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#273016 - 07/03/10 03:00 PM Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz"
stickyfiddle stickyfiddle Spam Commander (Forum Council Member) Old Timer Registered: 22/04/04 Posts: 5875 Loc: London, UK	Just spent my afternoon building this- it's a one-knob fuzz pedal in the smallest enclosure I've ever seen. Bought from Kev at http://www.diypedalkits.com - It's a great little pedal. Simple build and sounds great $\:\)$ I also have his Fulltone OCD clone waiting for me to build the courage to start! I highly recommend this one for anyone who is thinking of building pedals. The only potential issue is hat because it's so small it only runs from an adaptor, but on my pedalboard that's no problem _________________________ PSN: stickyfiddle
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#273070 - 08/03/10 07:59 AM Re: Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz" [Re: stickyfiddle]
english_bob english_bob Unregistered	Interesting... I was looking at his site this morning and toying with the idea of a Box of Rock clone- just put my Danelectro FAB Distortion back on my board and I'm quite enjoying having that thick, Marshall-y sound option as well as my Tubescreamer-type overdrive. Is the "Wee Fuzz" a clone of something, or an original design?
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#273071 - 08/03/10 08:02 AM Re: Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz" [Re: ]
english_bob english_bob Unregistered	Oh- there was thread on Harmonycentral about this guy- people were wondering whether the kit comes with a PCB or a tag-board?
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#273076 - 08/03/10 08:34 AM Re: Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz" [Re: ]
stickyfiddle stickyfiddle Spam Commander (Forum Council Member) Old Timer Registered: 22/04/04 Posts: 5875 Loc: London, UK	I'm not aware that this is a clone of anything. It's a really simple design, so it's probably been used in some form in the past, but I don't know! This one came with a stripboard, with traces pre-cut as necessary. Full instructions are included as well, which is critical. Not quite as easy as a BYOC kit with their through-plated PCBs, but not difficult. And Kev's a good guy- I'm sure he'd be able to help if you had any problems. _________________________ PSN: stickyfiddle
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#273077 - 08/03/10 08:48 AM Re: Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz" [Re: stickyfiddle]
stickyfiddle stickyfiddle Spam Commander (Forum Council Member) Old Timer Registered: 22/04/04 Posts: 5875 Loc: London, UK	Just seen the thread on Harmony Central, which in turn references MY thread on musicradar! People seem to be making a song and dance about stripboard. I can't quite see why it'a an issue- the kits would cost way more if they had PCBs in them. And very few of the classic early pedals in the 60's had anything more than turret boards... _________________________ PSN: stickyfiddle
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#273105 - 09/03/10 02:23 AM Re: Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz" [Re: stickyfiddle]
english_bob english_bob Unregistered	I think the issue is that PCBs make life much easier for you when putting all the parts in place and are difficult and time consuming to design and make, whereas there's no reason why you couldn't buy your own piece of tagboard and make the kit yourself. The argument seems to be that you could, if you were reasonably knowledgeable about electronics (which is a big "if"...), build those kits on tagboard for a fraction of what the guy is charging, and that paying for a good quality PCB is at least part of what you expect to get when you pay all that money for a kit. I disagree that the kits would cost more with a PCB- most of their kits are £50-£60, which is comparable with BYOC's kits through their UK distributor, and they're all PCB based. There's a German company that sells a Box of Rock clone for around £30 with a PCB included...
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#273109 - 09/03/10 03:04 AM Re: Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz" [Re: ]
stickyfiddle stickyfiddle Spam Commander (Forum Council Member) Old Timer Registered: 22/04/04 Posts: 5875 Loc: London, UK	Originally Posted By: english_bob I disagree that the kits would cost more with a PCB- most of their kits are £50-£60, which is comparable with BYOC's kits through their UK distributor, and they're all PCB based. There's a German company that sells a Box of Rock clone for around £30 with a PCB included... Fair play- last time I checked the cheapest BYOC kits were around £90. Do you know a link to this German BOR clone?> $\:P$ _________________________ PSN: stickyfiddle
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#273112 - 09/03/10 03:34 AM Re: Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz" [Re: stickyfiddle]
english_bob english_bob Unregistered	Originally Posted By: stickyfiddle Fair play- last time I checked the cheapest BYOC kits were around £90. Do you know a link to this German BOR clone?> $\:P$ I've never known BYOC kits be that expesive! Here's the distributor's current prices: http://www.vibe-o-tronic.co.uk/products.php?brand=1&type=1 As for the german BOR clone- here's their full list of kits- the BOR is is right there in the "distortion/overdrive" section where you'd expect it: http://uk-electronic.de/onlineshop/index.php/cPath/105?osCsid=1a9d4e2614bceeb1f78602918077767c
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#273113 - 09/03/10 03:40 AM Re: Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz" [Re: ]
CortRedHanded CortRedHanded Professional Forumite! Registered: 23/11/04 Posts: 832 Loc: Warsash, Hants	Here's another German site with some cheap pedal kits Musikding I quite fancy trying one of their Madamp valve amp kits _________________________ There's no such thing as a useless effects pedal, it's just finding the right moment to apply it.
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#273114 - 09/03/10 04:10 AM Re: Homebuilt "Wee Fuzz" [Re: CortRedHanded]
stickyfiddle stickyfiddle Spam Commander (Forum Council Member) Old Timer Registered: 22/04/04 Posts: 5875 Loc: London, UK	Thanks for link- looks like they have a FF-style build. Very tempting... _________________________ PSN: stickyfiddle
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