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Pedal Build: Tube Screamer Clone

I’ve never owned a tube screamer. I was never drawn towards them. The closest I’ve ever gotten, was when I played through a Double Barrel by JHS. I didn’t like it. If felt as though the bass was cut. I just recently learned that Stevie Ray Vaughan used to stack two in his signal path. That fact alone spiked my curiosity. I just got all the parts today, except for the RC4558 chip. I’m expecting that to show up tomorrow.

I was excited to work on a pedal today. I sort of rushed through drilling all the holes. The result of my haste is wonky holes. I’m not too happy with how the holes are spaced. I might buy a new enclosure and re-case this pedal, if I like the way this pedal sounds.

Pedal Build: Big Muff Pi – Update

It’s done! This is an EHX big muff – 73 Ram’s Head Clone. I used the pcb from GeneralGuitarGadgets.com and the parts from MammothElectronics.com

To be honest, this pedal has been done for a while. I was just waiting on the Hello Kitty stickers. I made it all pink with the stickers as a tribute to my old hello kitty guitar,  which I originally purchased 10 years ago. I thought it was hilarious to play hardcore shows with it. Here’s a few photos from the “good ol days”.

T.K.I.D. my old band – July 2007. The Alley – Fullerton, CA – Photographed by: Christopher Rendon

T.K.I.D. – Sept. 2007. Awakenings Coffee House – Lomita, CA – Photographed by: Christopher Rendon

Pedal Build: Fuzz Face Clone – Update

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: 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

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.

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