I just got started with this build today. I stumbled across a post about it at Offsetguitars forum and it sounded interesting.

Here is more information from Surfy Bear’s website.

Finally got around to populating this to replace my vero version. More and more I find that I LOVE board mounted pots. That is all…

This is a great early 1960’s vibrato effect taken from the Magnatone amp that was known for having that amazing wobbly sound.

Example (Not Me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkJE3VVIhgY

Bigfoot Fx Magnavibe – Matt Molter (Transfer)

This is a populated Madbean Boneyard II pedal. This thing with some humbuckers really does sound like a classic 60’s Marshall amp. The breakup on this thing is really warm sounding and not shrill at all.

Madbean Boneyard II (TRANSFER)

Looks like I need to do a bit more wet sanding on this PCB… I was thinking of adding a Madbean Thunderpuss to the input of the Boneyard for a nice clean boost. I will test it out before I box it up in a 1590BB.

Madbean Thunderpuss (TRANSFER)

I have been looking for a decent Leslie emulation pedal that doesn’t sound to “tremelo” sounding and more “movement” to it. My father and I both really like the Strymon Lex but $299 poses a problem right now. I decided to try to build one that doesn’t sound to digital/fake. I know I will not be able to achieve the same quality/sound as the Lex but I may get some usable results.

I decided to first try the General Guitar Gadgets Leslie Simulator and found a nice layout by Guero at Handmades.

Leslie Simulator – Guero (TRANSFER)

I had 80% of the parts but I am playing the waiting game for the rest.

Here is a demo made by some random person on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaAtrvTovVs

A wonderful 4 knob Fuzz Face that I plan on making one bass heavy/face melting fuzz madness machine. And it will probably look pretty also.

Stay tuned

This came in the mail today. Transistors sprinkled with a bit of diodes.

I won a “lot auction” on eBay and picked all these up for $100. Which I thought was a steal since the guy had some high quality photos and I seen everything from NKT’s to OC’s to 2N’s & BC’s and much more…. all usable. 95% are NOS and has never been introduced to soldier.

I decided to give my Peak Atlas DCA Pro a workout and get these things sorted.

 

I am compiling a list of what I got and what the voltages are. Next I am starting a list of builds.

Picked up a 2000+ lot of Allen Bradley resistors. It’s got everything from 1/8 to 2 watt rating. Now comes the fun part of organizing them.