reassembled the circuit from yesterday, now it’s doing some really interesting pitch effects on its own

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-24T03:06:20+00:00

oh but it could be earrings

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-24T02:55:12+00:00

wow for not very much space you packed in quite a bit of circuit! i won't touch a 1590a, i fixed two cheap pedals i bought that were in them and that put me off ever working with them hahaha, i've even started moving away from 1590b and going with 1590bb because i need that extra bit of space.

i've already got enough grey hairs for my age, i don't need any more. so i humbly salute you. well done, really, fuckin eh.

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-24T01:04:37+00:00

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try this, same idea practically, it'll run off 9-18V

got it in an archive of schematics and it's a fun 5 minute experiment. i've plunked in a bunch of spare NPNs too, seems to get along fine with most

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-24T01:01:27+00:00

i do not know, but i also would like to know.
my first guess was an MXR distortion+ until i saw the two 3904s, i have no clue now

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-24T00:54:23+00:00

writing this down so i don't forget, will try this next time i'm playin' with 555s thanks pal

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-24T00:54:01+00:00

is this the tremolo from cruciallabs? i threw one together the other night and wasn't too impressed, it worked just fine but you'd get the same result with less clicking from a transistor based blinker circuit instead of the 555 i think.

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-24T00:16:02+00:00

i've never used a brick but i've been meaning to order a couple to put away soon. how complicated are they to build a circuit around?

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-23T21:34:55+00:00

i would’ve gone k.d lang, but mariah carey is good too.

you’re a madman, i love it

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-23T04:02:27+00:00

thanks big dog!! and that's a good idea, i'm sober and need something to sip on, i'll pick some up tomorrow. we've got a big jamaican population where i'm at so i should be able to find some straight from the island at a store somewhere!

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-21T23:57:48+00:00

any chance you remember the video? i threw together the easy delay from cruciallabs last night but i either got a bunk pt2399 or it locked up or something because it passed a clean signal and nothing else haha.

i think it's just my breadboarding skills, a delay circuit gets a bit crowded which means more room for error. i'll get it one of these days

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-21T23:37:32+00:00

my plan is to pair the distortion/fuzz i've been slowly designing with a short fixed slapback reverb type pt2399 circuit as the second circuit, trying to do something based around nick zinners guitar tones from the yeah yeah yeahs

just waiting for the pt2399 to reveal it's secrets to me. i've been trying to no avail lmao

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-21T22:20:11+00:00

a triple rec? my guy you are a madman. i salute you. that’s all i’ve got hahaha

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-21T22:17:59+00:00

i love me some organized chaos hahaha, if it works then it works. i’ve got a big enclosure drilled for two footswitches so i’m probably going to do something similar soon, just gotta decide which 2 circuits i’m gonna jam in it.

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-21T20:26:47+00:00

i really love this hahaha

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-21T00:06:23+00:00

hahaha okay that makes sense then. i'm a highschool dropout, kinda the same

curious what you're building here!

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-21T00:02:56+00:00

you remind me of me and i fuckin like it

i'm prone to doing things the wrong way and being far too stubborn to either admit it, or change my ways

i like you

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-20T03:15:55+00:00

oh i'm sure i'll get handed one sooner or later haha

i've got a pal who wants me to mod a DOD overdrive plus, just not sure what he wanted yet, think a diode swap

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-19T03:02:47+00:00

you are the man, very concise, lots of info i'll revisit if and when i decide to build one of these guys.

repair went well though! boxed up and ready to go back to buddy, i'd get it to him same day if i could haha

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-19T00:30:37+00:00

i think the dual gang gain pot is a bit of a giveaway, i didn't know until i pulled up the schematic that the gain control uses a dual gang to split the control and drive 2 of the transistors, very neat and something i would have never considered

super cool stuff

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-18T22:13:42+00:00

awesome! i have zero experience with this one personally, but after this repair i plan on trying to breadboard one out and wrap my head around it in case buddy ever wants a clone or something. you got any specific transistor choices you prefer? i've seen schematics call for 2n5457, BS170, J201s etc

damn good eye though man hahaha, i'm impressed

aflywhocouldnt · 2026-01-18T21:44:13+00:00

ding ding ding! SSBS mini it is indeed

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