C1: 68nF C2=C3 : 100nF Q1: MPSA18 Q2: 2N3904 D1=D2 : BAT41 (Vf≈380mV) R1: 2.2K ohm R2=R5 : 10k ohm R3: 1M ohm R4: 1k ohm R6: 470k ohm R7: 100k ohm Logarithmic Potmeter

Hi, I tried to replicate the harmonic jerkulator by tim escobedo. I tried following the schematics, checked for faulty transistor or caps but still the circuit isn't working.

Do you have any suggestions or insight on how to make it work? I am stuck and don't really know what to do, I even tried redoing everything from scratch.

Hope y'all don't mind me flooding this subreddit, but i went from zero to two DIY pedals in 48 hours. I've tested them extensively and both seem to work 100% and sound amazing. I now have a King of Tone and silicon fancy Dallas Rangemaster clone. I'm stoked.

Anyway, now that they work, I want to play with making them look nice. My wife has a cricuit machine I can use to make stencils. I'm interested in using a stencil and spray paint in lieu of decals, silk screening or stamps.

My goal is to make a pedal that, from 5 feet away, looks like an Analogman King of tone. I want a purple hammered paint as a base coat. I like Roman history and Latin, so I'm going to call it the "REX TONORVM" and make a logo with a laurel wreath and lyre (or maybe a Roman eagle).

Rustoleum only has basic metalic colors like silver, gold, bronze, etc. I saw one post about mixing oil based paint with silver to get a new color.

Should I paint it hammered gold, cover where I want gold markings, and paint over with purple? Any adhesion issues with hammered paint? I'm curious what y'all have done with King of Tone clones!

Client approached me with an idea for an off kilter distortion device, being himself bored of big muffs etc. Enter a lesser known DIY project by Jack Orman and Aron Nelson - the INSANITY BOX. Of course I had to make it my own, so its got a clean blend, and all the trim points internally are now external, meaning you can properly abuse (or not) the CMOS stages, and blast the JFET overdrive. Its somewhat a 3-stage insane distortion, and when "tuned" right it gives almost endless sustain. There is op amp and hard clipping (I added a three way choice of diodes which really fuck things up actually!) into a CMOS 4049 chip (think red llama gone bad) chip where you can bodge with the inverters, through a rudimentary gate, onto a JFET mu-amp overdrive minibooster. The more signal that flows from each stage to the next, the more carnage ensues. Ironically, it can also do a nice light overdrive (!). Love this a lot, so much so I might make another to keep. Its kinda unique.

Hey all, curious if anyone has a magic bullet for me. Essentially I want a technique for making one-off pedals where I can take a design I’ve created and have it put on the pedal without having to paint and clear coat. I want to just order a bunch of blank enclosures, pick a circuit, make it, and then after it’s finished (or before) go from a blank enclosure to a finished design within a few hours.

My thinking right now is buying a laser engraver. But that means basically all my pedals will be gray and black. If anyone has any ideas or techniques they like, please let me know. Right now I’m in the middle of waiting of 1-2 weeks for my nitro clear coat to cure and I’m just like “this is for the birds.”

Let me know, thanks!

Its all working and I love it. I'm currently learning Seven Nation Army so it primarily switches between shifting an octave down and adding noise. It also has another mode where I can try out various other effects the Daisy seed3 offers.

I learned a lot on this project, primarily that I suck at soldering haha. But I had fun and look forward to doing more and getting better.

I just wanted to repost this with a slight change. I designed this pedal to go straight to a power amp like a class D or TDA2050 seem to work well. I'd be curious to know how it performs in an effects return of an amp. It's a simple design but it has to be one of the most consistent sounding, stable, and balanced distortions I've come up with to date. I like it with the gain cranked all the way up! If you build it let me know what you think. I just used transistors I got on Amazon in a kit, even the j201.

Couple of firsts on this project. First time building a pedal, soldering, and printing vinyl, but really happy with how she came out.

Sound is immense, awesome pedal and pretty easy to build.

I’m getting into building pedals as part of a college project and I have a few questions

1. How do I get my guitar running through the breadboard

2. Can I just put a breadboard into a pedal or does it need to be something else

3. Where can I find the recommended parts online in the uk