Builds

Tonebender MKIII clone8th October 2016
Tonebender MKIII Fuzz

A reproduction of the vintage Tonebender MKIII using PNP germanium transistors, circuit analysis included!





Boss Tap Tempo pedal16th September 2016
Boss Tap tempo pedal

A very simple tap tempo pedal for Boss pedals (or other). Good project for beginners!





DIY tremolo with tap tempo
13th May 2016
DIY tremolo with tap tempo

A fairly complex project involving the Electric Druid TAPLFO digital chip, and a lot of work! Very nice tremolo with waveform selection, tap tempo and more.




Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh Fuzz clone 27th April 2016
Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh Fuzz clone

Another Big Muff derivative, very subtle and transparent... Or not! This monster will crush your ears with its massive distorsion, very cool build!




Dead Astronaut Chasm Reverb20th February 2016
Dead Astronaut Chasm Reverb

Very cool reverb using an Accutronics Belton Brick BTDR2, designed by Dead Astronaut. A feedback loop allows crazy ambient reverb settings.





Vemuram Jan Ray clone30th November 2015
Jan Ray clone in a 1590B

I designed my own PCB to assemble Vemuram Jan Ray clones. Here is my latest version of the Jan Ray, with an analysis of the circuit.





LPB1 boost19th November 2015
LPB1 Boost

This is a classical boost, created by Electro Harmonix in 1968. I made of small version of this clean boost, using a homemade PCB.






Big Muff clone Black Keys Dan Auerbach23rd September 2015

One of the biggest problems with Big Muff is the lack of medium frequencies when used. In this build, inspired by the Black Keys, I used AMZ tonestack to add a mid knob.




Klon centaur clone
9th September 2015
Klon Centaur - Aion Electronics Refractor

The hypest pedal of all! The Klon Centaur is a really nice overdrive famous for its light, crunchy tones and its buffer. I also listed mods that you can do.




JHS Superbolt clone 9th June 2015
JHS Superbolt / ROG Supreaux

A pedal recreating the famous tones of the Supro amplifiers. Really good sounding device with a lot of top end! Circuit analysis included!






Rub a Dub reverb tweed pedal3rd June 2015
Rub A Dub reverb

A simple yet good sounding reverb with one knob from 1776 effects. I used tweed to cover the pedal, for a vintage Fender look.






EHX 73 Ram's Head clone 11th May 2015
Big Muff Ram's head (73 version)

A classic 73 Ram's Head (David gilmour's style) with 2 switches for mediums and two configurations: a smooth, bassy one, and a more trebly agressive big muff.





Analogman Sunface Clone
31 March 2015
Analogman Sunface #2

A slightly improved version of the Sunface, with stabilization of the power supply, and a voltage inverter. I used a PCB following Scruffie's layout. For this one, I used original NKT275 "red dot" transistors that could be found in the original 60s Fuzz Faces!





diodes soul food mod23 March 2015
EHX Soul Food mod


How to mod a soul food by adding a switch allowing to choose between stock version diodes or original germanium diodes of the Klon Centaur. We will also see what is the real influence of the diodes on the overall sound of the pedal. (don't believe the hype!)






Jan ray diy clone10 March 2015
Vemuram Jan Ray clone

I recently made a Vemuram Jan Ray clone. For the record, the Jan Ray overdrive is one of the many scandals which shaked the boutique pedal community recently, as it was proven to be a slightly modified Timmy.





Strymon favorite switch DIY
20 February 2015

Strymon Favorite Switch


I love my El Capistan from strymon. It is a great tape delay, with a lot a features to adjust the sound exactly how you want it. However, the lack of presets was really frustrating, so I built the Favorite switch.





Analogman Sunface clone

18 February 2015
Analogman Sunface #1

Here is a first build I made not so long ago, an analogman sunface. Very simple layout, a classic fuzz face with really simple modifications, like a bias pot which I called "woof" here for fun...