Hoof Fuzz

This is a great BMP version by Earthquaker Devices with germanium transistors for Q2 and Q3. I really like the mid shift control in the tone section, it adds flexibility and a lot of new sounds.

I used the schematic at bigmuffpage.com to draw my layout. I found info about the germaniums used in different versions in ilovefuzz.com forum:

v1 / rev4 board 2n1302

v1 / rev4 board CV7351 / 2N1308

v2 custom rev5 , 2N1308

v2 / rev5, 2n1308

The consensus being that 2N1308 its the best choice. I used 2N1308 537A I found on ebay. For the clipping leds I used 3mm red as the forward voltage should be the as the 5mm ones for the same color.

Plexi Drive / Velvet Fuzz

The Velvet Fuzz is basically a Plexi Drive with two switchable boost sections in front of it, so I built mine to work as a standalone Plexi or with either of the boost sections engaged. I made my own layout for the boosts sections and used the IVIark layout for the Plexi.

To be able to fit two boards inside a 125B box I had to go creative and mounted one of them under the lid and other under the top side of the box.

This is my layout for the Velvet boosts board.

Green Russian Big Muff V7

My second fuzz, this one is famous among bass players and after building it I can see why, it has tons of low end.

I added a 47pF cap at the input to ground to kill the RF interference I get at home. You can see it at the bottom of the board, I actually socketed it just in case I want to take it out.

It was really tricky to squeeze the board in this enclosure, this is what you get when you buy pre-drilled enclosures. I had to order a dc jack that fits from the inside to be able to put everything in.

You can see the layout at tagboardeffects.blogspot.com.

Fuzz Attack - Mastotron

This is my first complete pedal. I built it almost two months ago and I wanted to record a demo before posting it but I will post demo on a different post.

Its a simple board but has a lot of knobs so its a great choice if you want to practice your enclosure wiring abilities. 

I used the layout by IVIark from Guitar FX Layouts. Follow the link for a description.