BJFE / BearFoot fx Guitar Effects Community

Here is some info about my build and a video of a second one I did.

I've played this pedal for a few people and pretty much everyone I know wants one. If you keep the gain at about 2:30 or 3:00 the pedal is extremely dynamic to the point that I can play clean and dirty parts of a song with the pedal on the whole time. This video shows that quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08PgfC8-BcM

Here are some photos of a second build I finished last night. Its a completely stock build with just the parts included in the kits from JFromel.



Here is an extra photo of the one in the video

That sounds great, what clipping section were you using in that video?

jfromel wrote:That sounds great, what clipping section were you using in that video?

I always forget which side is which when I install clipping switches but there is a tighter louder side and a squishier side and I used the tighter crisper side on the video because its more dynamic. I think its the 4001/914 side and the squishier is the fets but Im not positive.

Superb workmanship I reckon!
And it sounds excellent, great playing and demo.

If I can get mine somewhere near what you've done I'll be extremely happy.
Would you say that you're quite experienced at building these pedals?

Those look great!

nice job on the wiring.

Did you use a 3 position (center off) toggle on your build or just a two position one?

Yes, the squishier side will be the transistor clipping and the more open sounding one will be the diodes. If you use a 3 position switch the third (middle) position will engage the LED clipping... or you can leave the LED's out and it will be a diode lift with no clippers in the circuit.

Pretty cool little box huh? Hopefully someone else will pick up the torch and continue offering these when jfromel is done.

I am liking both of mine a lot, I may do another run of these if there is a lot of demand, I still have about 15 kits left. If I do another run I will add room to put 1306 trannies in there, or any trannie in a can for that matter.

And that wiring job is fantastic.

Thanks guys.

I've built two of these pedals but I used to build S&H pedals and flangers so these are sort of a walk in the park compared to those. Its not a difficult build although the supplied materials aren't particularly suited to first time builders unless you have some electronics background. I had no problems with them though so if you take your time you wont have any problems.

I used a DPDT with only two positions because thats what I had around and it worked fine. I dont have much use for a diode lift feature in this pedal because I like the diode clipping setting so much. I ordered a few more boards and stuff today to build some for friends who really liked the pedal. Just gotta devote a little extra time to building this week.

Does anyone know how many of the real deal are out there? Im guessing theyre pretty different from these although I guess I could try dropping some NPN germaniums in there and see what happens. Its not a big concern for me though because these sound so good stock.

I made the kit intentionally a bit vague, this is supposed to be an educational experience with Fuzz for a happy ending. I have learned a lot for sure and collaborating with everyone has been a blast.

I think there are about 30 original Folk Fuzz 3.5% out there but this is a bit different circuit. Nick added the diode and LED clipping which was not in the original to my knowledge.

jfromel wrote:I made the kit intentionally a bit vague, this is supposed to be an educational experience with Fuzz for a happy ending. I have learned a lot for sure and collaborating with everyone has been a blast.

I think there are about 30 original Folk Fuzz 3.5% out there but this is a bit different circuit. Nick added the diode and LED clipping which was not in the original to my knowledge.

I had a brain fart for about 4 days looking at the PCBs while I was trying to figure out WTF the 'N' pad was for. It wasn't until I was wiring it up that I realized there was no board input elsewhere

Corksniffer wrote:Thanks guys.
I used a DPDT with only two positions because thats what I had around and it worked fine. I don't have much use for a diode lift feature in this pedal because I like the diode clipping setting so much.

Ah, but you're missing out on the LED clipping! If you like the more open sound of the diodes, imagine that times two!