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I have been using something like this beavis layout and I cannot live without it 

I used a scrapped pedal enclosure that I screwed up but thought I would post this layout for the beavis board's enclosure

This is exactly what I've been looking for.  Thanks so much!!!

MarcFive, It was close but the jack doesn't really connect with anything.  As soon as I drilled it and installed the parts I though, "crap" but it all worked out.

So, this isn't my first Madbean build but it's my first build report.  In the past I've etched my own boards but I decided to buy this one because the wiring was pretty slick and I'm lazy.  For those of you with OCD tread lightly, it's not the cleanest build and some of the hardware doesn't line up.  I love the way this thing sounds!  For the clipping option I have the stock germaniums and then BAT41's.  The BAT's really up the gain and natural compression but there's a significant volume drop.  Still, it's worth it for the variety and there's enough headroom that it isn't a problem.  The Fat and Thick mods are very insignificant, almost unnoticeable.  I have Brian's recommended values for each (150n) but may experiment with other values in the future.  Like a dummy, I forgot to socket these.  Anyway, here we go!


The enclosure is scuffed a bit but that's what you get when you order a batch of blem boxes from Mammoth.


I mounted the toggles on the top of the enclosure because I didn't have any that would fit under the board.  Yes, I totally botched one of the holes so no I have to live with it.  It's not too bad and once it's on my board I won't be able to see it, so out of sight, out of mind.


I bought a fresnel lens on a whim from Small Bear and installed it.  I really like it a lot.


Not a super clean build but, for me, it's pretty dang good.  I'm happy with it.

I like the sound of this pedal so much I'm thinking of building a Kingslayer and having the two be the only OD's on my board. 

So I just ordered the parts for the new Sunking II board except for the BS250 transistor.  I bought parts from Mammoth and mklec.com this time around and neither one carries that one in particular.  Are there any others that can be subbed in that are easier to acquire or that I might even have on hand?  Will any MOSFET do as long as the pinouts match up?  I know I have some BS170's and 2N7000's on hand.

Any help is appreciated.

I've seen several build reports with the green board attached to the 3PDT switch.  Where did you buy them?

Awesome! Thanks.  I run into the same prob with 1N400X being too fat.  Always looking for a way to socket those.

Nice work.  I like the stamped plate on the final pic you posted.

Hey Liustucru, where did you those sockets you used for the diodes?  The ones I have are good for resistors and caps but the diode leads are too fat.  I've also never seen a transistor like that.  Where are you getting these cool things?

Hey Goldfixe,
the sockets are conventional ones (http://www.banzaimusic.com/SIL-64-pins.html).
I use them to socket all my diodes except for the 1N400X which are too fat.
You can see on the picture that the 1N4001 on the left is not socketed for that reason.
All the other diodes fit !

The transistor is 2n3565 from Banzai (http://www.banzaimusic.com/2N3565.html).

Hey Liustucru, where did you those sockets you used for the diodes?  The ones I have are good for resistors and caps but the diode leads are too fat.  I've also never seen a transistor like that.  Where are you getting these cool things?

No way!  JoCo is freakin' awesome and now, by association, so is your Sabertooth!

Yes, distortion is coming through.  From what I can tell, it seems the gain portion of the circuit is working but the output somewhere is getting messed up.

I checked R10 with a DMM while still on the board.

Just checked and R10 is, in fact, 100R.  I'll have to make an audio probe to go about it that way.  Any other suggestions before I dove into that?

Okay, so, I've go the uproar board all wired up and found in testing that there is really no volume there.  I have to crank my amp to hear the slightest of sound.  It sounds like a distorted guitar but only a whisper.  I've checked all my components and from what I can tell they are all okay (the circuit is completing).

When the pedal is engaged D8 and D9 light up while playing but I have not seen D7 light up at all. 

I need to know where to start to troubleshoot.  Are there specific caps or resistors that would cause a huge volume decrease?  I just don't know what to look for and know there are some wizards on here that do.

Is there any relatively simple way to add tone control to the high gain and crunch channels independently?  Rather than just one master tone?