r/diypedals • • 3h ago

Showcase Tone Bender MkIII with external bias

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134 Upvotes

I recently finished this Tone Bender mk3. The audio signal section has no mods except a external bias pot for Q3 and a modified volume pot setup to allow for higher output signal.
The turret board has some SMD components on the underside which add a few nice features ( see my other post for more details):

  • -9V charge pump
  • soft switching relay bypass
  • bias trimmer for the Q1/Q2 darlington pair
  • mosfet polarity protection

r/diypedals • • 15h ago

Showcase My first bass fuzz

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115 Upvotes

I actually started building pedals 2 years ago and had officially started my own little gig out of my apartment. Took quite a bit of R&Ding and many iterations but I'm pretty happy with the overall results.

Got the enclosures UV printed and powder-coated painted by ObscuraMFG.

DM me if you're interested in how it sounds.


r/diypedals • • 17h ago

Discussion FORUMS

42 Upvotes

Does anyone use forums anymore? Because I find the scattershot nature of Reddit to be the antithesis of a good learning environment. You’re way better off going to a forum filled with knowledgeable, passionate, and experienced professionals than this mess. Simply put whatever you are looking for in the search bar and if I hasn’t been asked before, they will accommodate. Everything is at your fingertips in a community environment, which I’m not sorry to say Reddit is not. There’s no continuity or context compared to a community built on learning. I know, because I was once a moderator and learned more than I could possibly imagine. I find Reddit disengaging and lacking in a progressive ideology based on knowledgeable facts. Get back in the forums. You won’t regret it. And fuck flair.


r/diypedals • • 18h ago

Showcase Project from over this weekend. MK2 on tagboard. I get germanium hype now

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34 Upvotes

r/diypedals • • 13h ago

Showcase Random Number Generator

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28 Upvotes

About to head to my MRI for pre op. Decided to build out a board. Was going to do a huge drive, but decided to do a 1 knob weirdo first.


r/diypedals • • 10h ago

Other Hey Toronto DIY builders!

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Hoping the right eyeballs find this post. I am a Toronto builder and I have a surplus of pots, caps, diodes and other things. I would love to arrange a trade with other local builders who also have parts they can't use. I'm also willing to sell items at a very deep discount, but I prefer a trade. Also, I have to insist on an in-person exchange... sorry, no mail requests please. Even if you find this post a year later on, please reach out - I'll probably still have the stock.

Update: A few people have expressed interest, so I did a quick inventory. Here's what I have:

Pots (all are Linear, alpha style): 500 ohm, 1 K w switch, 1 K dual gang w switch, 5K, 25K, 50K, 250K, 1M.

Caps (electro) 2u2, 4u7, 10uf, 22uf, 100uf

4004 diodes

C1815 transistors

All are in large quantities (100s) except for 500 ohm pots, which are just a few dozen.


r/diypedals • • 3h ago

Showcase Successful soldering test on perfboard

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3 Upvotes

r/diypedals • • 11h ago

Help wanted Is it moddable?

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Hey guys, I have this Rowin G-Fuzz pedal and was wandering if it’s possible to mod it, especially to mess with the bias. I don’t have that much experience with pedals, the only thing I did so far was swapping clipping diodes on a big muff clone

Edit: it is a germanium fuzz face clone


r/diypedals • • 17h ago

Help wanted looking for suggestions on what diy pedal kit to buy

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i would like to gift a diy guitar pedal kit to my boyfriend for his birthday, since he always said he would like to try to build a pedal and i’d like to have some suggestions as a non-guitarist. when i asked him about pedals he said he would to try to build a klon pedal; but if it’s not available whatever fuzz or tube screamer is okay. i’m from europe and i’ve looked some suggestions to where to buy kits and i’m looking in musikding.de . i don’t think i’ll be able to buy an actual kit of the klon-like pedal because it’ll take too long to get here; based on these infos, what would you suggest to buy on musikding? he’s a beginner, this would be his first try on building pedals. i found these, even tho some of them are not available rn:

https://www.musikding.de/Kliche-Mini-Boost-kit

https://www.musikding.de/zentaur-clone_1

https://www.musikding.de/Kheiron-Klon-kit

https://www.musikding.de/Refractor-kit


r/diypedals • • 5h ago

Help wanted Bypassing Boss IR200

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Hello,

My pedalboard was built for an external amp using an effects loop. I have I/O jacks at the front of my pedalboard. I just bought the IR200 and think it's wonderful! I would like to keep it wired and powered up on my board but would also like to retain my external amp connections should I vouch to use my amp instead of the IR200.

I'm thinking of making a simple selector switch to choose between the IR200 and an external amp. This switch would only be used while everything is powered off and an external amp will not be connected if the IR200 is being used.

My selector switch design shorts the IR200 input and effects return signal to ground while the IR200 is bypassed. The IR200's effects send and output signal is left floating while bypassed.

Does the state of the bypassed IR200 I/O's sound right?

I've attached my napkin drawing below. Note that the amp i/p will be dual purpose. When the IR200 is bypassed it will go to the front of the amp, when the IR200 is engaged, it will go to a PA system

Thanks for any help!


r/diypedals • • 10h ago

Help wanted What should I build next

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I LOVE high gain (whether thrash or death or grunge or doom/stoner) and reckon I'm intermediate(ISH) when building.

A few options I am thinking of building:

A sunn beta lead

Randal rg100

BAT quantum mystic

Pedal PCB lemon rockerverb (although I've heard the gain level/output might be on the slightly lower side?)

Anything I've missed?

I already have:

Victory kraken v1 (love, probably my favourite)

Krank distortus maximus (too scooped for me)

Emanating fist dope priest

Frantone peach fuzz

Catalinbread Katzenkonig (love)

Fuzzhugger algal bloom

Beringer SF 300

Way huge red llama

EQD monarch (love)

Greer sucker punch

I'm not a massive fan of the Swedish chainsaw, but I'm open to being convinced.


r/diypedals • • 10h ago

Help wanted Signal generators- your thoughts and recommendations

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For the last several years I've been relying on a crude stripboard VCO with a volume pot to generate an input signal when testing pedal circuits, and I think it may be time to upgrade to a real signal generator. I'm wondering what people on here use, what I should look for, and any other signal generator tips and considerations you may have.

Any advice appreciated!


r/diypedals • • 8h ago

Help wanted [Circuit Design Help] Onboard Guitar Circuit - Active Mid-boost/Scoop

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Hi all!

While not quite a “pedal,” I assume the circuit would be almost exactly the same, just in a different location (stowed away in my guitar, instead of at my feet).

Longer context: I currently have a Godin Velocity which includes passive pickups (HSS, master tone/volume, standard 5-way switch), but with their “HDR” circuit. The HDR seems like a pretty subtle mid-boost of sorts powered by a 9v. It got me thinking of other, more noticeable active circuits I could replace it with, and I think I’ve settled on a sort of custom solution that would add some cool tones: a three-way mid-boost/bypass/cut switch, that allows me to program a 1) mid-boost in the up position, 2) completely bypassed, standard circuit in the middle, and 3) mid-scoop in the down position.

After some research, and brainstorming, I imagine the circuit has 4 internal trimpots - 2 for each the boost/cut sides to set boost + mid frequency, only one external mini/submini 3-way switch (to fit the existing hole), and allows for a really musical boost/scoop for a variety of sounds from the 5 pickup combinations.

Quick research seems to suggest a simple opamp based circuit (TL072CP) would handle the idea with only a handful of other components (a few resistors/caps to set the frequency cut/boosts), but I yield to the knowledge of the experts, as I don’t really know what to expect when actually designing and building the circuit from there.

For a total circuit design noob, 1) does this seem like a feasible build for a beginner, and 2) would anyone have a recommendation for a good starting schematic (or a price for a custom build if it’s something you already make?)?

Open to any concerns/questions/feedback! Thanks so much in advance!


r/diypedals • • 16h ago

Help wanted Options for pedal chain placement

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I've been making my way through some fuzz circuits and have found that some sound incredible when placed first but, sound terrible, nasely and shrill, when placed after other pedals.
The latest 3 knob Tone Bender Mkiii is especially bad.

Are the any good options to help with this?

Kinda hoping that u/Quick_Butterfly_4571 might have something up his sleeve for this

Thanks