BJFE / BearFoot fx Guitar Effects Community

Nibus,{Is it a long 'I'?}
Welcome to the community. Bjorn's correct about the legend with a thorough account
of parts identifiers. The color codes are listed with their numeric value and they're ID'd
in the column that follows the quantity of each resistor supplied with the kit. Those upper-
case letters are the clever signifier for yer color bands. By the time you've finished your
first pedal you'll probably know the color codes by heart.


{It's a shame now I can't tell the colors apart on these miniscule resistors, especially with a
Brown band at either end.}

Here's the wire basics;
Use something that fits your wire stripper's blades. No really, if you swing with the solid conductor jazz, you need to avoid nicking the wire or it'll break after it's soldered. Stranded or solid, the diameter of wire need not exceed than 20~22AWG.

There's large, evenly spaced holes above the pedal's name on the PC.
Conveniently the boards are designed for 19mm PC mount pots. Just measure the CL of the potholes in the PC and buy a brand that fits this layout.
That's the slick way to go IMO.
Buy those parts in bulk for the multitude of savings, sometimes.
Have a look at the previous posts when the supplied instructions fail you.


Keep yer tip tinned and you'll have plenty of fun.


It may be habit forming, that's what I've heard-----------------------

Thanks noelgrassy! Exactly what I needed.

Hey Guys,

I was wondering if any of you guys can post links to specific parts that should be bought to complete the Folk Fuzz. I can't be the only one out here who is a little overwhelmed by this. There are so many options for each, I don't know where to begin. I've obviously never built a pedal before.

I'm looking for US supliers for ease of purchasing.

Thanks!

Hey Corksniffer-
Where'd you find those cool "Skreddy" style metal knobs as seen in the completed builds thread (AKA the Bazooka Bubble Fuzz)?

soli'd wrote:Hey Corksniffer-
Where'd you find those cool "Skreddy" style metal knobs as seen in the completed builds thread (AKA the Bazooka Bubble Fuzz)?

Its actually a sparkling vagina fuzz. those knobs are not the ones skreddy uses. Those come from small bear. The skreddy knobs come from Jameco and are larger.

Corksniffer wrote:

soli'd wrote:Hey Corksniffer-
Where'd you find those cool "Skreddy" style metal knobs as seen in the completed builds thread (AKA the Bazooka Bubble Fuzz)?

Its actually a sparkling vagina fuzz. those knobs are not the ones skreddy uses. Those come from small bear. The skreddy knobs come from Jameco and are larger.

Obviously a better title. Duly noted. Thanks for the knob info

soli'd wrote:

Corksniffer wrote:

soli'd wrote:Hey Corksniffer-
Where'd you find those cool "Skreddy" style metal knobs as seen in the completed builds thread (AKA the Bazooka Bubble Fuzz)?

Its actually a sparkling vagina fuzz. those knobs are not the ones skreddy uses. Those come from small bear. The skreddy knobs come from Jameco and are larger.

Obviously a better title. Duly noted. Thanks for the knob info

No prob. Oh BTW - I would order the Jameco knobs as they are nicer. The SB knobs are not indexed on the top which makes it very difficult to see your settings. The Jameco knobs are more robust and have an index line. Only one set screw too which is actually a big deal for me.

Has anyone found a suitable scoket for the tranistor(s). This would make experimenting much easier for those of us who don't have any way to test them.

jakeddy wrote:Has anyone found a suitable scoket for the tranistor(s). This would make experimenting much easier for those of us who don't have any way to test them.

I have never seen a triangular socket that isn't huge. The PCB is really too dense for socketing unfortunately. If it was redesigned to have the transistor sockets in line that would work well. GGG did that with their Big Muff PCB and it works really really well.

The easiest way for me to "make a triangle tranny socket" is to take a straight socket and cut the middle post out while leaving them in tact. Then place a single in the remaining hole.

It's kinda ghetto, but works without soldering your tranny's.