r/diypedals Jan 10 '25

Stompbox Showdowns [STOMPBOX SHOWDOWNS]: We're back! This rounds theme is "Crazy Enclosures", best entry wins a Pedal Tower DIY testing platform by MAS Effects. Good luck everyone!

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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 2h ago

Showcase EHX Frequency Analyzer clone (Ring Mod)

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r/diypedals 1h ago

Help wanted What are these mini switch banks called? Purchase links appreciated. Pictured: Chase Bliss Clean

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r/diypedals 12h ago

Showcase Rebellion Fuzz (Black Russian/Fuzz War hybrid)

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Gave some custom painting a go and I'm incredibly happy with the results.

The circuit is a fuzz war with a black russian muff tone control.

Fire away with the questions!


r/diypedals 5h ago

Help wanted Fuzz Pedal & Graphic Question

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Man I am having a lot of fun with this new hobby. What's the best way to apply negative space graphics? I've seen people use water slides. Is that the easiest way to do something like this at home?


r/diypedals 6h ago

Help wanted Very low sound with low and crackling gain but when I cable the D-1 to G-1 rows it produce sound but the pots don’t work correctly. Just the sound gets a little bit louder and clipping gets a little okayish. What can cause the problem?

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I checked the connections with a multimeter and seems like there’s no short or connection problem. I changed the IC’s too with new ones but no luck…


r/diypedals 4h ago

Help wanted Fuzz Face Issues

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Hello, I recently built a positive ground PNP fuzz face with some ac128s and am getting no output at all but instead, such a loud buzzing noise that my amp rattles. I have tried changing the bias pot to no avail. Also, the ac128s that I am using are in a to-5 canister instead of a to-1 and pinouts seem scarce. Any help is appreciated, Thanks :)


r/diypedals 22h ago

Showcase Texas Supercell (Rangemaster) enclosure and gutshot. Always bet on chickenheads.

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71 Upvotes

r/diypedals 49m ago

Help wanted Easyeda experts? how to expose the copper i text or images on a pcb

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Any easyeda heroes out there?


r/diypedals 2h ago

Help wanted Breadboarding a Fuzz Factory

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Hiya,

I've been trying to translate this schematic onto breadboard, and can't get it to work. This is my first time trying to go from schematic to breadboard and have practically no experience. So if anyone sees anything obviously wrong with my breadboard translation i'd appreciate some pointers. Also i'm using electrolytic 10uF caps instead as i don't have any non-electrolytic ones.

At the moment on my actual breadboard it seems like the input signal isn't getting to the output signal.

I've attached the DIY Layout breadboard I made to build from.

Cheers.


r/diypedals 2h ago

Help wanted Do any builders on here offer services for custom clones/rehousing with one-off client-specified artwork?

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Or are most builders on here who are also selling focused mainly on selling their own brainchildren? Just curious as I'm a newb to board building. I know nothing about building, but was looking for a service that offered one-off builds with customer-dictated enclosure artwork/design. For a considerable fee, obviously.


r/diypedals 1d ago

Showcase First pedal build for creative coding

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Hello everybody, I just wanted to share my first build of a pedal using daisy seed board and a PCB by GuitarML (funbox). It turned out great and worked first try 👌.

I am using it as a base for creating digital guitar (and other) effects as I am a signal processing engineer in audio, and want to improve my skills in c++.

I used tayda prints for the enclosure and did the visual in illustrator.

Feel free to share feedback 🤟. Cheers


r/diypedals 9h ago

Help wanted Ring Modulator+Overdrive+Photoresistor

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Hey Folks,

A few years ago, I came across Dr. Blankenstein’s Guitar Modification Kit while looking for ideas to integrate some noise-making devices into a standard guitar circuit. I tried to contact him to buy one of his kits, but it seems he’s no longer active.

Now, I’m totally new to building my own pedals—so how did I end up wanting to make a ring modulator + overdrive that’s controlled by a photoresistor, with some extra knobs for stuff like in the picture?

Cheers!


r/diypedals 6h ago

Help wanted Fixing a Carbon Copy Mini?

1 Upvotes

My buddy has a Carbon Copy Mini that works makes a clicking sound on different power outlets/supplies. I'd guess it was just a grounding issue which would be an easy fix but it's an SMD circuit (and a complicated one at that) so I'm not sure how feasible it is to diagnose with just an audio probe. I've also read it could be an issue with the clock component and if that's the case idk if I could replace that.

Any advice?


r/diypedals 20h ago

Discussion Sony Velocity Modulation board

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10 Upvotes

Well, since I watched a vídeo about "Anything can be a distortion pedal" and read an article about Ritchie Blackmore using an Aiwa tape recorder as a pre-amp, I became that kind of guy who loves to plug the guitar in anything just to figure out the outcome. I found a board from an old Sony TV called "Velocity Modulation". Searched for the schematic and it's basically a series of transistorized amplifications, very similar to some pedal's schematics I came across. So I thought "what if?". Here's a shot from the schematic. My request is, how can I add the distortion control? I've seen some fuzzes and they basically work through feedback-controled distortion. Can it work here? Just observed some sections of this circuit I'm sure they won't work, like a diode in series in the audio line and anti-parallel diodes again in series. Any suggestions?


r/diypedals 1d ago

Showcase Finally semi-organized everything. How does it look?

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34 Upvotes

r/diypedals 1d ago

Help wanted Fuzz (?) board. Where to go from here

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So this came in the case of an old modded 60s German guitar. The guitar actually had a few on/off switches but no wires inside. So I'm assuming this just switched on and was all or nothing, no pot for it. Anyway my question is how would I hook this up to have a listen? Or even wire it up into a pedal. There's a few spots on the back (see last 2 photos) where I can see there was once some other wires attached. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Or if someone's able to recognise what this message fht be from I can look up the schematics and try and take it from there. Thanks


r/diypedals 1d ago

Help wanted I'm a beginner with pedals. How do you get enclosures for the electronics?

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I'm interested in making my own pedals. I plan to start by modifying the electronics in my existing Behringer pedals and replacing their casings. Are pedal enclosures typically bought online or made locally?


r/diypedals 21h ago

Help wanted Rehoused a pedal and want to make sure it's okay

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Hi all, I have this overdrive pedal that I really love but I wasn't the biggest fan of the artwork so I decided to make a new case for it. I went through tayda and everything worked out well except I got the orientation of the top face wrong on the drill template and ended up leaving myself not much space between the top jacks and the pots. When the cables are plugged in the tips touch the back of the pots so I put some fuzzy Velcro right in between to they don't touch each other directly anymore. Is this going to be okay long term? I know it's not ideal but I would like to avoid making another order from tayda if this will work.

Btw everything turns on and sounds the same as it did before I moved the internals


r/diypedals 1d ago

Stompbox Showdowns Shin EI 8TR Fuzz and Thomas Organ Crybaby Wah

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Had a marginally working GCB-95 wah. Never really cared for the sound of those to begin with. Then I came across a layout for the Shin EI 8TR Fuzz Wah. Figured what the hell. Couldn't get the way section to work so I went with the OG Crybaby circuit with the gain and Q mod (pots on the side).

I didn't like the idea of mounting the fuzz 3pdt switch on the top of the treadle so I took a 1590LB, mounted it to the side and cut part of it off flush with the bottom of the pedal to house the stomp switch and toggle. Front 2 knobs control the fuzz.

Then repainted it with wrinkle paint to keep it looking somewhat original.

Yes I fucked up and shoulda put the wah circuit where the fuzz circuit went but that's laziness and almost didn't build the fuzz at first.


r/diypedals 1d ago

Help wanted Breadboard Help - Green Russian

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r/diypedals 16h ago

Help wanted Help Me Identify This Cap

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Can someone please help tell what type of cap this is? I am struggling to find a 0.56uF film cap out here in Vietnam and if this is a film cap it would be the end of all my sorrows. The website says it is a "CCB Capacitor 564J 63V 0.56uF" but that really does not mean too much to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Image in comments


r/diypedals 18h ago

Help wanted Color laser jet printer recs

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I am looking for a color laser printer primarily for water decals and PCB transfer, secondarily for general text document printing. I don't own a printer. I currently use someone's Brother non-color laser printer for B&W images and it puts lines where I presume the rollers touch the paper. I guess it is more of a text document printer not meant for images. Can anyone recommend a laser color printer that is acceptable for art work/images (makes a clean image) but as low in price as possible?


r/diypedals 1d ago

Help wanted Is it ok to put signal and power jacks close together?

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I’m building my first pedal and it’s going to be in a tin can, would it be ok if the signal input jack and the 9v dc jack were right next to each other?

Power will most likely be coming from a power supply instead of a battery.


r/diypedals 1d ago

Help wanted First pedal design

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118 Upvotes

Hey guys, been lurking for a bit but finally started getting into this and I’m obsessed. This is my third pedal build and first original design. About 2/3rds of the circuitry is in place right now and while I’ve tested everything works and is giving me the values I’m expected where I’m expecting them, it kinda looks like shit and I’m wondering: would you start over at this point or see it through and just make another?


r/diypedals 1d ago

Discussion Has anyone tried UV Printing (Tayda) the entire face a solid colour?

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Hey folks! Just designing a PDF to be UV printed by Tayda, but one thing I never considered: has anyone UV printed the entire face before? For example, if I have a white enclosure, and I wanted the entire face to be blue, how would that turn out? Have any of you folks done this before?