Chromesphere's "Buzz Factory"

[m-Kresol]

First off, big thanks to Paul (chromesphere) for the pcb via a christmas PIF. Sorry this took so long Paul.
Anyways, it's a modded Fuzz Factory workalike, if I'm not mistaken. Sounds awesome, VERY interactive controls and lots of fun to play. Have been playing Knights of Cydonia by Muse for some time now.

As I won this PIF by just blabbering after some other member that Paul is into Whiskey, someone (iirc it was John) suggested we should name the build Buzz Factory in regard to that. So I did. I was also looking for a way to incorporate chemical structures for a while now, so I went with an ethanol molecule for this one paired with a Breaking Bad font. Just fyi, ethanol is regular drinking alcohol. I got the structure from a database and adjusted it to my liking.

I had some hick-ups with the enclosure. First etching attempt was fine, but I realized after drilling that the left and right row of pot labels were switched, so I sanded it off and restarted. Second attempt I screwed up the paint (the one I got was not covering the aluminum too good and I couldn't sand it properly). Third attempt didn't look too good either. Next, I did like 6 toner transfers before etching the last time, which turned out rather good. Had some hydrogens disappearing, but they are covered mostly by the pots anyways. Also 'comp" is missing the P and 'drive' the E. I used 'Dupli Color' metallic paint, which looks fantastic and was easy to work with. I'll get a darker one for the next one as the blue is a little too light to get a good contrast.
I crammed it all in a 1590B, but didn't like the classic horizontal arrangement of the Fuzz Factory. It just barely fits, there's no vertical space left AT ALL. Top mounted jacks didn't make it better. Took quite some planing and wiggling around to make it work.
Sorry for the long report, here are some pics:

     

     

     

[Cortexturizer]

Fantastic looking thing that just screams Dr Scientist on the exterior! Awesome awesome pedal

[Govmnt_Lacky]

Heisenburg would approve! 

[bcalla]

After all that, it came out great.  From reading the build report, one might guess that you are into whiskey, too.   

[Stomptown]

Nice job!  I love the artwork and the reverse etch came out awesome! 

[selfdestroyer]

Great job, your etch came out great. I'm digging those knobs also.

Cody

[m-Kresol]

Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

Heisenburg would approve! 

Just for completness' sake: It's actually Heisenberg

After all that, it came out great.  From reading the build report, one might guess that you are into whiskey, too.   

I have to admit that I don't really like whiskey. Once a year is okay, but I actually prefer beer

[chromesphere]

Cool build Felix, never would have thought you could fit it vertically in a 1590b!  Looks cool man!

These boards aren't fair off now, i'm recording the sound demo for it at the moment for anyone wondering why they (still) aren't on my webstore...time time time hey?

[Coda-effects]

That PCB is crazy haha !

I really like the design too, nice scientist feeling! (I am a biologist, I should do a bacteria / protein pedal once !)

[luks999]

awesome job dude. which fuzz factory version is this? any chance to get you doing a demo?:-)

[studiodunn]

Very cool man.

[m-Kresol]

awesome job dude. which fuzz factory version is this? any chance to get you doing a demo?:-)

It's chromesphere's "Berserker Fuzz". I'm not much of a player and don't have proper recording gear. So anything I would create wouldn't do justice to the pedal -->

These boards aren't fair off now, i'm recording the sound demo for it at the moment for anyone wondering why they (still) aren't on my webstore...time time time hey?

[chromesphere]

Its a fuzz factory with an input tone control 2.2uf 10uf - 100nf.  Vastly expands the options of the fuzz factory...cause you know...it NEEDS more options lol seriously though, once you have a tone control on there you probably wont know how you used one without it

[wgc]

Very cool, love the top mount jacks! Glad you stuck with it