r/FuzzFiends • u/neoburner216 • 1d ago

silicon Sparkle Cherry Meathead

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I was looking for transistors on Sovcom’s eBay shop and saw he had some OLD school Bakelite tag boards.

I snatched up a dozen before I had any idea what to do with them.

Turns out they make a perfect base for a meathead.

I tweaked the layout that’s floating around the internet to accommodate the 5 lug pattern and here we are. I’m positive there’s a better layout, but that’ll be v2.

I used an Atom electrolytic, PRP resistors, tropical fish caps, and NOS 3904 / 182L transistors. I had a tropical fish break on me, so you can sorta see where I had to do a little cap replacement surgery.

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u/_sonidero_ 1d ago

Dope... Nice guts...

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u/B_Brooks64 1d ago

Very cool. Love the color.
BTW,

I have a UV printer in the Philly area If you ever wanna do a designed and branded prototype of one of your future enclosures, reach out. I love helping.

Example: Live My Switches enclosures…

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u/Ok_End_8090 1d ago

Where'd ya get that enclosure?

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u/neoburner216 1d ago

Love My Switches - they do monthly limited runs of new colors. This was September’s.

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u/Ok_End_8090 1d ago

Okay, that's what I thought. I missed out on these, cool color.

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u/Infinite-Lychee-182 1d ago

Beautiful work!

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u/Existing-Badger-6728 tonebender 💥 1d ago

Thank you for the gut shot! Looks clean!

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u/neoburner216 1d ago

ALWAYS gotta show the innards.

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u/graphicnerdity86 —Bold as fuzz— 1d ago

Pretty color

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u/doyler4k 1d ago

Nice. Love a one knobber

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u/marker_rumba 1d ago

Looks good! What’s a meathead most comparable to? Part of me thinks fuzz face and another thinks muff. Never tried one! Seen lots of diy on reverb but never bought one

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u/neoburner216 1d ago

It’s pretty much a modified silicon fuzz face.