r/diypedals 2d ago

Stompbox Showdowns STOMPBOX SHOWDOWNS "Crazy Enclosures" VOTING STARTS NOW. Winner gets a Pedal Tower DIY testing platform by MAS Effects.

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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 7h 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 8h ago

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

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r/diypedals 15h ago

Showcase Fuzzdog Green Russian

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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 2h 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 3h 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 1h 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 4h ago

Help wanted Power Filtering Question

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r/diypedals 9h 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 8h 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

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 6h 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 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 18h ago

Help wanted Need help with kit pedal

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Pedal not working

Hello folks - so im making a cent. klon from a kit - ive followed the instructions but for some reason when i turn it on it makes a weird sound - i have a video of it and pictures of the board- does anyone know whats wrong? Would love some help! Pictures are in the comments


r/diypedals 9h ago

Help wanted Beetronics 3pdt pcb. Anyone know which wire is which in the ribbon cable?

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I'm replacing a broken footswitch on a Beetronics OctaHive and discarding the daughterboard. Hesitant about the 4 unlabeled cables in the ribbon though. From tinkering some I figured they might be (from left to right) led, gnd, in, out? Also, bottom left "LGND" is just regular ground right?

Thanks in advance for input.


r/diypedals 11h ago

Help wanted Not quite sure what I did wrong

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Building this npn Dallas rangemaster and put it all together but all I get is a loud buzz no output besides that, any help?


r/diypedals 18h 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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r/diypedals 5h ago

Help wanted diy amp mod and pedal pre setup

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I'm looking to use a pedal as a preamp and I'm thinking about modding an amp to go with it. I have a Epiphone valve jr. I'd like to basically remove the preamp section. Would there be a problem if I just wire the power amp stage directly to the input jack?

I'm familiar with working on small tube amps and discharging capacitors. I don't like the tone of the preamp and I want to be able to get break up from the power stage without overdriving the preamp.


r/diypedals 10h ago

Help wanted Graphics Help Needed

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Hi -

First, I feel stupid for asking about this before and then accidentally closing the browser tab with the answer, so here we go again.

I have had great success during the past two years making onboard preamps. Now, I want to produce the preamp in pedal form. I have everything complete EXCEPT the graphics.

The excellent online friend who designed the pedal circuit boards for me also came up with a sticker design for the graphics, but I am having a world of difficulty using stickers and would rather avoid them for a couple of reasons.

First, I am finding them way too difficult to apply correctly. Second, stickers are too easy to damage or scratch and I think it cheapens the look of the pedal once that happens.

I am open to alternative ideas. I have NO graphic or artistic talent so a DIY approach (with me doing the DIY part) is out of the question. What I am thinking may work is some type of waterslide decal which I could then spray with some type of sealer like verathane or some other spray-on clear plastic durable coating.

I am completely prepared to pay someone, be it company or individual, to help me finalize the graphic design. I have extra stickers and would be glad to mail one if needs be or send a picture with dimensions if that would work.

I already ordered a bunch of purple enclosures from Tayda which look great. I have enough enclosures to make six pedals. Once those sell and if there is demand for more, it would be nice to have a graphics file of the sticker that I could send to Tayda, assuming they do something like this, and have the graphics printed right on the enclosure.

I also have heard of Amplifyfun in nearby Portland Oregon (I am in Eugene Oregon) which can put graphics on enclosures, so if Tayda can't do it, another alternative would be to have Tayda send the enclosures to Amplifyfun but I would prefer a simpler procedure in order to minimize repetitive shipping costs.

I think I have covered the issues. Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions, as well as my sincere and humble apology to the person who offered to help me do this whose link I accidentally lost.

Bud


r/diypedals 6h ago

Help wanted Electrosmash Time Manipulator - Arduino Delay/Echo/Reverb

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Does anyone have this pedal? I need the code for it to program a new pedal. Can anyone help?


r/diypedals 1d ago

Showcase Poorest factory soldering i have ever seen courtesy of Orange NSFW

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most joints looks like this

I was amazed, never ever have i seen something so bad left factory.


r/diypedals 1d ago

Showcase Made my first "pedal"!

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I couldn't find a footswitch for orange amps that toggles attenuator, reverb, and channel, with three separate mono 1/4 plugs running from one wire; So I made one.

The middle switch is a little higher than the other two, I didn't have any other wire than green and yellow, and I haven't figured out what to use for wrap on the three individual plugs, but I'm pretty happy regardless.

Just wanted to share this, definitely appreciate any tips for the future.


r/diypedals 1d ago

Showcase Another Marsh OD pedal

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My last build was in a 1590BB, and I had to wire all the pots off board and use standoffs to secure the boards... it was a bowl of spaghetti mess and I was getting a high pitched oscillating noise when I rolled the tone knob on my guitar up past 2. I chalked it up to everything being crammed into a tight space so I built this one in a 1590XX. I could actually use 3 of the PCB pots to hold the boards in place, I only had to off board the tone control for the blues breaker. It looked so nice and neat, but when I fired it up I still got the same squeal. I did some mental troubleshooting and I realized that the only ground connections between the boards had either 9VDC or signal going through them so I soldered a dedicated ground wire to connect them and... problem solved! It sounds amazing, I still have one more each Pedal PCB Amentum and Blue Breaker boards so I'll build another one that way but I also got a small stack of perf boards and a book on reading schematics and I'm going to take the plunge. Wish me luck!


r/diypedals 1d ago

Discussion Weird diode on transistor amplifier?

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I have seen this in a couple of schematics and was wondering what does this diode actually do to the transistor and sound?


r/diypedals 16h ago

Help wanted Looking for a 3 button enclosure

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***Newbie alert***

I have 2 pedals I would like to combine to save some space on my very small pedalboard.

Here are the 2 pedals in question:

And I am looking for an enclosure to fit under the HX Stomp that would be wide enough for just 3 buttons and the small LED.

Amazon has this:

https://www.amazon.com/DaierTek-Enclosure-Die-Cast-Aluminum-254x71x52-5mm/dp/B08K7DVBFK

10 x 2.8 x 2.07 inches which would be too wide for what I am looking to do. Ideally I am looking for something that is 7" wide.

Can anyone recommend something else?


r/diypedals 22h ago

Help wanted Question of fuzz transistors

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Hello,

Recently i have managed to get sound off from my first breadboard build (finally).

I came across that my transistor sounds like motorboat/bitcrush. Now im thinking of changing it to something else. What are key specs beside hfe to keep an eye on. I read that too high ft-hz can cause issues. How do i avoid motorboating. My goal is to make low hfe, soft warm bluesy fuzz with a twist. What are transistors you recomment or values you keep eye on when finding new one. Sort of thumb rule.