My First 100 Builds (long)

[Highsmith]

OK, so it’s been about a year since I started building pedals. I just hit 100. I failed on 23, so I get a 77. Solid C. The list is below. The asterisk means I thought the circuit was extra cool.

Some circuits I failed twice on, which is discouraging: the Peachfuzz, the Harmonic  Energizer, the Dumbloid, the Robot,  and the Expandora. Does anyone see any similarities in these circuits which could be jamming me up?

I should note that about 20 of these were what I consider “nailed,” that is, they worked right out of the gate without any troubleshooting needed.

Thanks to the site, and here’s to a hundred more.

Electra Distortion perf
Bazz Fuss perf
JFET Booster perf               fail
Rangemaster perf             fail
Z Vex SHO
Emerson EM Drive
Emerson EM Drive
Interfax Harmonic Percolator
Interfax Harmonic Percolator   fail
Interfax Harmonic Percolator
Jordan Bosstone *
EQD Speaker Cranker
Way Huge Red Llama
EQD Great Destroyer
Frantone Cream Puff               fail
Frantone Cream Puff*
Z Vex SHO
Black Arts Ritual Fuzz
Devi Ever Hyperion 2
Roger Mayer Mongoose
Menatone Red Snapper*
Chunk Brown Dog                fail
Marshall Guv'nor
Foxx Tone Machine *
MXR headphone amp
EHX IC Big Muff*
BJFE Folk Fuzz                          fail
Roger Mayer Voodoo Bass   fail
Pro Co Rat
Ampeg Scrambler *
Dan Armstrong Red Ranger   fail
JHS MiniBomb
Fender Blender
Pro Tone Body Rot II
JHS Mini Bomb
EQD Aculpulco Gold
Catalinbread Merkin
Interfax Harmonic Percolator
Frantone Peach Fuzz     fail
Devi Ever Soda Meiser
Boss HM-2*
Maestro FZ-1      fail
NPN Silicon Tonebender
Frantone Peach Fuzz   fail
Shin-Ei FY2
Sam Ash Fuzz Box
Crowther Prunes & Custard*
Roger Mayer Octavia
Wren And Cuff Phat Phuk B
Klon Silver
DAM Red Ranger
Bixonic Expandora    fail
Rattle Crow Restive Filter
Crowther Hotcake*
Z Vex Super Duper
Noise Ensemble
Tone God Finish Line
DBA Robot   fail
Sola Tone Bender Mk II  fail
ZVEX Fuzz Factory
Seppuku Space Fuzz
Parasit Baxandall
DAM Meathead*
DBA Robot  fail
Systech Harmonic Energizer  fail
Hermida Zen Drive  fail
Diaz Texas Square Face
Paul Cochrane Timmy
Hermida Zen Drive
Cornish SS-2
ProCo Rat 2
Ibanez Black Noise
Tech 21 XXL
Black Cat OD-1
Alembic Stratoblaster
EHX LPB-1
EHX BMP tone stack with LPB1
Shins Music Dumbloid   fail
MFI Random Number Generator
Clay Jones OD
Chunk Brown Dog*
Shins Music Dumbloid  fail
Way Huge Angry Troll
Way Huge Red Llama
Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer
Way Huge Saffron Squeeze
Lovetone Big Cheese  fail
Bixonic Expandora  PCB fail
EHX Muff Fuzz
HAO Rust Driver
EQD Blackeye boost
Dr Balls 1 knob fuzz
MXR Micro Amp
Ross Tan Distortion
Z Vex Super Duper
Systech Overdrive*
EQD Hummingbird
Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay  fail
Systech Harmonic Energizer fail
Idiotbox Blowerbox*

[BetterOffShred]

Nice list man!  I have certainly not made 100 pedals, probably like 50, but I've never given up on one yet!   It's too bad you didn't get the Big Cheese to work, that's one of my personal favorites.   There's a couple different layouts around, one uses 2 opamps and the other uses a dual opamp.. I used Alex's layout from here.  

As for your question, I dunno man.  The Robot is temperamental, I ended up using a modified layout calling for a 3V regulator, and then used some diodes to get it down to like 4V instead of the regulator.  I never really bonded with the effect anyway.  It's got some ok stuff happening, but it's just too noisy and limited.   It might be fun to try and control the "Control" knob with an LDR or something nutty to make it a little more unique. .  but Anyway
Good job :)
-Brett