Matt's DIY pedals

[mjg]

Today's finished pedal - a Slow Gear clone.

[stan]

Now that is totally awesome - love it!!!

[DrNomis_44]

Very cool, I like those gear wheels that encircle the footswitch, nice touch.

[Fretworn]

Even if it didn't work, I'd love that slow gear. How does it sound?

[mjg]

It sounds good! A bit freaky actually - very much like a violin bow effect as you play the notes. Works better with a slower tempo (or more gaps between notes, so it has time to fade up and down). You can adjust the attack so that it works quicker, but it sounds better on the slow setting I think.

Also works with the bass guitar, which is a bonus.

[Andy40]

Nice work Matt? Where's the pcb from? And is the pbc mounted on the pots?

[mjg]

The PCB I got as a gift on the madbean forum...they have a big Xmas gifting session and I got one. It looks like it came from an oshpark project I think.

Yeah the board is mounted on the pots. I used some cut off resistor legs to solder the pots to the board, so the whole thing supports itself.

[mjg]

Today's pedal. This was a tin of vanilla fudge that someone gave me, I've turned it into a bass fuzz for my partner, she plays bass.

Drilling holes in thin, curved, bendy metal with flowers embossed on it isn't fun. :-)

The circuit is a 'Bazz Fuss' from Run of Groove. I've put in a switch to change between a 914 diode and a 270 diode, for different amounts of fuzz.

[mjg]

And the back...

[stan]

That is insane - so very cool, even my wife loves it and she glazes over when i talk guitar - love the allergy advice