DIYstompboxes.com

post pics or links for your diy pedals, if you have from the inside better, will try to find some of mine, cool.

parallel universe, beta build 1:

(http://www.experimentalistsanonymous.com/images/paralleluniverse/bigparalleluniverseinside.jpg)

Those are the innards.  There's a lot of stuff I plan to do with this, so that's not too accurate :D

-Colin

Blackfire w/3-band EQ, painted by none other than Troubled Tom:
The paint job is abolutely wicked. You can't see it in the photo but there is a transparent overcoat that looks like clear leather skin. Pulsating LED too!
http://www.i1.net/~joe1/images/box1.jpg

Inside of something, don't remember what. I think it was a fuzz-face I made for someone but changed the circuit to something else:
http://www.i1.net/~joe1/images/box2.jpg

"The Blob" -- a custom overdrive unit. Knobs are recessed into the woodburned oak coverplate. Brass plaque.
http://www.i1.net/~joe1/images/box3.jpg

Obsidian prototype, no LED so I always forget to remove the cord, and the battery runs out :)
http://www.i1.net/~joe1/images/box4.jpg

Inside of Obsidian, showing the hand-soldered surface mount board:
http://www.i1.net/~joe1/images/box5.jpg

2-knob Blackfire, which has the extra inverting stage that my first one won't have until I rebuild it. This is a total Home Depot job. It uses "thumbscrews" for the battery door which thread right into the switch box:
http://www.i1.net/~joe1/images/box6.jpg

That's what I could find on the HD. Sorry for the bad quality, my camera sucks!

-Joe

http://www.pisotones.com/Articulos/Quehasemo.htm

Look into the various menus for close-up photos ang guts :)

Piso-tones (http://www.pisotones.com)

wow!  great site.  i can't speak or compose a lick of it, but it's nice to know I can still read spanish.  

i particularly liked the the finishing article:

http://www.pisotones.com/Articulos/Mecanizacion.htm

the battery door idea is one of those "why didn't i think of that" things that's simply terrific.

Manolo,

Your site is both beautiful and amazing! :D WONDERFUL WORK!!!! You are obviously a craftsman!

I really love the battery door idea too. 8)

-Peter

Jen fuzz.
Last small fx pedal I made.

Case bought in supermarked. Produced by Polish manufacturer.

(http://www.sugardas.lt/~igoramps/foreforum/klubnichka.jpg)

Manolo, I saw a battery door like yours in a DIY effect at teh local music store.. now I know where they got the idea! Good one! :)

Here's a pic of my Fulldrive clone. I design my PCB's with Winboard and use photo developement to make them.
(http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=20c4558c-2c5a-b619-6aa8-179763772fda&size=)

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/elroy2222/vwp?.dir=/shared&.dnm=1.jpg&.view=t

Bill, you are my hero.
Roger

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/319350/bluefuzz.JPG)
here's a Tone Machine I did this summer

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/319350/minnie3.JPG)
my infamous "Minnie Driver" rangemaster.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/319350/hotrod4.JPG)
my Hot Rod Big Muff.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/319350/DSCN3204.JPG)
closeup of the work in progress "Flaming Funkdrive" bass fuzz.

Roger[/url]

Wow - some impressive stuff!!
I only have a couple of pics of one of mine...
http://mark.warcode.com/buttface_sm.jpg
http://mark.warcode.com/DIY/swash_sm.jpg

junction box builds... I still have 3 or 4 pedals built, but not boxes (been REAL lazy).

"-)

PS - Manolo, how do you do the lettering on your boxes, it looks amazing!

Bill,

So THAT's why you're still driving that car.  NOW I get it.

:wink:

Nice work all of you.

If I can speak on behalf of knob manufacturers everywhere, there is hope!!

I love the "Minnie Driver" moniker.  What we never talk about much here is the art of of dreaming up names that allude to or suggest the original but do not name the actual pedal cloned.  Part of it is fun (guess the pedal), part hommage and modesty (close but could never be as good as the real thing), and part a desire to avoid litigation.

Recent fits of naming in the Hammer household:

Slice o' Pi  (BMP)

Juicer (Orange Squeezer)

Clean Sweep (Modded Bi Filter Follower)

Ge Whiz (Rangemaster)

Purple Phaze (Ross Phaser)

Thanks to all who praised pisotones.com (http://www.pisotones.com) but I have to admit that the credit on the battery door is not mine but from Rubén Hernandez, the other half of Piso-tones Ltd. He got the original idea and is reponsible of all the mechanizations, painting and silk-screening.

I'm only responsible for the "ugly" electronics and guts. Rubén *is* a true artist.

Mark,
my EasyVibe is going to be the 'bridge of vibes'

everyone seems to like my 'buttface' too
"-)

sweet god bill,   do you have a day job... lol   does anyone have more pedals than bill i don't see it happening.

i dont have any pedals!!!!
as soon as i build one....one of my friends "has to have it"....
im always like...."i just build another one for my self"....but never do....
sad....very sad....
doug

(http://home.planet.nl/~remke063/gitaar/effects.jpg)

Here some of my stuff, not very spectacular working on finishes is not really my job.... :(

Left to right: Modified Cry Baby, Sonic Distortion, Tube Screamer, Ross Compressor, Small Clone, Zoom Tri-Metal (totally stock). Front: Fuzz Face, Tycobrahe Octavia.

(http://home.planet.nl/~remke063/gitaar/gt2.jpg)

My GT-2 clone, in an old Sony box, including a headphone amp.

I really like that little blue one on the left by the wah pedal, looks sharp!
-Joe

I really like that little blue one on the left by the wah pedal, looks sharp!
-Joe

(http://home.planet.nl/~remke063/gitaar/sd9.jpg)

Hi Joe,

It's just a simple aluminium folded box, not as stirdy as a hammond, but really easy to work with. The silver ones are of the same series but a bit longer, I noticed the same size but with the same blue color in an other shop lately. I think I will buy some of those too.

Bye,

Joep

Quote from: Manolo DudesThanks to all who praised pisotones.com (http://www.pisotones.com) but I have to admit that the credit on the battery door is not mine but from Rubén Hernandez, the other half of Piso-tones Ltd. He got the original idea and is reponsible of all the mechanizations, painting and silk-screening.

I'm only responsible for the "ugly" electronics and guts. Rubén *is* a true artist.

Manolo,

I love your terminal strip work in your Screw Face! That looks great! I was thinking of doing a Rangemaster that way.

Speaking of the Rangemaster... On your photo with it propped up, I noticed your soldering jig with the alligator clips. I just got one of those, exactly like it! :D  I love that thing too! :D

Beautiful page, nice work, another one for the bookmarks. :D

Doug

Okay, I'm *definitely* asking Santa for a digital camera for Christmas... Hopefully thread will still be going then... :lol:

Doug

The look of my pedals have been slowly changing. I like them all.
http://homebrewelectronics.tripod.com/HomeBrew/Product.html

Here are the guts of my last pedal, a single channel of the DSE Mini-Synth. The green wire on the pcb is a missed trace. The signal bleedthrough was so bad I had to hook up the effect power supply to the led switching. Seems to work well!

http://users.rio.com/senorris/junk/dsemss.jpg

Thanks everyone, I love photos!

Dan

(http://www-scf.usc.edu/~binhtrin/103_0363.JPG)
(http://www-scf.usc.edu/~binhtrin/102_0268.JPG)
(http://www-scf.usc.edu/~binhtrin/103_0400.JPG)
(http://www-scf.usc.edu/~binhtrin/104_0413.JPG)
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I'm thinkin binhjamin99 is cow4prez.. moo

Quote from: anonymousexperimentalistI'm thinkin binhjamin99 is cow4prez.. moo

you think?  :wink:

Moooooooooooooooo!!!!!  :twisted:

Quote from: binhjamin99
you think?  :wink:

I'd like to have you know you were just mooed at buy this guy:

(http://rev_mad_dog.tripod.com/revmaddog/Rev_MAD_Dog_Ro/IMAG001.JPG)

:D

-Colin

Quote from: binhjamin99

Quote from: anonymousexperimentalistI'm thinkin binhjamin99 is cow4prez.. moo

you think?  :wink:

So how do you like the Sweet Thing?

Doug

Doug,
I love the sweet thing. I play it with my princeton reverb, and it turns that amp into a monster. I think "sweet thing" is an misnomer hehe. The tone control is great. I've been admiring your work for a long time. Didn't post in the old forum. Just browsing. Thanks for providing the schema.

Joep:

Thanks for the close up! The other pedals also look nice. (Everyone else's too!)

-Joe

Quote from: binhjamin99Doug,
I love the sweet thing. I play it with my princeton reverb, and it turns that amp into a monster. I think "sweet thing" is an misnomer hehe.

Yeah, that was kind of the intent. :D

Quote from: binhjamin99The tone control is great. I've been admiring your work for a long time. Didn't post in the old forum. Just browsing. Thanks for providing the schema.

I love that tone control too. It is really the only thing that sets it apart from Aron's Booster2.5. Aron did a great job on that, BTW.

I'm glad you like it. It's an oldie but goodie I think, and I don't hear too much about it anymore.

I think all you guys are doing stellar work on your DIY boxes. Puts me to shame, really. My artistic talent could fit in a thimble. :oops: I think it's amazing how much the DIY scene has evolved in the last 4-5yrs I've been involved in it. The construction quality as well as artwork/finish has ratcheted up quite a few notches since some of the pictures I saw posted in the "old days" (and they weren't bad either). :D  :D

Doug

I found some more pictures that were still on my computer
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/elroy2222/lst?.dir=/shared&.src=ph&.view=

This is definitely the quintessential Bill Bergman pedal picture here:


http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/elroy2222/vwp?.dir=/shared&.dnm=1.jpg&.src=ph&.done=http%3a//f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/elroy2222/vwp%3f.dir=/shared%26.dnm=107-0754_IMG.jpg%26.src=ph

:D  :D

Doug

Thanks Doug!
You threw me with that big word   ka..went......ta..centual. I had to look it up. :shock:  :oops:  :lol:

Here's all the ones I have built so far:

http://home.att.net/~u2p0j0m3/MyStompboxes.htm

Many compliments to all of you! Y'all do some very nice work!

Great site Paul!  I like the way you have your pedal pages organized with descriptions of each. That Eazy Drive enclosure is too cool.

Thanks Bill. :)

I kind of have that page geared more towards beginners, but also tried to keep it interesting for the more advanced builders, too.

I really need to get a full bore webpage publishing program and a domain name. I'm very close to running out of room on my AT&T account. 1/2 a meg short of 60 megs now... spanned across six email addresses. When I started out, I didn't know I would have all these webpages!

Anyone have any suggestions for publising programs and domains?

http://ar.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/juandarkness


best!!!!


Maneco

Maneco, great looking pedals!

Here's an exterior and interior of my Crucible Fuzz, which is a derivative of the silicon NPN Fuzz Face with some component values adjusted:

http://www.euthymia.org/pedals/

The lettering on the exterior is rub-on covered with a clear coat. The PCB is my own layout from Eagle CAD, etched here at home (in a Ziploc baggie, thanks to a suggestion on this forum) using Press 'n' Peel Blue as resist.

Still putting the finishing touches on mechanically securing the battery and PCB. I don't like anything to rattle when people shake the box.

Quote from: JRobinsonHere's a pic of my Fulldrive clone. I design my PCB's with Winboard and use photo developement to make them.
(http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=20c4558c-2c5a-b619-6aa8-179763772fda&size=)

I see someone else uses those cheap dollar-store Panasonic batteries.  :)

Here's my one knob Fuzz Face:

http://geocities.com/teleman28056/fuzz.html

Chris B

I like the cheapo batteries. 2 for $1, how can you beat that?!

Quote from: C Bradley

Quote from: JRobinson
I see someone else uses those cheap dollar-store Panasonic batteries.  :)

Here's my one knob Fuzz Face:

http://geocities.com/teleman28056/fuzz.html

Chris B

Nice page! I like your amp pics and soundclips!

How long do those cheapie carbon batteries last? I've been using alkalines but have been tempted at the dollar store to try the carbons.

Doug

second installment of the (optical) TUBE-WAH (TM):

(http://www.puretube.com/link-page-Dateien/Tube-Wah%202-0.JPG)

1x 12AX7, resonance (Q) and volume (up to 10x) controllable...

first installment of the (mechanical) TUBE-WAH (1993) :

(http://www.puretube.com/link-page-Dateien/Tube-Wah%201a-0.JPG)

this one had DC supply, and an internal HF step-up converter

I see someone else uses those cheap dollar-store Panasonic batteries.  :)

Here's my one knob Fuzz Face:

http://geocities.com/teleman28056/fuzz.html

Chris B[/quote]

have you ever tried the cheap little dollar general 99cent batterie... that is al i will use in a dist, pedal, as they sound better than the panasonics.  i like the panasonics for delay or chorus,  but these alkaline dollar general brand are like god for dist pedals.

Bumping this thread with the bigcheese/greatcheddar/whatever I finished last night! Need a nicer side knob... I used the Avery t-shirt stuff to decorate.


http://members.fortunecity.com/uzzfay/gigantor.html

edited to fix spelling and add themesong to my childhood.

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/gigantor.wav

Quote from: Dan NBumping this thread...

Funny you should bump, as I just started organizing my little effects portion of my website. I have a little pictorial on my Orange Squeezer build and a little bit about each of the pedals I have made so far.

http://home.earthlink.net/~bwanacentral/html/bwanasonic_main.html

Up next: Tycobrahe Octavia.

Kerry M

PS. Cheap carbon batteries are really the only thing for a Fuzz Face IMO. They last forever too. The Rangemaster is another candidate for carbon batteries. I have found they sound good in my DOD phasor, but don't last so long. For most everything else I use alkalines or DC adaptor.

http://manecolooper.tripod.com


thanks for visiting

Maneco

Extraordinary work Maneco!

Jason

Sorry, no pics from me, but let's revive this thread!

Alex

I'm a little late, but here is a pic of a fuzz I did for one of my buddies.

http://homebrewelectronics.tripod.com/HomeBrew/WarToad.html

Quote from: anonymousexperimentalist

Quote from: binhjamin99
you think?  :wink:

I'd like to have you know you were just mooed at buy this guy:

(http://rev_mad_dog.tripod.com/revmaddog/Rev_MAD_Dog_Ro/IMAG001.JPG)

:D

-Colin

I can moo with the best of 'em, but I think that cow might have me beat.

Since this thread is back and I just finished this one up today here it is:

(http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Thumposaurus/mr-yuk-006.jpg)
(http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Thumposaurus/mr-yuk-018.jpg)
(http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Thumposaurus/mr-yuk-019.jpg)

It's just a feed back looper pedal, but the one I made previously I had in a hand made sheet metal box that kept coming apart.
I'm finishing up another box just doing the labels now it should be done either tonight or tommorrow, I'll be sure and take more pics then.

Just finished this one up a bit ago, it's another BassBalls clone, after playing with the other one I built my brother wanted me to build him one.
Lables are waterslide decals, top coated with clear powdercoat.
The main part of the case has a gold sparkle clear coat but I can't get it to show up in pictures for some reason.
(http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Thumposaurus/hotness-001.jpg)
(http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Thumposaurus/hotness-002.jpg)

Bill Bergman, you mind sharing your schem-o and layout on that A/DA clone?

Great batch of work BTW, I wish I could get a majority of my work in the same room at the same time. I have the same problem as that other guy everytime I get stuff all put together sombody wants it, buys it, or steals it, so I'm constantly in a state of regeneration.

Thank god my bench is messy, I have a few boards there that look like junk with wires hanging out all over the place, but are in fact fully done effects and awaiting boxes/switches/knobs and when people come over sniffing around they don't know what the stuff is.
(secret: never solder the input or output jacks on until you actuall final assemble into boxes, no one will know what to do with the stuff!)

PS: just to clarify, I have good, old, long time friends, if/when they steal stuff they always fess-up and reciprocate in over-abundance, we all have a good laugh and I feel real good that they like my gear in favor of store bought stuff.

Funny story, one old friend came to me a few weeks ago and showed me a box with two knobs and no markings and said "look at this do you recognize this?" I looked at it closely, opened it up (had a hand made protoboard type circuit) and after I looking it over I said "No what is it?" he laughed real loud and said "I don't remember either, but YOU built it 18 years ago! and I recall it was really cool whatever it was, want it back?" we laughed so hard, I said to him "Well if it was so cool how come you don't remember what it is?" we laughed some more and tilted a few brews, as I get older I find life is more than just stuff and money or whatever, when you have good old friends you got life.

Here's like 1 Megabyte of pictures:

(http://www.tonepad.com/junk/rojito.jpg)
(http://www.tonepad.com/junk/rossphaser.jpg)
(http://www.tonepad.com/junk/negro.jpg)
(http://www.tonepad.com/junk/rebote2.jpg)


Fp

RedHouse,
you are talking about the A/DA and not the Storm Tide....right?

Wow!!!!!! Really cool stuff Francisco!

Really cool, Francisco. Tell us what effects are inside of the enclosures.

Yupp those look fantastic, nice artwork.
 I like the slant enclosure look, and Switch access, looks like they'd have no troubles keeping 4 feet on the ground.
 Excellent looking, neat work !!!!!!!!!! [that's 10 X !]

Thanks guys!

I still have a few more pictures, I'll look for them.

Here's the list:
Red one: Dist+, Fuzz Face
Yellow one: Ross Phaser w/univibe mod
Black one: LPB1, Ross Compresor, Sans Amp, Rebote2 Delay
White one: Rebote2 delay

All of which are available at www.tonepad.com ;)

Fp