
DIY Guitar Effects
Pedals, effects and other cool projects related to guitar effects
Super Hard On
The Super Hard On is a classic and simple DIY project, widely considered one of the best guitar boosters available. This circuit drives your amp into a natural-sounding overload.
Mini Guitar Amp
This mini guitar amplifier is perfect for home practice. It features gain and volume controls, offering a very dynamic sound.
Distortion Plus
The Distortion + is one of the DIY pedal classics. It has the ability to generate a great tone range from overdrive to distortion.

Les Lius
The Les Lius emulates the sound of vintage Fender amplifiers. The toggle switch allows you to select between three distortion tones. In addition, a second footswitch is used to boost the gain, emulating the sound of the amplifier when it is cranked.

English Man
This pedal emulates a VOX AC amplifier pushed to its limit. With the ability to function as a clean boost or an overdrive, it delivers a great dynamic response based on your volume and gain settings.

Eternity
This guitar pedal delivers a very smooth overdrive similar to the saturation generated by a vacuum tube. It is ideal for blues and rock, providing excellent sustain.

Plexitone
This pedal can generate every tone you need. The Crunch channel provides from soft overdrive to hard rock distortion. The High Gain channel offers from rock gain stages to high-gain shred. Additionally a Boost will add extra volume to your pedal output.

Box of Rock
The Box of Rock pedal is designed to emulate the classic JTM45 tone. It offers great headroom and allows you to control the distortion level directly from the guitar's volume knob.

Linear Power Booster
This is the iconic LPB booster, delivering a gain boost with added clarity and definition. Use it to drive your amplifier into smooth saturation for a richer and more dynamic sound.

Bass Booster Hogs Foot
This bass booster is the Hog's Foot or Mole, a classic Linear Power Booster tuned for bass guitar. It delivers a powerful boost, making the low-end more defined.

Treble Booster Screaming Bird
This treble booster is the Screaming Bird, a Linear Power Booster tuned to boost the high frequencies. Whether it is overdriving an amp or just adding some highs, it will make your guitar cut through any mix.

Treble Booster Brian May
This treble booster is a classic DIY project. Use it to boost the treble and midrange frequencies of the guitar signal while cutting out the low end.

Electra Distortion
The Electra Distortion is a simple and great overdrive/distortion pedal that emulates the tone of a cranked Tweed amp.

COT50
The COT 50 is a versatile booster with unique tube-like sound. With a single gain knob, it can be used as a clean boost, a powerful crunch booster, or an overdrive.
One Knob Fuzz
This is the One Knob Fuzz, a high gain fuzz with a very smooth response. This classic DIY project is very easy to build and delivers a fantastic fuzz sound.

EP Booster
The EP Booster is designed to be more than just a clean boost; it adds warmth, sparkle, and definition to your guitar sound. The PCB includes dedicated pads for toggle switches, allowing you to easily control the amount of bass and treble.

Purple Plexi 800
The Purple Plexi is a powerful distortion pedal that captures the iconic Plexi-style amp tone. Its highly dynamic and touch-sensitive distortion makes it perfect for rock music.

Distortus Maximus
The Distortus Maximus is a simple and very popular DIY project that offers high-gain distortion with three-band equalization. It produces rich harmonics and a massive amount of distortion, making it ideal for metal.

Fuzz Factory
The Fuzz Factory is an iconic five-knob fuzz pedal with a huge range of sound possibilities. This classic DIY pedal project can be built using either germanium or silicon transistors.

Guv'nor
This is the classic Guv’nor, a versatile high-gain distortion pedal. It captures the sound of a vintage valve amplifier, offering a wide range of distortion and a three-knob EQ to control the tone. It is a perfect pedal for blues, rock or metal.

Fuzz Face
This is the Fuzz Face, the legendary fuzz pedal. With this PCB you can build the original or many other variants using either PNP or NPN transistors.
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JFET preamp
This JFET preamplifier delivers a fantastic tube-like sound. The circuit is exceptionally simple to build and can be used as a versatile booster.

PCB for 1590B enclosure
This PCB simplifies building your DIY guitar pedal in a 1590B enclosure. With the LED, jacks, and footswitch mounted directly to the board, you only need to wire the battery and the effect PCB.

Tubescreamer
The Tube Screamer is probably the most built overdrive pedal in the DIY community. It has a distinctive mid-boosted tone that is perfect for soft rock and blues.

RAT
This is the legendary RAT, one of the most popular and influential distortion effects ever made. It delivers a fantastic high-gain distortion that is highly versatile, making it perfect for metal, grunge, or rock.
Dual Looper
The Dual Loop allows you to alternate between two independent effects loops, providing two send/return paths controlled by a single footswitch.
Klon Buffer
The Klon Buffer is one of the most popular guitar buffers. This simple and effective circuit restores the high frequencies lost through long cables or large pedal chains.
OCD overdrive
This popular DIY pedal produces the dynamic feeling and harmonics typical of tube amps. It has a switch to control the overdrive brightness.
BSIAB2 Distortion
The Brown Sound In A Box 2 (BSIAB2) is one of the most popular high-gain distortion pedals in the DIY community. It delivers a classic Marshall-style distortion, making it an excellent choice for both low-gain crunch and high-drive distortion.

SMD Transistor PCB
Quality through-hole JFETs are becoming difficult to source, making SMD replacements the best alternative. This PCB is designed to accommodate JFET SMD transistors, allowing you to easily substitute them for traditional through-hole parts.

Protoboard for 1590B enclosure
This board simplifies building your DIY guitar pedal in a 1590B enclosure. Just build your effect circuit on the pre-perforated area of the PCB.

Shred Master
The Shred Master is a classic high-gain distortion pedal famous for defining the sound of 90s rock. It provides an excellent range of gain, making it perfect for rock and metal.

PCB for 1590BB enclosure
This PCB simplifies building your DIY guitar pedal in a 1590BB enclosure. With the LED, jacks, and footswitch mounted directly to the board, you only need to wire the battery and the effect PCB.
Orange Squeezer
The Orange Squeezer is a classic and simple DIY guitar project. This circuit provides smooth and effective compression, perfect for controlling and shaping your guitar's dynamics.

Stratoblaster
The Stratoblaster is a classic DIY booster pedal. When pushed to high boost levels, it adds a nice, warm saturation to your sound.

Charge Pump
This versatile charge pump generates both –9 V and +18 V from a single +9 V power source.
Rangemaster
The Rangemaster is a legendary treble booster from the 1960s, used by Eric Clapton and Brian May. It produces a brighter tone, adding color to the signal.

Big Muff
This is the legendary Big Muff! This iconic fuzz pedal is famous for its massive sound, providing rich harmonics and a huge dose of sustain. Many bands such as Pink Floyd, Kiss, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins… loved to use the Big Muff.

Tone Bender
The Tone Bender is one of the most iconic fuzz effects from the 60s. With this PCB you can build the original or many other variants using either PNP or NPN transistors.

Box of Metal
The Box of Metal is a high-gain distortion pedal designed for metal and hard rock. It incorporates a three-knob EQ for tone control.

OD-1 Overdrive
The OD-1 is a legendary overdrive pedal. With only two knobs (gain and volume) creates warm and vintage overdrive tones.
EA Tremolo
The EA Tremolo is the most popular tremolo effect in the DIY community. This pedal automatically varies the volume over time, giving a pulsating effect.

Dr Q Autowah
The Dr Q is a classic DIY autowah project that delivers a highly interactive envelope filter effect. It responds to your playing dynamics to create the distinctive choppy rhythm of the 1970s funk recordings.

Zendrive
The Zendrive delivers the perfect balance of saturation and tone. It comes with four knobs to control the gain, volume, tone and voicing.

Fuzz Factory 1590B
The Fuzz Factory is an iconic five-knob fuzz pedal with a huge range of sound possibilities. This project is designed to fit into a compact 1590B enclosure.

Dr Boogie Distortion
The Dr. Boogie Distortion is a JFET-based pedal that emulates the tone of the Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head.

Red Llama
The Red Llama is a very versatile and easy to build pedal. With just few components and two knobs, it delivers great overdrive and distortion.

PCB for 1590BB enclosure (horizontal)
This board simplifies building your DIY guitar pedal in a 1590BB enclosure. With the LEDs, jacks, and footswitches mounted directly to the board, you only need to wire the battery and the effect PCB.

Blues Breaker
This is the Blues Breaker, one of the most popular DIY overdrive projects. It offers a wide dynamic range, from light breakup to smooth overdrive.
Full Drive
The Full Drive is a very popular and versatile overdrive pedal featuring multiple clipping options and a boost stage.

Timmy Overdrive
The Timmy Overdrive provides a classic transparent overdrive with a huge versatility thanks to the three clipping options.

Box of Rock (3 knobs)
The Box of Rock pedal is designed to emulate the classic JTM45 tone. This project simplifies the original circuit by removing the boost stage, fitting into a 1590B enclosure with three control knobs.

Footswitch 3PDT PCB
This PCB simplifies wiring and helps you create a neat circuit with reduced noise. It also includes dedicated pads for the LED and its current-limiting resistor.

Super Six Stevie
The Super Six Stevie reproduces the sound of the 60s Blackface Fender turned up to six.