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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: tele_guitarist on March 24, 2004, 11:14:24 PM

Title: what are the all time simplest pedals to build?
Post by: tele_guitarist on March 24, 2004, 11:14:24 PM
Just curious!
Title: what are the all time simplest pedals to build?
Post by: MartyB on March 24, 2004, 11:45:24 PM
Maybe a Rangemaster
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Post by: nightingale on March 25, 2004, 12:15:26 AM
bazz fuss~
great sounding fuzz too...

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Post by: Ansil on March 25, 2004, 12:16:32 AM
lpb1

use it with a darlington for some kick
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Post by: Tim Escobedo on March 25, 2004, 12:20:25 AM
Duende JFET
Bazz Fuss
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Post by: Nasse on March 25, 2004, 12:35:03 AM
Passive volume pedal
Black Ice
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Post by: Peter Snowberg on March 25, 2004, 12:38:00 AM
True bypass loop box. :D

Take care,
-Peter
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Post by: lightningfingers on March 25, 2004, 05:51:15 AM
muff fuzz
it was my first build and i still use it
sounds great
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Post by: Oliver on March 25, 2004, 07:48:50 AM
Hi,

try this..... (perhapst some Partvalues may be different for Your Taste)

(http://mitglied.lycos.de/surftone/gitarre/effekte/littleboost.gif)

bye

Oliver
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Post by: Ge_Whiz on March 26, 2004, 09:32:23 AM
In order of cost:

1. One Schottky diode across the guitar plug.
2. Two Schottky diodes in anti-parallel across guitar plug.
3. One or two diodes as above with switch.
4. Feedbacker (only works with other effects).
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Post by: Ge_Whiz on March 26, 2004, 09:36:33 AM
5. Brightly painted, sealed, empty box with two sockets connected straight through and an unconnected footswitch. Will sell for $$$ on ebay and will have guitarists crowding around saying how much they like the subtle tonality.
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Post by: Nasse on March 26, 2004, 11:09:44 AM
Did not anyone mention Smash Drive...
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Post by: Marcos - Munky on March 26, 2004, 11:10:05 AM
The Bazz Fuss is the most simple that I saw. Or you can check my site and see the Double Jam, the most simple dual channel overdrive that I saw. And you can build it using only one channel, then you need only two caps and a LM386!!!
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Post by: MattAnonymous on March 26, 2004, 11:48:55 PM
Easy Drive is the most bang for the build!!
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Post by: travissk on March 27, 2004, 01:30:53 AM
A stutterbox perhaps? It's in the same category with the true bypass loop box, or the feedback loop box.

After those projects, the Bass Fuzz and related simple fuzzes are good choices. I don't have any experience with the Easy Drive or Smash Drive, but there are quite a few good, simple pedals.
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Post by: Fret Wire on March 27, 2004, 02:39:09 AM
Tonepad's Dist.+/Microamp. They have a dual layout board that can support either build. Since it uses a dual IC (4558), you can mod it to death between the IC's, diodes, and cap values.
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Post by: brett on March 27, 2004, 02:44:00 AM
The bazz fuss is a great circuit for so few parts.  Now here's my "secret" formula:  add Big muff tone output sections you get a distortion pedal to rival any, and with a parts count of around 15.
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