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Subarashi boxed up - aka as TAFM; a pedal I failed to buy for years ... so finally, here we go. (Thanks Deadend)
I used a Toshiba 2SA93 for Q6 and a GT308B for Q7 (D9E for the GE diodes).
It sounds AWESOME - also on guitar.
And the EQD Zoar. I made that for my cello playing friend. It really fits the instrument and sounds amazing.
As she always makes fun of my "immature" graphic choices, I gave her Borat - umh, no wait ...

Lemmy bore ya some more ... last Deadend ... for now, 'cos I'll need that Kruger whenever it's back in stock.

Shillelagh

Decided to close up my open Schumann loop with a Lion. Having traced the original, I was recently put on to the existence of a master volume custom unit, #52. So, I added a toggle to have access to both #29, and #52 units. Hence, 2952. This was the only Schumann build that was outstanding in my collection.

Here's my Sushi Box/C2C Bass Dude, sounds glorious.
I wanted the Gain to stay clean for at least 50% and then get into OD territory, so I put a 12AY7 / 6072A into V1 ... and a 7025 WA in V2, both from TAD.
Turned out pretty good, here are some notes on the E string to illustrate.

quick test of the gain range, bass and treble are always on 12 o'clock or 50%. when turning up gain, master gets adjusted (turned down).
0:00 clean
0:07 gain 9pm or 25% (master between 1 and 2 pm)
0:15 gain 12pm or 50% (master 12pm or 50 %)
0:25 gain 3pm or 75 %
0:33 gain 100% (master around 9-10pm)
0:42 clean

https://soundcloud.com/fuzzonaut-1/bass-dude-gain-test

Harmonic Energizer
The PCB (from circuitbenders.co.uk) is actually called Harmonic Engine and it is a clone of the Harmonic Generator, a projekt by Paul Williams, published in Electronics & Music Maker Magazine back in 1981.
This circuit uses the 4046 PLL chip (and a lot of others). The squarewave can be set to different octaves (from -3 to +3) with the OCTAVE rotary switch and it can produce 3rd and 5th harmonics via the toggle switch .... Well, that's the theory.
In practice it sometimes glitches and struggles, unless you play clean single notes, often resulting in beautiful chaos and bizarre sounds.
I really like it - as most PLL things.
Here's a sample on guitar.

https://soundcloud.com/fuzzonaut-1/harmonic-energizer

And a clone of the EAE Dagger, on a PedalPCB pcb. There are 2 OP07 in there and the GE diodes I used (D9B) had a forward voltage of 0,3V.
Very cool drive. Sounds great on bass and guitar.

Remake of the Ibanez/Maxon POD-1. This was originally all analog signal chain with all digital controls. Got rid of the digital crap, and replaced it with good 'ole pots. Also, the original was housed in a cheap plastic case. Surprised any of them made it out of the 90's.
This is one half TS, one half Rat, and you can flip between the two. Also sports a clean out, if you want to feed other stuff. The Punch, Bite, and Frequency controls are really interesting, providing a whole slew of different tone possibilities.

Good Morning.

On one of my orders from Moonn, I kinda randomly grabbed 4 Devi PCBs for some sort of hommage noise maker pedal.
Fastforward a few months and here we are - behold the DBBSN (Devis brick of brutal sounds'n'noizes).

We have, following the signal in "standard mode" *** :
1. Ruby, vroom-vroom baby.
2. Stone, brrr-chak.
3. Destructo Octavia, craaaaazy oscillating and noisy signal destruction, so, yeah.
4. Weird Flex, which - with the 3 black toggle switches - should give you the following choices: Punch Love, Punch Hate, Silver Crank, Dark Boost or Karaoke Party

*** There are 3 order switches:
The first changes pairs: 1/2 <--> 3/4
Then one for each pair: 1<-->2 and 3<-->4

Another Deadend project: LOW BLOW aka Katanasound Super Bass Fuzz.

I matched diodes (D4/D5) and transistors (Q4/Q5) and the octave on the foot switch is very strong.
As for transistors, I have 2x 2SK30A and 5x 2N2222A in there. GE diodes are D9E (D4/5) and D311 (D6/7).
And some "japan/sword" themed graphics, because Katana.

Time for an old friend to have a break: My rehoused Ibanez Wau Fuzz.

Zork wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 4:32 pm

Time for an old friend to have a break: My rehoused Ibanez Wau Fuzz.

This is a perfect look; filth, wear & tear forever.

I usually clean my pedals quickly with baby wipes when they go off the board but this one stayed and gathered grime for quite some time now. Love the look too but it's also kinda gross...

Here my original LAL 046 Superfuzz and its clone built with Deadend FX Shillelagh pcb. As usual amzing pcbs and projects.
Soundwise the clone is spot on, the original being sometimes a bit noisier and nastier.

fuzzonaut wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:54 am Lemmy bore ya some more ... last Deadend ... for now, 'cos I'll need that Kruger whenever it's back in stock.

Shillelagh

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I have a question: does on your clone the pre and post clip knobs work well? On mine the Pre Clip knob does barely nothing (and I double checked all components and soldering joints, and everything is fine). Post Clip acts as it should.

I feel like a huge point of appeal in LAL pedals is the graphic design. I don't mean that as an insult, they look wicked.

also the Wau fuzz enclosure is sick.

imJonWain wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 9:30 pm I feel like a huge point of appeal in LAL pedals is the graphic design. I don't mean that as an insult, they look wicked.

I totally understand you!!! And I also love the finish on LAL pedals wears off quite easily, so each pedal gets a life of its own!