Hoof

...And i'm back! Here is a clone of the EQD Hoof. I did this as a trade to my friend Evan. He gave me all the AWESOME Spawn figures before. His original hoof died and was broke due to COVID-19 and him being out of work. He did find a couple more spawn figures and what can I say...I'm a sucker for spawn stuff! So I built him a new Hoof pedal. This is almost a exact copy. I used some 2n2222 Transistors for this build, I think they sound a bit better. This wasn't my cleanest wiring job but hey, they can't all be perfect! Anyways here are a couple pictures. I didn't shoot a video but we all know what a modified muff sounds like. Enjoy!
-Mike-

The Great Destroyer

Hello all,
This is my layout of the "Machete". The Machete was designed by Rej and his team at grind customs fx. This is an Ugly Face with LFO mods. The LFO has an on off switch that bypasses the the lfo all together. I designed the PCB out of "need", I have a friend that is looking for one and Rej's store is down. I asked if i could do my own layout and the "unicorn slayer" gave me permission. Any way her are some pictures and a quick video. Thanks for looking / watching.

And here is a quick video with an awesome 90's Filter riff!!!

Hunter Fuzz

Hello all,
A while ago I did a work a like to the Shoegazer fuzz. This is a Soda Meiser with a Torn's Peaker cascaded into it. Its a VERY cool and Doomy sounding fuzz. Each on their own can get pretty gnarly but together they can conquer galaxies!! I used an etched face plate that I did the art layout for. I'll try to get a demo up soon. Thanks for reading!

Been SUPER busy!

Hey All,
     I've been insanely busy as of late. Including staring a new job at Fishman! I've completed a few builds but haven't had too much time in the shop. Here are a few that I've finished since my last post.

This is a "Dummy" box that i did for Darren. It basically simulates a speaker load on a guitar head so you can do "silent" recording. Here is a picture.

This is a 0415 fuzz synth that I did for Chris in Pray For Sound. The Faceplate was etched on black PCB and the art layout was also done by me.

The last is a Mastodon Fuzz. The PCB Layout was done by me for my friend at BLMS. He sells them in his store HERE. The art and enclosure etch we both done by me as well.

I'll try to get a demo of the fuzz up soon. Thanks for reading guys!

-Mike-

Eye Ball Delay

Hello Gang,
       Last night I was able to wrap up yet another build. This one is a Madbeans Cave dweller "dub edition". What the dub edition means is that there are 2 of the PT2399 chips incorporated in this design. This (almost) doubles the available delay time.In this version two controls are combined (dwell and echo) and a "Mix" pot is added for extra texture. There are limitations with any PT2399 delay but this one certainly pushes those boundaries. One of the reasons I like this delay is, It's DARK! It almost resembles an older Boss DM2. Yes, I know, "Mike, no PT delay will ever sound as good as a DM2". Calm down, I said resembles. Anyways, This was Boxed in an enclosure that Dan Minner did for me...He likes eye balls. Which is cool with me, cause I like it weird! HAHA!, Well, here are some pictures. I'll get a video of it up soon. Thanks for reading.

WTF(uzz)

Hello Readers,
        I did a multi build a while back and realized that I really loved the fuzz that I put into it. It isn't a super complicated build buy any means but this thing is BRUTAL! I love the tone and minimal options on it. There are 2 toggles and 1 knob. The toggle on the right controls the wave and the toggle on the left is an intensity boost. The knob controls the overall output of the fuzz, This is by far one of my favorites. I might just do a Fabbed PCB for it. It is a DBA Harmonic Transformer clone. The enclosure art was done by Dan at A.D.D Effects. Here are some pictures for you. I'll try to get a video up soon. Thanks guys.

D-Verb rehoused

Hello all,
      Lets start with the easiest. A long time ago I build a mini reverb for my friend Darren (see LINK). He texted me and said that it was acting weird. It turns out that one of the jacks came loose and the threads got stripped. So I grabbed the pedal from him and decided to do a new enclosure for it. The paint was chipping on the old one and it needed a face lift. you'll see all that in the pictures. The circuit is a 1776 Rub-A-Dub reverb. The PCB layout was done by Jon Patton and etched by me. If you are planning to attempt this build BUY MORE THAN ONE ENCLOSURE. I can a;most guarantee you will screw up on the first one (if you're a dummy like me haha!).here are a couple pictures.

Green fuzz

Hey guys,
     Here is another Hunter Fuzz build I completed. The person I built this for wanted the distressed beat up look so that's what her got. This was just a standard Devi ShoeGazer clone. It's on the PCB that I designed. It came out pretty cool looking. Any ways here are some pictures for you. Enjoy.

A couple of customer builds

Hello All,
    So I have here a couple of builds for people that have emailed me for a special request. The first is an A / B / Y switch. This was done for a forum member by the mane of Space6oy on the ILF forum. He wanted this as an alternative to getting a Morley switch. The reason he didn't want the Morley switch was because it only runs on batteries. So I did a custom dill and art lay out for him and put it together. Here are a couple pictures.

      Next we have an UglyFace. This is actually a GCFX Machete. The Machete was based on the UglyFace which is a IC driven filter fuzz. There were aftermarket mods done to most of these that incorperated an LFO section to make it crazier. I Have never played one before I built this. now I "NEED" one. It's pretty cool, I'll post the video after I upload it. Dan Minner from A.D.D. Effects did the enclosure for the UglyFace. MARVEL at his work!

     Again thanks for reading! Please check out the links on the side for my face book and what not, Thanks again.

-Mike-

Super Busy!!!

Hey All,
    I've been so busy lately. Still building and what not. I had a customer get in touch with me for a pretty complicated built and have had a lot of other things on the docket. I finally finished boxing one of my prototype boards last night. I'm going to test it tonight and make sure it works and fuzzes and works fine. I also have been working on a few projects with Dan Minner at A.D.D Effects and talking about possibly doing a short run of pedals. Pretty exciting stuff. I also populated a bunch of boards for me and my friend Matt. Here are some pictures for you.

Here is a picture of a few of the projects i have going on right now!

These are the enclosures I did for the Prototype fuzzes I did. They came out pretty bad ass!

I scored these aluminum knobs on eBay. 422 of them HOLY CRAP!!!

I'll do a full build report on the Fuzz once I test it and I'm sure it is 100% Thanks for reading.

-Mike-

Wu-Tang Clan is for the KIDS!!!

Hey Everyone,
     Here is the Rumble Fuzz! This is a rendition of the "Bumble Buzz" by Jack Whites record label. I did quite a bit of research on this and discovered that the Bumble Buzz is actually a clone of the Kay Fuzztone. The Kay Fuzztone is a vintage circuit that has been duplicated time and time again. Originally it was built in an expression pedal that allowed you to adjust the fuzz level with you foot and adjust the volume level on the side of the enclosure. The circuit has been modified to have anywhere from 4 -1 knobs. This version has "1" knob. I put the 1 in parenthesis because there are actually no knobs. I modified it to have a volume control inside the pedal as a trim pot. My customer wanted a similar pedal to the Jack White one. Jacks pedal has no knobs so this was my solution.
     The Fuzz effect is pretty cool on this pedal. It works well with other pedals and alone. The fuzz by its self is a bit crackly sounding, much like a vintage fuzz would be, and when paired with a distortion it gets pretty thick and spattery. Not quite as spatery as a fuzz factory but still pretty nice. I also noticed that it reacts well with the pickups of the guitar. In the demo I played my Schecter through it but i'm sure using other guitars with single coils or even nicer pickups it would have a very different feel.
      The art and layout were done by me. I grabbed the Wu-Tang bee from a google search and then did the layout on the computer (as I normally do). The enclosure is a stock painted 1590B I got from Hammond. To be honest the quality wasn't what I expected coming directly from Hammond. There was a bit of over spray on the edge where the bottom plate goes on and I had to cut it off with a razor. Once i did that it was fine though. I've been using a new clear coat lately, it's a lacquer finish. It seems to go on a bit more even than the typical rattle can acrylic spray. It also dries a lot faster. Well here are some pictures. I'll post a video demo soon.

Video Time!!!