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chillin'Okay here is the newest updated schematic for the Shizzle.
For whatever reasons my pics haven't been showing up where I stuck them in some forums. I'm wondering if I'm exceeding my bandwidth on Photobucket? Whatever... you will always be able to find the full articles and images here, so screw 'em.
After much turmoil and violence, I finished a Shizzle pedal. I shouldn't have so much trouble with something that's my own design! But, I chose the hard route what with all the hand-wiring craziness...... Anyway, after all was said and done, I finally have what I would consider to be a final circuit for the Shizzle and also what I would consider my final layout.
Looksi here:
Beautiful, I know, you don't need to tell me. :wink: Ah, if only you could hear this thing! It's very hard to describe a three-stage Germanium transistor fuzz as a smooth tube-like overdrive, but that's exactly what this thing can do! That's what makes Shizzle special, and why I have disdain for those people who thing fuzzes are put on this earth to make squealing noise.
I promise, I swear, I vow that later this weekend I will have sound samples of this thing up so you can hear what I'm talking about. I really wish I could do a video so you can watch me tweaking the knobs, but all I have available is a shitass webcam and I'm not entirely sure how I would manage recording audio and video simultaneously. My guess, is I'd probably use two machines to do it and sync them later. I say that because I want the recorded audio to be of good quality, so I'll have to do that with my desktop, but all my video ability is on my laptop..... hmmmm, yes - need to figure something out for that...
I will update this topic later later to give more info about this astonishing circuit. I know there's probably some ass out there who'll say something like "that's already been done... blah blah blah" - well, fine, if it was I didn't know about it. I came up with the idea one day when I was using my Rangemaster to boost my Fuzz Face. Then I built the thing and while I was tweaking it, I discovered all the awesome variations available, which I've never heard on another box, so whatever, I don't care how original the circuit is, I'm not trying to patent it. Nothing magical here, just a cool sound.
not sureGreetings everyone in the DIY community. Welcome to The Illuminist! In this blog I'm going to try and keep track of all my builds so that others might learn from my many mistakes. I will also attempt to share as much knowledge and info as comes spilling out of my head when I tilt it too much.
These pages are dedicated to DIY Electronics - specifically circuits for musical instruments. The primary focus is going to be on pedals and amplifiers; though I might just put whatever. My goal is to try to put together something as informative and interesting as the great community of Japanese DIY blogs... there's some really great information to be found there!
Another thing I plan on focusing on is vacuum tube circuits. I've been a fan of valve technology since I was in high school and got my first tube amp - an old Silvertone 1482; and when I got the amp it had a broken fuseholder, so my first tube amp also became my first tube project! In the approximately 14 years since that time, I've repaired, built, and modified many tube amps of all different sizes and styles. My favorite circuit to work with the the Soldano SLO100 circuit; it has been the basis for many popular high-gain amps and there's really alot to work with as far as variations on the basic theme of that circuit.
Anyone who needs to contact me for any reason, please send email to: soulsonic1978 @ lycos.com
Thanks, and please use the information presented here, "wisely"...
-Martin Chittum
