I don’t really want a huge, solid, 9V battery sitting in my pedal. It’s going to be difficult replacing it if it ever runs out. So here’s the DC jack. I had to be careful with this, because polarities matter. My pedal seems to work on positive polarity. To insert […]
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My new-and-improved equipment has finally arrived! In fact, I can’t believe I haven’t been using some of these. First up—some multi-core wires. Regular breadboard jumper wires aren’t very good for soldering, and I’m pretty sure I busted most of my pots trying to re-solder them. So give it up for […]
So, I’ve not made much progress of the fuzz pedal. For one, everything’s breaking apart! It started with the potentiometers. I’ve probably broken like, 10 different pots in my short career. I asked some fellows on Reddit for help, and I’ve apparently been soldering on to the more delicate parts […]
At this point in the Bass Fuzz, the only thing that’s holding me back are my subpar soldering skills. One bad solder joint is all it takes. Even if it works, I can’t move the box by an inch or two before it fails again — the connectivity’s just that […]
The footswitch works, anyway. That’s good news! Now, I’ll assemble everything in the pedal box. Can’t wait for the end results.
It was my first time, alright? Drill clamps are expensive, too. Hey, I should probably name my pedal The Off-center. It’ll be monumental that way.
Finally got the perfboard working! I also decided to switch the potentiometers — A100K for gain, and B10K for volume. Correction for above vid: A means logarithmic, B means linear After this, I replaced the gain pot for a 4.7K resistor — note the reduced static noises. On an end […]
the action of figuring out how to differentiate between the emitter / collector on transistors is the ultimate zit of agony in the forehead of electrical engineering. am I just being gaslighted here, or are these datasheets for the SAME TYPE of transistor completely different? come to think of it, […]
