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Still not got the multimeter or the prototyping board, but they must surely come tomorrow.... he says.... Anyways, in response to posts: Deafening people is the least of my worries at the moment to be honest, lol. I MAY have cooked the transistors, since I've never soldered before I wouldnt know, but I highly doubt it, and I have plenty spare anyways. Either way I'll find out when I get the multimeter. The EH logo looks cool I reckon. Ordered a plastic case for mine since I plan on getting the finished product in the smallest housing possible, so I'm using the current one as a tester. Am well aware that radio interference could be an issue with the plastic case. I theoretically have enough to make 2 of these pedals, if someone is in any way interested in the 2nd one, although I'm having more than enough trouble getting the first one to work before I can think about a second, plus I may test one for buffering for use with an active bass. I'm sure there's other stuff that I'm missing, but that's what the edit button is for. Will post back when there is some progress with stuff. Cheers.

Ta very much for the link mate, never heard of that method before. Regarding the transistors, I didn't use sockets so that can't be the problem, though I might have cooked the transistors I spose. Cheers for the advice, much appreciated.

Maybe one in each loop?

Was obviously getting ahead of myself with the active bass issues, since I've managed to completely cock up the build somehow. No idea what's wrong with it, but have ordered a solderless prototyping breadboard and a multimeter so that I can try and sniff out the problem. I know the circuit isn't complicated, I just suck serious ass at this obviously. Still, I'm gonna get this thing sorted and working if it kills me

Cheers mate, hopefully it'll all go smoothly. Then if it does my next problem will be how it gets on with active basses, since it has a strong reputation for not liking them, as my main bass is a Cort Artisan A5. I do have a nice red Ibanez GSR190 knocking around though lol...

^ Excellent, was dreading trying to get it right on stripboard and messing it up. PM'd!

Finally got round to ordering a while ago, they didnt have any 4k99 resistors so got some 5k1's instead, that ok? Also got myself a 3PDT switch off of ebay, since that seems to be the best way to go, so all I need to do now is translate the schematic into a stripboard diagram, which I'm bound to get wrong at least a dozen times lol. Starting to think I may have bitten off a bit more than I'd bargained for, but I'll post my complete parts list (with prices) and a stripboard diagram when (or if!) I've come up with one, in case anyone is interested or is looking to do the same build.

Excellent, thanks a lot for the replies, I think I'll get down to some ordering tomorrow!

Good stuff, looks like I can order everything I need from just 1 site then. Do I want to make the 10nF's multi's then as well? Would this be better/make any kind of difference?

Ahhh I see. The 100uF electrolytic caps come in 16/25/35/etc V types, what difference does this make, if any? The only 220nF's stocked by bitsbox are 'Multilayer' ceramic capacitors, is this what I'm looking for?

Wow, fast reply! Ok cool, so I can switch the 500k pot out for a 470k one, and the 2k pot can be switched out for a 2k2 one? Regarding the different types of caps on the schematic - there are those shown as two solid black rectangles, and 2 others shown as one black and one white rectangle - I assume that the former are the equivalent of the pF ones, and the latter the equaivalent of the nF ones on [url="http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/cercaps.html"]this list[/url]? I'm also guessing that all these components off of the bitsbox site will be of sufficient quality to build a pedal like this? Cheers again, sorry for the noob questions ^_^

Hey there, looking to build one of these 'fuzz clones', using this schematic [url="http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/5816/woollysd1.jpg"]here[/url], but while the 10k pots are available [url="http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/resistors/potentiometers.html"]here[/url] (does it matter which of these 10k pots i go for?), they do not have the 2k or 500k pots. Could I use a 1k instead of the 2k? I assume the 470k would be fine as a replacement for the 500k? Also I have no idea where to start with [url="http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/caps.html"]capacitors[/url], so translating the caps on that schematic into what I would actually need to buy from there would be very much appreciated. In case it wasn't painfully obvious this will be my first attempt at anything like this Cheers EDIT: By the way, let me know if I need to remove that schematic link.

OK excellent. I'll let you go without shooting you due to the good answer, but feel free to do it yourself Seriously though, ta

Ok cool thanks for the replies. Can i just run this off of a standard plug then (as in one for pedals), or do they have to be run through a pedal that has both power 'in' and 'out' sockets in order to daisy chain, as a lot of people seem to do (e.g. tuners)?

Hey there, My guitarist's birthday is coming up, and he has a (minor) issue with powering pedals. Am I to understand that something like [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-WAY-SPIDER-TO-POWER-EFFECTS-PEDALS_W0QQitemZ260387875417QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item3ca053aa59&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]this[/url] or [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GUITAR-EFFECT-PEDAL-POWER-SUPPLY-DAISY-CHAIN-5-PEDALS_W0QQitemZ320418036458QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item4a9a673aea&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]this[/url] or [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/7-POINT-DAISY-CHAIN-CONNECT-POWER-TO-7-PEDALS-QUALITY_W0QQitemZ280247648636QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item41400fc17c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]this[/url] would sort out the problem with no other equipment. In other words, do these things work by you plugging in a current 9V power supply, with the same 'end' as the rest of the daisy chain consists of, into the 1 end on the daisy chain that is different, then plugging the rest into all of the pedals that you want to power? Do these things make pedals noisy, or have any other downsides? It just all seems too good to be true that you can use one plug and one of these daisy chain things, rather than half a dozen (or more) plugs. Im sure this question has been answered all over the place, but I couldn't find it anywhere here. Cheers guys.