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Ive never done this before, but today I did by hand copy out onto Pad-per-Hole (perfboard) the OLC Chunky Cheese schematic. For those interested, here is the layout. You can get the details of the components from the OLC PDF (http://www.olcircuits.com/documents2008/olc_chunkycheese_buildguide.pdf) Here is just the links UPDATED 1st JUNE VERIFIED Here is with my cheesy … Read more

Finished these two off today with some sexy graphics and knobs. Really like how these came out. CD: Micro Guitar/Bass Fuzz

Hello effects builders and other viewers of this blog (all 3 of us, I think…) Been off writing for a while, but definitely not off building. In fact, Ive just finished (mechanically, if not all cosmetially) 4 new pedals. One of them is recognisable as its a modification of one of my previous builds. The … Read more

HAving just taken the time to complete some more decals for my latest builds here is a couple of images of how I make and apply them. First up, get whatever you want as the image manipulated in your favourite editor. Moment of confession here: I use MS paint! LOL. Never got into PS or … Read more

So its been forever since I have updated this, and in that space of time I have completed 3 more effect builds. First up, I have to get this one documented as it caused me no end of frustration. It still isnt perfect as its a bit noisy, and I am not sure why, but … Read more

I decided to purchase my first pre-fabricated PCB. Ive wanted to make a delay pedal for a while and to be honest, you can do this on vero board, but it’s massive and I’ve heard nothing but good words said for the PCBs from Music PCB The PCB was around £14 total inc shipping and … Read more

About two weeks ago I populated a board for a Way Huge Red Llama copy. Initially I planned to simply box this up on its own, as I quite like Way Huge pedals, and heck, who doesnt need another overdrive / fuzz?! For the uninitiated, Red Llama is a hard-to-pigeonhole dirt box based on the … Read more

Today I dismantled one of my many previous SHO builds, by basically gutting the box, and redrilled for my nice high end connectors and 2.1mm power jack. I built into the box a nice Nintendo thing called a Thing-Ma-Bob: Its kinda wierd, really loud, but at a specific point in the pot travel you get … Read more