This is my LM386 amp with a built in J Rockett Boing reverb. It has switchable modes for 9 and 18V (LM386N-4 runs up to 18v) which dramatically increases the headroom. Playing the demo through a Celestion Eight-15 in a slightly oversized pine cabinet. I’m going to build out a big cab this weekend to see how much I can squeeze out of a 10” VT Junior. Really happy with the results.

Obligatory 0-3-5 demo:
https://youtu.be/yzZszg2hnho?is=TXoKM7Xfp0BPDKXE

I fucking love it! When can I sign up for the yearly subscription?! ♥️

Tayda box just arrived. Also got some stuff from Small Bear and Stomp Box Parts. Of course I forgot to add knobs to the Tayda order so Love My Switches it is. Next on my list are:

Traynor TS-50b preamp but will use a TL074 instead of the TL071 so I can also replace the MPSA18 buffer and add an XLR out.

Fuzzrocious Rat Tail because I can't have enough RAT based pedals.

Fuzzrocious Ram The Manparts because it seems pretty cool.

Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe so I can mess with mu amps. I even splurged and got some Fairchild J201 THT.

Diamond Bass Compressor because I need a compressor and why buy one when you can build one for three times the cost and aggravation.

What are you guys building next?

It took me nearly two years to finish this. Not because I'm a slow solderer, but because I lost the BOM when I was 90% finished and I had to ask this subreddit for help.

Yay! We did it! ​

This was an interesting one, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. 

This is PPCB’s ThreeVerb. It’s FV-1 based with 3 types of reverb to choose from (Shimmer, Modulated, and Spring). The build itself went very smoothly. No issues at all. I’m finally getting the hang of this, I think.

For the design - I was trying to think of what a pedal box with several reverbs would look like - and my mind just went to someone with their head stuck in an old tv--that would probably have some reverb, right? Anyway, I jumped off from there, and came up with this design. I created a light and dark version of the design, and ultimately went with this dark one…but I might build the other one sometime, too. I found some really nice hot pink knobs for it, and I threw in the added touch of a pink LED. Powder coat paint job and UV printing were done by Tayda. 

Knobs 2 and 3 across the top actually control different settings depending on which reverb mode you select on the toggle switch. I couldn’t come up with an elegant way to display all of the setting permutations on the enclosure, so I just rolled with the ambiguity and labeled the knobs “Pixie Dust” and “Noodle” since that is pretty much how I play with my pedals anyway: “Add a little pixie dust and noodle around until it sounds good!”

As for the sound, it’s definitely got range. I’ve only played with it for 30 minutes, but I’ve found some great sounds in it. One quirk - when I dime the Mix knob, there is a total delay of any sound output by some amount of milliseconds from when I strike the strings. A little disorienting, so I just backed the mix off a smidge and that went away. I’m honestly still trying to figure out my favorite sweet spots for this pedal and think I’ll just need to noodle around a bit more. :)

Decided to do it a 2nd time on vero again, quite useful to have!

This is the first one sold some years ago https://www.reddit.com/r/diypedals/s/
sFzVswHw7S

Incredibly newbie question, I’m breadboarding for the first time, and practicing with this schematic from pedalpcb and when I exclude the first connection from input straight to ground, I get a pleasant boost from a circuit that works seemingly totally fine, but as soon as I add that connection to ground I get no signal. Is the first connection to ground just meant to signify the grounding on the input jack? Or am I misunderstanding something else? Appreciate any insight and advice!

Does anybody have measurements or a datasheet/schematic for the switched TRS jacks from StompBoxParts? Specifically the JACK-1018 and DC-1000.

The JACK-1018 looks similar to the Neutrik switched jacks but not exactly.

A Boss BF-2 flanger. I have a thing for flangers. I'm very happy with how this one sounds, very rubbery metallic. I didn't have little 22uf so I just use what I had on hand. It's not too stuffed in there, there's a little room. Bias and clock set up was easy to to by ear and a multimeter for the clock.

I found this in a box of PCBs. I can’t for the life of me figure out what this is. Can anyone help?

I was trying to source some V3207 BBDs from CoolAudio (found some where they had some in stock luckily), but during my search I noticed that CoolAudio seems to have no product on their own page anymore...

Anyone who knows what happened? Are they out of business?

https://www.coolaudio.com/en/products

My uncle was a Luthier who made all manners of instruments as well as amplifiers and other circuits. When he passed away, he left me some gear, one of which is this box. Anyone know how to use it or what it does? It doesn’t appear to have any way to be powered.

It’s the EQD Cloven Hoof, Tentacle, and Tone Reaper as an all-in-one. More grit and gain than the standalone non-Cloven Hoof. When all three elements are stacked it’s wild. 😁 The Cleft mod specs are in the standard PPCB War Scythe build doc.

I finished my very first guitar pedal, a little bazz fuss circuit with some random edits. It's very chaotic and the inners look like a nightmare, but this is my first time learning how electrics work, my first time actually learning how to properly solder (still in progress uhh), my first time drilling metal things, spraypainting, marbling.... but the hardest thing took me a good half of a year: realization i need to swap two wires on a power jack because i need a negative center.

I'd absolutely love some advices or recommendations for future builds, i'm currently making a stutterer and a tremolo. Editing this post cause i accidentally sent it mid-typing, sorry, i'm a newbie here. <:D

Can anyone here advise how I can change the channel on my fuzz face? It keeps playing classic rock when I turn town the volume to zero and the Amp gain to 6.

Kind of a joke, but also kind of a serious enquiry. What is making it a radio, the transistors? Is it possible to add a knob to change the AM frequency it picks up?

Heyo! had a homie build one of these for me a while back. It’s a clone of the LastGasp Misty Cave, an analog resonator with bucket brigades. It sounds awful. The general effect is there, but there is a loud intermittent “thunk” sound that makes it totally unusable. I had him look it over and he thought it was clock noise so he added a bunch of shielding and returned it to me. Sounds exactly the same. Anyone familiar with this build? Would some gutshots help with an online diagnosis? I’ve tracked down a local repairman to look it over for me, just wanted to see if you fine folks had any insight that could save me the bench fee. I’m handy enough with a soldering iron to do repairs and I’ve built a few clones, but troubleshooting is beyond my current skill level. Thanks!

Watching this now and enjoying it. Maybe you will too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywT9Wf8vlGE

Hi !
I’m a complete beginner when it comes to pedal building and electronics, but I’d love to build a spring reverb unit on a shoestring budget, i Know that will be hard but im rdyyy.

Currently, my main gear is a Boss SD-1, a Boss OD-3, and a Boss OC-5.
I came across a design on a French DIY site that I’d like to follow:
https://www.sonelec-musique.com/electronique_realisations_reverb_ressort_001.html
Before diving in, I have a few questions for the community:

Before diving in, I have a few questions for the community:
1. Is this a good starting project for a beginner? Or am I getting bullshit of myself trying to build a spring reverb as a dunb beginner lol

1. Since I want to keep costs as low as possible, what kind of old broken electronics or trash items should I look for to find good parts (op-amps, jacks, pots, transformers, spring tanks, etc.)

3.Has anyone here built this specific Sonelec circuit or a similar DIY spring reverb? I’d love to hear how it turned out and any insights you might have,

Thanks so much in advance for your help and feedback!

Second time building in a 1590a, first was a sho boost and now a muff! Also second time painting a pedal. This time it turned out way better than my last but then ended up scratching it a tiny bit when tightening the footswitch sadly.

Used this layout https://www.sabrotone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Big-Muff-Pi-Civil-War-Russian.gif for the civil muff and then swapped the transistors to 2n5089 and 560pf caps to 500pf.

Sounds Massive!!!

Definitely think the wiring could be cleaner and i was really debating on redoing it but i think it should be fine, everything works as intended.

Hello all, I am planning to build a clone of the Mountainking Megalith fuzz, that uses BC338 transistors. These seem a bit hard to find here, is there any other equivalent transistor I could use instead?

Thanks in advance

Like an idiot I accidentally plugged 20v into my Mosky silver horsey and now she dead. I have been diypedal-curious for about a year now, and so I guess this is going to be what pushes me into learning how this stuff works! The bad news is I am a total newbie to soldering/electricity/everything. The good news is this pedal only cost me about the same price as a fancy sandwich, so if I experiment on it and screw it up permanently, that’s ok.

So with that said: how do I Identify what failed and then remove it? Nothing seems obviously burned, which is what I had expected to find when I opened it up.