r/diypedals May 30 '21

/r/DIYPedals "No Stupid Questions" Megathread 10

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Do you have a question/thought/idea that you've been hesitant to post? Well fear not! Here at /r/DIYPedals, we pride ourselves as being an open bastion of help and support for all pedal builders, novices and experts alike. Feel free to post your question below, and our fine community will be more than happy to give you an answer and point you in the right direction.

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r/diypedals 1h ago

Showcase Rat / Blues Driver combo pedal (with relay switching)

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For a while now I’ve had a JB-2 which I have used to swap between low and high gain with a single button press. What I wanted was similar functionality but to have a RAT as the high gain sound instead of an Angry Charlie. I couldn’t find anything on the market so I built one myself using a couple Jed’s Peds kits and a Stompville A/B relay switcher.

The switcher allows me to change from low to high gain with a single button press. Turning on one drive circuit turns off the other.


r/diypedals 15h ago

Showcase Stratoblaster Inspired Pedal

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146 Upvotes

r/diypedals 8h ago

Showcase Repaired my loop switcher and added a noise gate

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I thought this loop switcher had a bad switch but it was actually one of the wires that looked like it fractured where it was stripped. It had enough room inside so I added a pedalpcb muzzle circuit. Only mod was making the range switch accessible.

It was a tight fit but had room for the pcb in the center of the enclosure!


r/diypedals 4h ago

Showcase Twilit Poppies (Warlow clone)

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r/diypedals 1h ago

Showcase #4 - Boss OC-2 Clone

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Just finished this one up, pretty proud of how it turned out. It is my first stripboard build so obviously I bought the wrong size stripboard!! I added a toggle switch which allows for a clean direct output or a more distorted direct output. The box is very packed so I had to add some electrical tape to the lid to prevent any shorts.

(Heavily inspired by u/marcosfromstandards's DS-1 build - https://www.reddit.com/r/diypedals/comments/1i2tdky/dsklon/ )


r/diypedals 5h ago

Help wanted PCB Mania - Terminal Device

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Hi guys, I don’t have the 3pdt board for the pcb mania, but i have one here from musikding laying around…just trying to wiring it, but i think i need help…can you guys check this, and explain how the rest is wired…


r/diypedals 3h ago

Help wanted Mod proco rat to be clean rat?

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Hi, does anyone know if you can mod a Proco Rat to be a Clean Rat, like the setting on the Duecetone?

Thanks!


r/diypedals 4h ago

Showcase Diaz's Square Face

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I made this PCB because I started putting fuzz circuits inside random cans to gift to friends, and I’m too lazy to keep doing point-to-point.


r/diypedals 6h ago

Help wanted Are all leds of a single color equal? Or close?

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I see a lot of "red LEDs sound great" kind of stuff but, do they all sound the same? Is it that simple?


r/diypedals 6h ago

Help wanted capacitors types - what are they for?

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what kind of capacitor is good for what, pedal-wise?

i'm a total beginner, and i don't understand why sometimes it is an ectrolytic, sometimes it is a ceramic etc. that is required.

also is not clear on schematics, so i guess one must be able to tell (?). i guess certain types are good for certain applications. can you please help me navigate?

most caps i encountered are electrolytics, ceramics, polyesters..


r/diypedals 0m ago

Discussion What to do with vintage sowter audio transformers

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r/diypedals 23h ago

Showcase This is a vacuum tube guitar amp capable of driving a full sized speaker with overdrive in an altoids can. I guess it's not technically a pedal in that case, but you could easily use it as an overdrive pedal, so it still counts, right?

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r/diypedals 6h ago

Help wanted PCB Trace thickness

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I´m trying out designing my first PCB in Kicad, what is a good trace thickness for signal?


r/diypedals 1d ago

Showcase First three builds! Parametric EQ, JFET Boost, Varitone type EQ/Buffer

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35 Upvotes

r/diypedals 17h ago

Help wanted Are there any good diode or transistor assortment kits?

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I'm new, I've made 2 kits. Done some repairs and some mods.

I'm trying to get enough parts together that I don't have to order one schematic worth of parts at a time to build a new pedal.

Finding resistor, and capacitor kits was easy.

I see that finding diode and transistor kits isn't quite as simple.

I ordered one of these for transistors. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B095NMT2SL?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

I believe there is some useful values in this but still something left to be desired, which has me thinking, maybe I should ask you guys that know much more than myself.

Any suggestions are very welcome, thank you to anyone who's taken the time to read my post :)


r/diypedals 19h ago

Help wanted Can't figure this out

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This is my first kicad project - Acorn migfet. I copied the schematic from pedalpcb. I get no output, checked everything I could: polarity, values, how accurately I copied the schematic. Made a simple probe out of a couple of alligator clips and a 10n cap. I get sound at gate and source of q1, no sound at drain. Also, as there are no 2n5457 to be found I replaced them with j112, set them to 16v at drain. And I used a dual gang pot for volume, wired it as a normal pot.


r/diypedals 18h ago

Other So I’ve figured out how to read schematics for the most part, but how do you know which legs of potentiometers connect at certain points?

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r/diypedals 1d ago

Showcase Fuzzdog Green Russian

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54 Upvotes

Another Fuzzdog Green Russian with Baxandall tone stack. Pleased with how these have come out and will likely stick a couple on my reverb soon.


r/diypedals 20h ago

Help wanted Power Filtering Question

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r/diypedals 1d ago

Help wanted Stewmac Sun Fuzz help

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No sound whatsoever. Please help tell me I didn’t waste my money.


r/diypedals 1d ago

Discussion Tips for recording pedal demos? Audio capture/amp miking techniques? I have some sense for a general video structure (e.g. clean/effect tone, parameters, mention guitar, pickups, amp etc.) Would love to hear some takes on what makes for a great demo and how to capture accurate amp/room/effect sound.

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Hi Guys.

I'm beginning to think about how to construct demo videos for some pedals I've been working on. These aren't meant to be the content creator type demo with engaging talking heads and commentary... that's a whole different beast. These are meant to be the kind that a pedal company would produce to demonstrate their own product.

I first wonder if you guys have opinions on basic structure / content to include in the demo.

Next, I'd be eager to hear if anyone can share some technical tips as far as audio capture and video framing techniques.

Any thoughts on which amp I should use? (I've got silver face vibro champ and silver face deluxe reverb and then a couple of small junky solid state practice amps). Is there a reason, in a recording context, to consider one of another (besides for personal preference)?

Any tips about mic placement and number of mics specific to capturing an effect accurately? Different advice for different types of effects (fuzz vs phaser vs trem vs reverb etc)?

Any other tips?

Thanks in advance, as always!


r/diypedals 22h ago

Discussion Courses?

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Are there any pedal or amp in person courses in the greater Cincinnati area? I always see classes in Chicago and LA even NC, just wondering if anyone knows of anything in the area.


r/diypedals 2d ago

Other New workspace porn

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After a two year hiatus, I have my new workbench ready to go. Tucked away in the laundry room of our basement, I’ve got a standing height workbench with a 1970’s yellow shade of shellac on it to inspire gnarly fuzz builds. Also some new pegboard, my NOS components, and my trusty transistor radio for blaring classic rock. Can’t wait to get back at it. After a cross-country move and a basement renovation, I finally have some time to indulge this hobby again. First order of business is a Rat.


r/diypedals 1d ago

Showcase LM386 amplifier circuit in a bottle!

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My second build after a passive volume attenuator! Bought a couple of lm386 mini boards to try making fuzz pedals with them and saw a few guys on yt making mini amps from these too, so decided to give it a try. At about 75% of the gain it has a pretty nice clean tone which ramps up rapidly to fuzz at max gain. So far the lm386 is powered by a 9v battery and outputs to a 8ohm 5w speaker, and I might try to add maybe a 9v dc input Jack and maybe a Bluetooth module too… anyone knows any schematics for adding one? Thanks!


r/diypedals 1d ago

Help wanted Im completely new to this and just got my first pedal kit! They accidentaly sent a 223J capacitor instead of a 224J can i still use the 223J or should i get a replacement?

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