It’s Done!
The case showed up yesterday in the mail. I got started drilling the holes and soldering.
I was genuinely surprised it all worked on the first try. My circuit builds usually take a few tries. I used 2N3904 transistors for the brains.
Pedal Build: Fuzz Face Clone
Just breadboarded a NPN Fuzz Face clone. I used GGG‘s schematic.
ANNY
This was shot on my Canon T3i using a plastic Holga Lens.
Pedal Build: ProCo RAT Clone – Update 2
IT’S DONE! I finally threw in the last bias pot. The only issue was when I went to close the case… I was getting a grounding issue. I’m still not where the problem is, but I got the pedal to close up. If I ever take it apart again, I’ll have to do some troubleshooting.
The two toggle switches give me 9 different clipping diode combinations!
Pedal Mod: VOX V847 Wah – Update
So I found a few articles talking about stacking the capacitor value on the V847 to get different sounds. I found the right capacitor using the article HERE.
I added a SPDT on-off-on to toggle between a bass wah(47nF), stock wah, and a more throaty wah(12nF).
In between doing this mod and posting this update… I accidentally dropped my wah. The fall ended up breaking the switch, but I just ordered a new one. I should have it fixed next week. I’m also curious about investing into a Fasel Wah Inductor to replace the stock VOX one.
Pedal Build: ProCo RAT Clone – Update
IT’S ALIVE! That first 308 chip must’ve been bad or I accidentally fried it. Oh well. The new lm308ah showed up today.
I popped it in and we’re good to go. Now I’m just waiting on the last 1k bias pot to show up.
Pedal Build: ProCo RAT Clone
I love my ProCo RAT reissue, but it’s been falling off my pedal board. The Velcro doesn’t seem to sit correctly. So I figured I could build a clone and throw some mods into it while I was at it. I ordered all the components and the enclosure from mammothelectronics.com. I got the PCB from GeneralGuitarGadgets.com.
I put it all together. I clicked it on and NOTHING. I have no idea what’s wrong with it. I only have one LM308 ic chip. So I just ordered a few more. Hopefully it’s just a bad chip.
The lower left and right knobs will be the BIAS controls. The toggles are different clipping diode switches.
Pedal Mod: VOX V847 Wah
I haven’t used my wah pedal in years. I stumbled across some mod ideas from Wampler’s Book. I looked online for some tutorials and I found this dude’s video. I pretty much followed it step by step.
Here is the new true bypass switch and LED.
I also removed the old panel mounted DC jack and added a more modern version.
