A somewhat different fuzz

[pinkjimiphoton]

fwiw, the one i built now is the exclusive distorter for my keyboard player's minimoog (i sold him).... sounds great on keys, too!

[deadastronaut]

i started off with gus's schematic to tinker with...

then i ended up having a pre-gain, and removing quite a few parts..now i have a pretty good rock overdrive that cleans up nice..

still tinkering..

[tubegeek]

I had some fun with the finishing on these - I used paint pen with Envirotex Lite over it. Not perfect by any means but certainly more fun than spray paining, and it's been too cold for that anyway.

Pics:
http://s680.photobucket.com/user/tubegeek-original/slideshow/asdf

[Cozybuilder]

Mine works great, I built it using the values Gus did in his proof of concept. FWIW I also built Gus' Suzy Q, which is fantastic also.

[pinkjimiphoton]

ummm, suzy q is mine, not gus's.

welcome to the forum!!

[Gus]

Thanks for the feedback.

Cozybuilder
Did you build the circuit in the screen shot from a sim I posted reply 29 in a suzy Q thread? http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=101178.20

[pinkjimiphoton]

Thanks for the feedback.

Cozybuilder
Did you build the circuit in the screen shot from a sim I posted reply 29 in a suzy Q thread? http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=101178.20

here's a vero for that, btw

[Cozybuilder]

Gus- Yes, your screen shot schematic is what I used in the Suzy-Q build.

Pink Jimi- Your Suzy Q schematic works great too!

[deadastronaut]

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[pinkjimiphoton]

Gus- Yes, your screen shot schematic is what I used in the Suzy-Q build.

Pink Jimi- Your Suzy Q schematic works great too!

all good cozy, but gus's pedal isn't a suzy q. completely different animal! the suzy q started life as a "how will i make a version of this here amp to fit in a little box" and evolved from there. gus made some suggestions, but at that point it was way past implementing much of gus's ideas... that all came later as i began to understand some of what he writes... usually way above my paygrade!!

that said, gus's designs are always great sounding, simple and elegant. no fluff.

the suzy q is a great pedal... i use mine all the time.... dick wagner uses his, too... but it doesn't sound like  gus's pedal either.

apples and orangutans, dude!!

THIS one tho, sounds really good on everything... guitars, keys, bass... as usual, a homerun outta the park.

[Cozybuilder]

Post 43 from the Suzy-Q thread had the schematic I used as a basis for my build. As usual, I changed things around. No disrespect intended to anyone.

[pinkjimiphoton]

no worries man. the first schematic in that thread is the suzy q, i'm not sure what gus wants to call his circuit. they're completely different from each other. glad to hear it sounds good... no surprise there!!
can ya post clips? love to hear it, sure gus would, too!!

[Gus]

At the time of this post I see 6168 views.
Anyone else build this?
any feedback good bad?

[midwayfair]

At the time of this post I see 6168 views.
Anyone else build this?
any feedback good bad?

I tried the gain control on the breadboard not too long ago. It seemed to be a little dark at lower gain settings, especially going into the BMP stack. Do you have a suggestion for a way to help with that?

[tubegeek]

At the time of this post I see 6168 views.
Anyone else build this?
any feedback good bad?

My buddy Jim has had his strapped to his pedal board ever since I dropped it off!
He got the red & white peppermint stick one.

[tubegeek]

I built another ASDF "Manhattan" style (also known as "dots and dashes.") I had wanted to try that method of building a circuit for a while and I had recently been reminded of it, so I did. I found it to be a great way to make a circuit, very sturdy, very quick. Here's what the board looks like.




Once I box it up I'll add some more photos.

[pinkjimiphoton]

that looks cool!!

[nocentelli]

+1

Off-cuts of vero, would that work?

[tubegeek]

+1

Off-cuts of vero, would that work?

Don't see why not. You wouldn't use the holes, and you'd want not to let the holes fill up with solder I guess - so maybe it'd require a bit more care than using solid PCB material. You could also turn the non-copper side of the backing board upwards to prevent shorts, but then you would lose the "ground it anywhere" feature. You could still drill a hole through to the copper side anywhere you wanted to connect to ground.

What I did was score and crack thin strips of PCB and then score and crack those strips into smaller various sized pieces to make the islands. Super Glue gel worked PERFECTLY for nailing the islands in place.

[bluebunny]

that looks cool!!

^ What Pink said.