LukeFRC

interesting... i was playing with the SFT circuit earlier and one of the things i noticed was that it was very loud and boosted the signal a fair bit.

Now I had intended to wire the thing up

inst--> SFT ---> Big muff ----> chorus ---> out to amp

I wonder if it would make more sense to wire it up

inst--> Big muff ----> chorus ---> SFT ---> out to amp

what you think guys?

okay, next question. what do you want it for? at the moment if that cuircuit works (and I don't know enough about electronics to kknow if it does) when the input signal gets above a certain level the lights go on. There is no way of setting the level.
depending on what you want it for would [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=26071"]this kit work[/url]? it may be easy to modify the mic input into a jack input.... and if it worked it would flash according to volume...

so the transistor lets through the current when it gets a signal from the guitar? to flash the lights on?
Is it compensated for a guitar level input?

eh? it's a wee bit tae english that

in fact.... i have a load of these in cream, 19mm for 6.3mm shafts


need 3/4 more knobs of some kind. anybody got any spare i could have off you? (should prob put this in the items wanted bit but think wil get more views here from ppl who build things)

I ordered a few weeks back and got worried they still existed! The guy emailed back to confirm for me!
Yeah is it £12 or more and you have to start paying VAT?

Going back to my drill dillemas, my local DIY store didn't have any cone step drill bit things. A 12 mm bit was £13! In the sale a Bosch 100 bit set of bits and screw driver heads was only £14. I bought that,used a 10mm and wiggled!

All holes drilled, painted red, all parts in way. Im just short two resistors and one cap for rigging up the power supply inside. Oh and I forgot to order knobs.

[quote name='bass5' post='760189' date='Feb 28 2010, 09:42 PM']Me, none except for a compressor. (pictured below)

frankly speaking unless you are Doug Wimbish, or Stuart Hamm, if you play in a band doing covers or playing a particular style you'll find you'll hardly use effects. We are not guitarists after all we don't need any of that w@nking stuff

I've gone through a lot of effects pedals and ended up selling them all back because to me they just add unwanted noise to the otherwise beautiful natural sound of a bass going through a decent amp.

When you play in a band your singer and your drummer need to rely on your fundamental backbone, not your echo, chorus flairs, or wah wah sweeps, no Sir.

This is all I take with me.

(photo of mark bass compressor, I took it out as it would just make the page long!)[/quote]

I agree to an extent. I think it depends on how much space the particular band has to fill. Sometimes some effects can be used nicely if done sensitively. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog"]An extream example, the guy from muse is given so much space in the sound he can fill it with effects. [/url]
Me, I can't seem to get on with any kind of compression and like a bit of OD when i dig in on some songs. For some of the stuff I play currently at church the chorus would be usefull.

just found this thread.
I have to say that that is possibly the first ever single cut ive liked the shape of.
I like the indent for the jack to go in.

The only thing I don't really like the the slabby-ness of it, it would be nice if the edges were not as harsh. although you said how you were carving it a few pages ago and looking at the tools you said you're using I understand why! Whenever I've had to similar I've had access to a big version of one of these

[quote name='JackLondon' post='759492' date='Feb 27 2010, 10:29 PM']I'm "attempting" to build : Small Clone Chorus, Rebote 2 Delay and MXR Envelope Filter all of them based on tonepad.com projects! I'm just ordering parts and stuff but couldn't find those capacitors anywhere![/quote]

Impressive stuff you're making! Im having a go at the small clone from tonepad. Buying a board from them. I'll keep up with how your build is going!

try....

[url="http://www.justradios.com/uFnFpF.html"]http://www.justradios.com/uFnFpF.html[/url]

to convert cap values.

try mouser.com they have a bewildering range of stuff.

hehe I'm learning! I recognised what that was from looking at the schematic sometime!

yep, ive been trawling those.
I'm changing all the resistor and cap values to match those of a green russian big muff. also think there may be a coulple of componants in a different order on torchies layout.

anyway, parts ordered, Forgot the knobs so and a couple of componants for the power supply so the will have to maplin it up for them

well due to me buying a larger enclosure that I needed, and the fact I'll have to wait a wee while for the circuit board to turn up I've modified my plans slightly back to the original idea.....

now it will be (based on)

Overdrive ---- Fuzz ---- chorus.
catalinbread SFT Sovtek Green Muff EH Small CLone.....

Here's to it working!

that is just what i wanted! thanks nick!

anyone know of a good veroboard layout for a big muff? (not the one with the ICs)

[quote name='mancunianfox' post='757553' date='Feb 25 2010, 08:44 PM']Which circuit is it that you have built for that side of the pedal?[/quote]

Catlinbread SFT clone

So I've just had it working with the P bass through it.

Amazed.
-Firstly with the gain right down the tone controls are very powerful. But in a musical way, I think it's a 'Baxandall' tone stack whatever that is. Sometimes when playing it feels like I've just got a guitar an octave down, just not enough bass, and the Eq on the amp doesn't seem to solve this... I've just found the solution.

-secondly.... it overdrives when I dig in. yay! I could set it to my playing style. Flat out sounds pretty good and the tone of the OD is quite well effected by the tone controls.

This thing sounds like I want a bass to sound! Very very impressed.

Looks like a nice little build. I think it was this one that made me go "i could make that!" and so I did. Very tempted to stick a Big muff type fuzz circuit in my pedal too!

[quote name='cameltoe' post='756296' date='Feb 24 2010, 06:03 PM']A step by step would be awesome if you're feeling up to it!

I've always fancied building my own pedals, and as I'm in the market for a fuzz the idea of making my own on the cheap is even better. Unfortunately the only electronics work i've done is a basic wiring upgrade. I can handle soldering wires, but how to all the little resistors, capacitors, chips and whatever else, attach themselves to the circuit board? Witchcraft?

I've got a Behringer DC9 compression pedal and it's got a fake stomp switch. It annoys me a bit so I bought a real switch thinking it wouldn't be too hard to change over. I gave up just looking at it.[/quote]


this site is good for info about stuff [url="http://www.beavisaudio.com/"]http://www.beavisaudio.com/[/url]
once you know what things do I've been treating it as paint by numbers.

[quote name='mancunianfox' post='756611' date='Feb 24 2010, 11:08 PM']Anyone got any advice on making pcb's? After doing a pcb build I don't think I could cope with veroboard again. I'll probably make a right hash of etching those though.[/quote]

I looked into it but think it is beyond me. Ordered one from a website from states. Wouldn't be adverse to learning. drilling the holes looked to be the hardest part

late at night so could only play it at a low low low low volume... but it works! Oh yeah it does!!!!!! my very own clone of a catlinbread SFT.... now waiting on the PCB arriving for the other half

it's there, but low low volume. gain control not giving me overdrive. very quiet. something's wrong. sleep now


bingo, found it

okayyyy it works kinda.... gain and volume max you can hear stuff and change the bass and treble, although not working brilliantly and doesn't work less than max, maybe i soldered the pot on upside down as it is a log penteometer... i guess going over each part with a multimeter is how you check it?

it is only the biggest cap in the build it forgot too!

well this is my christmas money from my grandparents. Grandad was a naval engineer so was overjoyed when I told him what i was spending the money they gave me on. He wouldn't be impressed if it didnt work!