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Title: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: bigrigg on July 17, 2012, 01:36:40 AM
Hey there, first off I want to thank member irmcdermott.   I etched the board from his pcb layout.  Worked very well.  Thank you kind sir.
This is the FUZZ PUZZLE.  It's the Devi Ever Shoegazer made of Tornspeaker and Sodameiser left to right.  Additionally I added a few mods with 8 switches and 4 knobbies so I thought the name made sense.

Knobbies are volume and texture.
Swithces - Aenima, turns the TP into the Aenima pedal.  Much more gain and sustain.
VFM - turns the TP into the Vintage Fuzz Master.  Hardcore octave up pedal.
Chaos - well...ya kinda creates chaos.  Sort of the oscillate crazy stuff.
Noise - yup, odd fuzz sounds from real spitty to other crazy stuff.
TP / ND - turns the TP into a Never Drive, another flavour of octave pedal.
Stack - this is my effect stack switch allowing the TP to feed into the SM ...... or the SM to feed into the TP.  Changing how the left and right stack in order.
So all in all there are at least FIVE Devi effects plus a few tweaks and mods and then the whole world of stacking any of them in all their FUZZ PUZZLE glory.  This is one freak'n fun fuzz pedal.  Enjoy!

(http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac124/digthebigrigg/FuzzPuzzle.jpg)
(http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac124/digthebigrigg/FuzzPuzzleGutshot.jpg)
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: irmcdermott on July 17, 2012, 02:21:48 AM
Wow. That looks great. I'm glad the board worked out for you. I love the sounds the Soda Meiser throw out there.
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: lincolnic on July 17, 2012, 02:47:18 AM
Whoa, that's awesome. You can never have enough switches! How did you implement the switching for the mods that involve turning transistors around?
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: stecykmi on July 17, 2012, 03:02:58 PM
makes me want to pull out my old truly beautiful disaster and soda meiser!

any chance of a wiring diagram?
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: stecykmi on July 17, 2012, 03:17:17 PM
wow nevermind, i checked the member tutorial board
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: eldanko on July 17, 2012, 04:04:40 PM
Would you be willing to post more specific details/a guide to the mods you added?  Ian is supposed to be etching me a board for this soon and I'd love to incorporate a few of them.  KILLER work on this!
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: irmcdermott on July 17, 2012, 04:39:46 PM
Quote from: eldanko on July 17, 2012, 04:04:40 PM
Would you be willing to post more specific details/a guide to the mods you added?  Ian is supposed to be etching me a board for this soon and I'd love to incorporate a few of them.  KILLER work on this!

I've had quite a few people voice interest in boards, so once i figure out a fair price for everyone (Dane, it will probably be a couple bucks cheaper than what I told you), I'll be doing a small run of them.
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: eldanko on July 17, 2012, 04:49:59 PM
I can dig that!!
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: njkke on July 17, 2012, 10:13:04 PM
Quote from: lincolnic on July 17, 2012, 02:47:18 AM
Whoa, that's awesome. You can never have enough switches! How did you implement the switching for the mods that involve turning transistors around?
I think he uses a 4pdt toggle, 2 poles per Transistor, 'cause the central pin doesn't flip...
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: njkke on July 17, 2012, 10:35:13 PM
I've made a wiring layout for the Transistor Flipping mod...
I don't know if it's the same used by Bigrigg
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: irmcdermott on July 17, 2012, 10:43:14 PM
I posted board info in the thread on the Members Projects section.
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: lincolnic on July 18, 2012, 04:54:03 AM
Quote from: njkke on July 17, 2012, 10:35:13 PM
I've made a wiring layout for the Transistor Flipping mod...
I don't know if it's the same used by Bigrigg

Thanks, this makes sense to me now.
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: bigrigg on July 20, 2012, 01:27:12 AM
Quote from: eldanko on July 17, 2012, 04:04:40 PM
Would you be willing to post more specific details/a guide to the mods you added?  Ian is supposed to be etching me a board for this soon and I'd love to incorporate a few of them.  KILLER work on this!
(http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac124/digthebigrigg/switches.jpg)
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: televisiondown on July 23, 2012, 12:26:31 PM
This is inspiring! Don't think I'll be building anything like this anytime soon, but wow! That's awesome.
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: bigmufffuzzwizz on August 30, 2012, 09:36:04 PM
Holy fuzzsickles!!! That's one fuzzed out fuzz machine.
I've been wanting to do something like this for awhile and now its much easier thanks to Ian..Glad to see his docs getting used..
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: sussex on December 03, 2014, 08:11:47 PM
Hi all, sorry to resurrect this old post, but I need a little help.

I'm a completely new member, but have been modding guitars and amps for years - now I fancy turning my hand to a pedal and I love the idea of this one since I am a big fan of the Shoegazer.

My problem is, where are the schematics mentioned in the posts above? I can't find anything in the members tutorial section and Google and site searches throw up nothing.

Have they been taken down?

Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: selfdestroyer on December 03, 2014, 09:21:44 PM
Quote from: sussex on December 03, 2014, 08:11:47 PM
Hi all, sorry to resurrect this old post, but I need a little help.

I'm a completely new member, but have been modding guitars and amps for years - now I fancy turning my hand to a pedal and I love the idea of this one since I am a big fan of the Shoegazer.

My problem is, where are the schematics mentioned in the posts above? I can't find anything in the members tutorial section and Google and site searches throw up nothing.

Have they been taken down?

I built it with this layout.
http://music.codydeschenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Devi-Ever-Shoegazer-MB-Starflyer-TRANSFER.pdf (http://music.codydeschenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Devi-Ever-Shoegazer-MB-Starflyer-TRANSFER.pdf)

Cody
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: sussex on December 04, 2014, 08:22:06 PM
Thanks for that, I'm going to give it a go, I'll post here when done with my results :)

I also have to say that I "lost" five hours on your excellent website, you've done some great builds. Thanks for that too.
Title: Re: FUZZ PUZZLE (shoegazer with mods)
Post by: selfdestroyer on December 04, 2014, 11:59:11 PM
Quote from: sussex on December 04, 2014, 08:22:06 PM
Thanks for that, I'm going to give it a go, I'll post here when done with my results :)

I also have to say that I "lost" five hours on your excellent website, you've done some great builds. Thanks for that too.

Thanks for the kind words. If you have any issues with the Shoegazer just ask, I have built a few of them for people and one for myself.

Cody