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I love that finish. Paint pens?

Yep.

That flaming skeleton smashing a speaker graphic is awesome!

Hi everybody,

I finished building this well over a year ago, but I felt lame just posting a plain blue box. My sister (who is a better drawer than me) did the sketch of the whale a few weeks ago. I absolutely love the sound of this pedal. That huge, rich, thick, swirly chorus sound is awesome! (Waaaaay better than some of those Univibe clones that are just phasers with different cap values.) I usually add some fuzz before this for that extra 'thump.' It sounds so cool!

I fell in love with the sound of the Univibe long before I started playing guitar. I remember hearing the Jimi Hendrix "Band of Gypsys" album and being entranced by the liquidy guitar sound on "Machine Gun." Nothing really sounds quite it. (Of course, as my hand-written warning states, the sound is there, but my actual guitar skills are no match for those of Hendrix.)

YES! I had "Berzerk" on my Atari2600! Sweet, lo-fi game! In bouts of frustration, I would just run my guy into the electrified wall.

I finally had a chance to troubleshoot this pedal. Thanks for the suggestions. I checked all the solder connections first and they were fine. When I pulled out the DMM, I found that one of the transistors had been jostled a slightly loose from its socket. Hooray for the easy fix! This problem and the weather were just coincidental in this situation.

Hi everybody,

Here my latest builds. I finally took pics. The top is a Mudbunny set to Russian specs. Nothing too fancy (although I think I'm finally getting the hang of neat wiring).  The second is a Phybes Phaser inside a wah shell. I found a cheap (broken) bass wah off craigslist for $15 and used a stencil to spray paint the gold pattern.

Hey everybody,

Can the cold weather damage pedals? I built the Harbinger in July 2014 and it has been one of my favorites since.
I played a bar gig a few days ago and it was cold outside. I finished my set and had to wait around for someone else. Now, I hate leaving gear in my car, but in this situation it couldn't be avoided. It got cold here (like -2F) and my amp and my pedal board were in my trunk for about six hours. As soon as I got home, I unloaded all my gear and left it until today.

When I fired up my rig today, the Harbinger didn't work. It passes a signal when the effect is both on and off, but there's no modulation. The lightbulb doesn't pulse anymore, but the brightness changes when I adjust the internal trimpots. Any quick suggestions? (Aside from completely unboxing and going through the standard troubleshooting procedures.)

Also, has anyone had this happen to gear that was exposed to the cold?

Okay, I did more digging and had a few more questions:

Could I put one of these pinion gears on top of this specific 500kC pot?

Pinion gear:
http://smallbear-electronics.mybigcommerce.com/pinion-gear-for-knurled-shaft/

Long shaft 500kC pot:
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Alpha-Taiwan/RV16AF-10-15K-C500K-3/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMukHu%252bjC5l7YS%252bP%2fOmpcJEdDFifXFBDggY%3d

Could that type of pot handle the multiple rotations in a wah?

Hi everybody,

I'm interested in building a Nom Nom that allows me to control the speed with my foot. I figure I'd ask a few questions before I did something stupid:

1) Is it even possible to put a Nom Nom in a wah? The "speed" control on the build diagram calls for a 500kC pot, but I can't find any wah pots in that value (I checked Smallbear & Mammoth)
2) Is there anything else I need to consider?

Cool graphic of the pig!

Cool look - the big jewel light is awesome.

The artwork on the Pharaoh is awesome!

Answer: TWO TONEBENDERS, of course!

I built one for me and one for a friend. He and I were in our first band together back in high school (15 years ago, wow). Part of the fun with this project has been swapping out transistors and adjusting the trimmers. As I was dialing in these two pedals, I was hearing sounds that were similar to some of my guitar heroes. Like, "Oh, that sounds like 'Satisfaction', that sounds like early Zeppelin, this sounds like the Black Keys." ect.





The lightning bolt Tonebender has two BC109s and a 2n5088 in Q3. It can get some good "Mick Ronson / Spiders From Mars" tones. The copper one has three 2n3904s and is more dialed to Page / Zepp sounds. (I know that Ronson and Page used Ge Tonebenders, but with my LP Standard, Orange Dual Terror and Vox AC15, I was able to get close enough.)

Special shoutout to Mgwhit who helped me with a troubleshooting issue, and TreeSlayer who sent me two diodes because I forgot to add them in my original order. I've now built 12 pedals and I think I'm getting to the point where I should buy parts in bulk instead of ordering individual transistors / caps / resistors for each individual project. I inevitably end up forgetting something in each order.

PS: I also made a two function footswitch for my AC15. Can you believe they charge $40 for these at Guitar Center? Sheesh. (However, this is probably my first and last 1590A - way too small for my hands to work.)

Thanks for the help; problem solved! (I knew it had to be something simple like that.)

Good evening everybody,

I'm working on Madbean silicon tone bender and using the 1776 Effects 3PDT breakout board with it. I got everything hooked up, tested it, and it sounds good & loud. However, the LED on the Tonebender board isn't lighting up.

I matched the terminals on the main circuit board (9V / G / IN / OUT) to the same terminals on the breakout board (but I didn't put a 4.7k resistor on the breakout board). I'm sure I'm missing one small detail but I can't figure it out. Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Thanks!