple electrolytics in place of the green mylars. The layout's recommended BC184 transistors were too high gain for my liking, switching them for BC170 and BC172s (the ones where the legs show thru the top) yielded the most usable (imo) and widest gain range. Also found a B25k (actually 22k) rather than 100k most suitable as a tone pot. In the end this turned out as a not-at-all-tonebender-y Muff variant that goes from warm overdrive to shoegazey distortion very smoothly. It doesn't get as heavy as most Big Muffs, it's more (dare i say it) transparent. If I were to build this again, I'd have the one diode pair be a rotary switch selector instead, for a lil more clipping variety, though the 1N4148s sound fine.

Finish is my first time using alcohol ink (it was a mess) and a variety of paints and fumes.