Huzzle & Cuzz Fuzz (modified Roland Double Beat)

[SpaceCommandant]

I’ve used Neil McNasty’s layout in the contributions section. It works and sounds fantastic except for a strange phenomenon: if I strum super hard/loud, the pedal’s volume drops till it’s totally silent, as though the circuit has been overloaded. If I touch the Gate of the leftmost Jfet (the AMZ miniboost section), it springs back to life! Any ideas how to solve this?

[Travis]

Are you using a socket?

[SpaceCommandant]

They’re soldered in. It’s so strange because it’s so consistent: after about five hard strums the signal dies and immediately starts up as I touch the jfet on the solder joint. Everything else about this pedal works perfectly.

[tempo]

Did you ever get this fixed? (Or has anyone else actually built this successfully?) I'm interested in this build, but am hesitant to dive in since it doesn't appear to be verified.

Thanks!

[SpaceCommandant]

I was going to try to bypass the miniboost section entirely but never got around to it. I'd be curious to hear how yours works if you build it.