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100 W Power Meter

Discussion about 100 W Power Meter with 10 LED Steps. For home, car or work

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3rd Brake Light Flasher

Discussion about 3rd Brake Light Flasher and accessories

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Amp Eleven

Amp Eleven is a combination of the OD Eleven overdrive and the COT 50 booster. This perfect match provides a classic overdriven tube amp tone with an extra gain booster.

This project combines three PCBs (OD Eleven, COT 50 and 1590BB PCB) into a 1590BB enclosure with minimal wiring.

OD Eleven

 

COT 50

 

1590BB PCB

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Big Muff

This is the legendary Big Muff!  This unique fuzz distortion pedal provides rich harmonics and a huge dose of sustain. It incorporates a tone control to provide a wide variety of sounds. Many bands such as Pink Floyd, Kiss, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins… loved to use the Big Muff.

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Blues Breaker

This is the Blues Breaker, a very popular DIY pedal. It gives a very dynamic range, from transparent to overdriven sound.

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Box of Metal

The Box of Metal is a high-gain distortion pedal great for metal and hard rock.

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Box of Rock (3 knobs)

The Box of Rock pedal emulates the JTM45 tone, a remarkable classic distortion sound. This pedal has very high headroom and you will be able to control the distortion tone by using your guitar volume knob. This project simplifies the original circuit by removing the boost section, fitting in a 1590B enclosure with 3 knobs.

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BSIAB2 Distortion

The most popular DIY high-gain distortion pedal is here. The Brown Sound In A Box version 2 (BSIAB2) is the excellent distortion pedal designed by Ed Guidry. It performs Marshall-type distortion that sounds great with low or high drive.

Controls

Volume
Gain
Tone

PCB

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Champ

This pedal emulates the sound and dynamics of a cranked Fender Tweed Champ.

  

PCB (GUITAR BOOST PCB)

This PCB allows to build several projects: LINEAR POWER BOOSTER, BASS BOOSTER HOGS FOOT, TREBLE BOOSTER SCREAMING BIRD, TREBLE BOOSTER BRIAN MAY, ELECTRA DISTORTION, CHAMP and WOODROW.

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COT50

The COT 50 gives a boost to the guitar with a unique tube-like sound. It can be used as a clean boost, crunch boost or overdrive. It has only one knob which controls the amount of overdrive.

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Distortus Maximums (1590B Enclosure)

Distortus Maximums (for 1590B enclosure)

Distortus Maximus is a high-gain distortion pedal with three-band equalization. It produces rich harmonics and massive amount of gain ideal to play metal.

 

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Distortus Maximus

Distortus Maximus is a high-gain distortion pedal with three-band equalization. It produces rich harmonics and massive amount of distortion ideal for metal.

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Dr Boogie Distortion

Dr Boogie Distortion is a JFET emulation of the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head. This is a very popular DIY project designed by ElectraTabs in DIYStompBoxes.

 

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Dr Q Autowah

Dr Q is a classic autowah DIY project. This envelope filter effect is highly interactive with the dynamics of the input signal, creating a distinctive choppy rhythm guitar similar to the funk recordings from the 1970s.

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Dual Looper

The Dual Loop allows you to alternate between two different effects loops. It provides two switchable loops (send / return) with a single footswitch.

By using a 4PDT footswitch, the unused input will be grounded. This will avoid noises when switching between loops.

 

Board        

1 x DUal looper diy pcb

Resistors        

RLa    3.3k    3.3K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
RLb    3.3k    3.3K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR

Leds        
La    Green    LED 3MM GREEN
Lb    Green    LED 3MM GREEN

Switch
4PDT       4PDT STOMP FOOT / PEDAL SWITCH LATCHING

Connector
DC    2.1mm      DC POWER JACK 2.1MM BARREL-TYPE PCB MOUNT

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EA Tremolo

This is the EA Tremolo, classic and simple DIY guitar effect project. This pedal varies the volume automatically over the time with speed and intensity controls. It also includes an LED indicator to flash in time with the effect speed.

 

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EP Booster

EP Booster is perfect to boost the guitar adding some sparkle and definition.

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Footswitch 3PDT PCB

This PCB is placed on the base of the 3PDT footswitch. It will help you to wire all the components of the pedal, keep a neat circuit and reduce the noise.

COMPONENT LIST

PCB                    3PDT FOOTSWITCH DIY PCB WIRING BOARD
RD                      3.3K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
LED                    LED 3MM GREEN
3PDT                  3PDT STOMP FOOT / PEDAL SWITCH
BATT                  9V VOLT BATTERY CLIP / CONNECTOR SNAP
JACK IN              6.35MM 1/4 JACK CHASSIS MONO
JACK OUT           6.35MM 1/4 JACK CHASSIS STEREO
DC                     DC POWER JACK 2.1MM

 

PCB

       

 

ASSEMBLY

Mount the footswitch on the PCB. The PCB includes pads for the led and its current limiter resistor RD (2.2k - 4.7k).

  

Mount the resistor in vertical position as follows.

WIRING

Wire the components as indicated in the following figure.

 

 

ENCLOSURE

The PCB fits in enclosures 1590A, 1590B, 1590BB…

       

 

 

LEGACY PCB V1

 

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Full Drive

The Full Drive is a very versatile overdrive pedal with several clipping options and boost. FCV switch selects between "Vintage ", "Flat Mids" and "Comp Cut". MOS switch selects the type of clipping between mosfet and diodes.

 

 

 

 

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Fuzz Face

This is the Fuzz Face, the legendary fuzz distortion pedal. With this PCB you can build the original or many other variants using either PNP or NPN transistors. You can use a trimmer to easily adjust the bias point and behavior of the circuit.

Materials list

1x Fuzz Face DIY PCB
1x 2.2UF 35V 105C RADIAL ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR 5X11MM
1x 22UF 50V 105C RADIAL ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR 5X11MM
1x 10NF 0.01UF 100V 5% POLYESTER FILM BOX TYPE CAPACITOR
1x 47UF 50V 105C RADIAL ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR 6X11MM
1x 100K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x 33K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x 470 OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x 1M OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x 50K OHM TRIMMER POTENTIOMETER CERMET 1 TURN 3362P
1x 1K OHM LINEAR TAPER POTENTIOMETER
1x 500K OHM LOGARITHMIC TAPER POTENTIOMETER
2x 2N3904 NPN GENERAL PURPOSE TRANSISTOR
1x 40 PIN DIP SIP IC SOCKETS ADAPTOR SOLDER TYPE

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fuzz face squeals at high fuzz level by Alexi about 3 years ago
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Fuzz Factory

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

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Fuzz Factory 1590B

This is the Fuzz Factory in a 1590B enclosure, a classic DIY fuzz pedal project that can be built with either germanium or silicon transistors. 

 

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Guv'nor

This is the classic Guv’nor, a high-gain distortion pedal. It has a vintage valve amp sounding, with a wide range of distortion and three knobs to control the tone. It is a perfect pedal for blues, rock or metal.

Materials list

1x    GUVNOR DIY PCB
2x    10NF 0.01UF 100V 5% POLYESTER FILM BOX TYPE CAPACITOR
3x    100NF 0.1UF 100V 5% POLYESTER FILM BOX TYPE CAPACITOR
1x    100PF 50V CERAMIC DISC CAPACITOR
2x    220NF 0.22UF 100V 5% POLYESTER FILM BOX TYPE CAPACITOR
1x    220PF 50V CERAMIC DISC CAPACITOR
1x    4.7NF 0.0047UF 100V 5% POLYESTER FILM BOX TYPE CAPACITOR
1x    68NF 0.068UF 100V 5% POLYESTER FILM BOX TYPE CAPACITOR
1x    470PF 50V CERAMIC DISC CAPACITOR
1x    10UF 50V 105C RADIAL ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR 5X11MM
    
2x    1N914 SMALL SIGNAL DIODE 200MA 100V
    
1x    2.2M OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x    1M OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x    2.2K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x    10K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
2x    47K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x    680K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x    1K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x    1.5K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
2x    680 OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x    100 OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x    22K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
    
1x    TL072 LOW NOISE J-FET DUAL OP-AMP IC
    
1x    10K OHM LINEAR TAPER POTENTIOMETER
2x    100K OHM LINEAR TAPER POTENTIOMETER
2x    10K OHM LOGARITHMIC TAPER POTENTIOMETER

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JFET preamp

A preamplifier with Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET) makes your guitar sounds great, operating in similar manner to the vacuum tubes. This circuit is very simple to build and can be also used as a booster. Additionally, the high input impedance will enhance the bright tone of your guitar.

With this PCB you can use trimmers to easily adjust the bias point and behavior of the transistor. You can use a voltmeter to measure the voltage of the source (Vs) and drain (Vd) on the PCB pads.

Materials list

1x JFET Preamp DIY PCB
1x 47NF 0.047UF 100V 5% POLYESTER FILM BOX TYPE CAPACITOR
 
1x 220PF 50V CERAMIC DISC CAPACITOR
1x 100UF 35V 105C RADIAL ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR 6X11MM
1x J201 JFET N-CHANNEL AMPLIFIER TRANSISTOR
1x 1M OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x 33K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
1x 5K OHM TRIMMER POTENTIOMETER CERMET 1 TURN 3362P
1x 50K OHM TRIMMER POTENTIOMETER CERMET 1 TURN 3362P
1x 100K OHM LOGARITHMIC TAPER POTENTIOMETER

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Klon Buffer

This simple and effective buffer improves the high frequency degraded by long cables or pedal chains. It provides high input impedance and low output impedance with unity gain. You can also use it before pedals with low input impedance.

This pedal does not have any particular control, just connect the input, the output, and the power supply. Place it before a long cable or as the first pedal in the chain.

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OCD overdrive

Thi popular DIY pedal produces the dynamic feeling and harmonics typical of tube amps. It incorporates a switch to control the bright and thick of the overdrive. 

Pedal controls

Knobs: drive, volume and tone.
Switch: tone

PCB

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OD Eleven

The OD Eleven provides a classic transparent overdrive perfect to drive a tube amplifier with dirt (bass) control.

PCB

With the DHF5 PCB, you can either build the OD Eleven or the Timmy Overdrive.

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OD-1 Overdrive

The OD-1 is a legendary overdrive pedal. With only two knobs (gain and volume) creates warm and vintage overdrive tones.

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One Knob Fuzz

Effect type: fuzz

Pedal description

This is the One Knob Fuzz, a high gain silicon fuzz with a very smooth response. This pedal is a classic DIY project, it is very easy to build and has a great fuzz sound.

Controls

Volume: controls the overall output

 

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PCB for 1590B enclosure

This board will definitely save your time and help you to build your DIY guitar pedal in the 1590B enclosure. Led, jacks and footswitch are mounted on the PCB, being only necessary to wire the battery and the effect PCB. The PCB also includes power supply filtering and reverse polarity protection.

COMPONENT LIST

1 x PCB for 1590B Enclosure DIY
C1     100u     100UF 35V 105C RADIAL ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR 6X11MM
C2     100n     100NF 0.1UF 100V 5% POLYESTER FILM BOX TYPE CAPACITOR
D1     1N4001     1N4001 DIODE 1A 50V
D2     1N4001     1N4001 DIODE 1A 50V
R1     2.2k    2.2K OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
R2     47Ohm    47 OHM 1/4W 1% METAL FILM RESISTOR
LED     LED 3MM GREEN    with     3MM BEZEL LED HOLDER CHROME METAL
DC    DC POWER JACK 2.1MM BARREL-TYPE PCB MOUNT
JACK IN     6.35MM 1/4" STEREO INSULATED SWITCHED SOCKET JACK PCB
JACK OUT     6.35MM 1/4" STEREO INSULATED SWITCHED SOCKET JACK PCB
3PDT     3PDT STOMP FOOT / PEDAL SWITCH
BATTERY    9V 9-VOLT BATTERY CLIP / CONNECTOR SNAP

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PCB for 1590BB enclosure (horizontal)

This board will help to build your DIY guitar pedal in the 1590BB enclosure. Led, jacks and footswitchs are mounted on the PCB, being only necessary to wire the battery and the effect PCBs. It allows to build single and double effects with several switching configurations.

 

Individual effect circuits

Right and left footswitches control effect circuits independently. 

Nested effect circuits

Right footswitch controls overall bypass. Left effect is only enabled if right footswitch is enabled. This is ideal for a boost effect after an overdrive/distortion effect.

Single effect circuit (right side footswitch)

For a single effect unit built in a 1590BB enclosure.

Single effect circuit (left side footswitch)

For a single effect unit built in a 1590BB enclosure.

Single effect circuit with SPDT switch

For a single effect with a SPDT switch (diodes, tone, boost...). Right footswitch bypasses the effect, left footswitch controls the effect switch.

 

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Protoboard for 1590B enclosure

This board will definitely save your time and help you to build your DIY guitar pedal in the 1590B enclosure. Just built your effect circuit on the preperforated area of the PCB. Led, jacks and footswitch are mounted on the PCB, being only necessary to wire the battery. The PCB also includes power supply filtering and reverse polarity protection
This PCB in Tayda website https://www.taydaelectronics.com/protoboard-for-1590b-diy-pcb-guitar-effect.html

The schematic of this PCB is similar to DH.E14 (http://taydakits.com/instructions/1590b-enclosure-pcb  http://www.taydaelectronics.com/1590b-diy-pcb-guitar-effect.html )

 

PCB

 

 

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Purple Plexi 800

The Purple Plexi is a powerful distortion pedal with plexi-style amps tone. It is very dynamic and touch-sensitive distortion, perfect for rock music.

PCB (Link)

 

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RAT

This is the RAT, one of the most popular distortion effects from the 80´s. It performs very nice high-gain distortion suitable for metal, grunge or rock.

Controls

Volume: turn clockwise to increase the output volume.
Gain: turn clockwise to increase the amount of distortion
Tone: turn clockwise to decrease the amount of treble.

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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. The circuit is essentially the "Tube Sound Fuzz" from the "Guitar Electronics Projects for Musicians" book by Craig Anderton.

 

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SMD Transistor PCB

Quality through-hole JFETs are becoming hard to find, replacing them with their SMD version is the best solution. This PCB is designed for placing JFET SMD transistors and easily substituting the through-hole ones in your circuit.

PCB   https://www.taydaelectronics.com/smd-toto-92-diy-pcb-guitar-effect.html

The PCB is marked with D (Drain), S (Source) and G (Gate).

 

The PCB is designed for J201, 2N5457, 2N5458, MPF102... with the pinout as shown in the following figure. If you want to use other types of transistors, please check the pinout in their datasheet.

ASSEMBLINGpcb

Add a small amount of solder on each pad of the PCB.Place the transistor over the pads with the tweezers. Melt the solder on the PCB pads and the transistor legs.

You can use pin headers (40 PIN 2.54MM RIGHT ANGLE SINGLE ROW PIN HEADER) or wires to connect the PCB to your effect circuit. The pin headers can be assembled on both sides of the PCB, depending on the available room that you have around the transistor on the effect PCB.

        

Once the transistor and the pin headers have been placed, you can place the PCB on the original through-hole footprint.

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Super Six Stevie

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

 

PCB

With the DHF5 PCB, you can either build OD Eleven, Timmy Overdrive or Super Six Stevie.

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Timmy Overdrive

The Timmy Overdrive provides a classic transparent overdrive with a huge versatility thanks to the three clipping options and the dirt (bass) control.

 

PCB

With the DHF5 PCB, you can either build the OD Eleven or the Timmy Overdrive.

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Tone Bender

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. You can use a trimmer to easily adjust the bias point and behavior of the circuit.

PCB

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Trilogy Kit

Discussions about the Tayda Electronics Trilogy kit, which includes 3 Kits in 1, Stereo VU, Light Sensor, Temperature Sensor K204

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Tubescreamer

The Tubescreamer is probably the most built overdrive pedal in the DIY community. The pedal has a characteristic mid-boosted tone perfect for soft rock and blues. Also, for rock and metal, it can be used before the lead channel of amplifier to make distortion more focused and to cut the low end. The Tubescreamer has many clones and modified versions.

Description

The pedal has a drive knob, a tone knob, and a level knob. The drive knob adjusts gain, the tone knob adjusts treble and the level knob adjusts the output volume of the pedal. The pedal is used to try to mimic the sound of a vintage tube amplifier. The classic Tube Screamer sound includes a "mid-hump," which means that the circuit accentuates frequencies between the bass and treble ranges (mid-frequencies). Some guitarists prefer this sort of equalization, as it helps to keep their sound from getting lost in the overall mix of the band. (from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibanez_Tube_Screamer)

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Woodrow

This pedal is designed to emulate the sound of a cranked 5E3 Tweed amplifier.

  

PCB (GUITAR BOOST PCB)

This PCB allows to build several projects: LINEAR POWER BOOSTER, BASS BOOSTER HOGS FOOT, TREBLE BOOSTER SCREAMING BIRD, TREBLE BOOSTER BRIAN MAY, ELECTRA DISTORTION, CHAMP and WOODROW.

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Zendrive

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

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