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#61

Open Discussion / PCB hoarding

Last post by benh - July 10, 2025, 01:40:17 AM

It's just me or is PCB hoarding a thing ? :-)

I keep buying "that looks like this might sound good" from Brian (or Aion, occasionally elsewhere)... And end up actually building only a fraction of those.

Sometimes I pick up an old one and bam ! It's been updated ... Then the temptation to buy the updated version....

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#62

Build Reports / Re: Boom Boom Badaboom !

Last post by benh - July 10, 2025, 12:59:30 AM

Very very cool. If you haven't built one yet, build a green Russian muffin. As a bassist, it's my go to fuzz.

I built one ages ago from a fuzz dog or musikding kit, I don't remember :-) before I knew what I was doing for sure :-) I might pop it open one of these days to look at the damage, he doesn't use much.

I'm going to do a violet ram's head soon too for guitars. I have the Tayda box already and I've breadboarded it to play with different diodes:



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#63

Build Reports / Re: Boom Boom Badaboom !

Last post by benh - July 10, 2025, 12:54:36 AM

Make sure to give your son the blurb from the build doc about how the knobs interact.

Thanks, good call !

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#64

Global Annoucements / Re: Geekmacdaddy needs a littl...

Last post by geekmacdaddy - July 09, 2025, 10:07:37 PM

A bit late, but...THANK YOU for keeping me alive Brian, and all here.  Jimi, hope your wife is recovered!

Dude please. You kept yourself alive. The community just helped a little to keep the lights on while you recovered. As many of us would do for anyone who is NotAGeek.

But, I will say: no more 8-Balls for you at the dance hall on Saturday nights.

No more 8 Balls?? Daaaaaaamn

#65

Build Reports / Re: Boom Boom Badaboom !

Last post by jwin615 - July 09, 2025, 07:00:35 PM

Very nice. Classic call back to the og art. I love the brassmaster circuit.
Make sure to give your son the blurb from the build doc about how the knobs interact.

#66

Build Reports / Re: Boom Boom Badaboom !

Last post by NorthCoast - July 09, 2025, 05:27:01 PM

Very nice. Very shiny.

#67

Build Reports / Re: Boom Boom Badaboom !

Last post by jimilee - July 09, 2025, 01:58:50 PM

Very very cool. If you haven't built one yet, build a green Russian muffin. As a bassist, it's my go to fuzz.


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#68

Build Reports / Re: New Misfit build

Last post by jimilee - July 09, 2025, 01:55:00 PM

Very very cool!


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#69

Build Reports / Re: New Misfit build

Last post by benh - July 09, 2025, 01:37:32 PM

I like your design !

I happen to have just finished my build of Misfit today too, here's what it looks like (did I say I love Tayda UV printing already ?)

This weekend I'll hear what the kids (who can actually play) make of it :-)

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#70

General Questions / Re: Flintlock flanger: audio n...

Last post by untriedwhistle - July 09, 2025, 08:36:32 AM

I posted a few more specifics here, and will get a voltage chant and pictures up (site + iPhone did not get along). I seem to be hitting a wall in passing audio around Q1. If I audio probe, I can hear some flanger sounds. If you have thoughts where to dig, I'm all ears.

https://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=35524.0

Try checking the bias voltage, I'm not sure what the problem is. Sorry but can someone explain it to me?