I made a post looking for a fuzz pedal and someone suggested going to build your own clone and buying a kit. I have alot of electronics experience and bought a kit and it turned out flawless!!!!!!(Arbiter copy).. SO now I am hooked, I think I found a hobby that is ALMOST as enjoyable as playing guitar. I have been surfing around the net and I found a printed circuit board for a Gretsch Controfuzz. I was originally going to try and build a Maestro Fuzztone as my next project since I dont have the $500 to get one off of ebay but I have to build this one first because it is Gretsch.. I just did the Arbiter copy in the unfinished metal housing but I am going to paint it at some point... will post pics when I paint it and add some decals...
Gretsch Controfuzz............
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Oct 4, 2008 8:18 p.m. bodr1:
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Oct 4, 2008 9:53 p.m. Chonny:
Build a Keeley Fuzzhead.
Schematics are at the bottom of the page.
http://www.robertkeeley.com/product.php?id=25
I have two of these things they are quite an amazing little box.
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Oct 4, 2008 10:01 p.m. wenzel:
Congrats bodr1! I have a question though. I think I could easily build stomp boxes too, but where do you get the cases for them and which site is the best to use? The reason I ask is that the last time I was going to attempt this I couldn't find the stomp cases and an all in one area for the various parts. The site I was on, you had to search for every single cap and resistor by yourself and it was a pain. I'd like to build some cool effects, like a tremelo pedal with true bypass. Any tips and is it cheaper than buying a decent pedal or is it more just for fun?
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Oct 5, 2008 11:45 a.m. bodr1:
Wenzel here is a few links- http://www.pedalpartsplus.com/ they have all the parts and boxes. http://www.buildyourownclone.com/index1.html Byoc has kits but they are pricey, I bought one just to more or less try it out and they had the exact pedal kit I was looking for.. http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/ This is probably where I will go for my next project, They had the same pedal kit but with different transisitors, I wanted the Germanium transistor version... Also this site gives you options to build those different versions... Would have gone here if I had not already ordered from BYOC..
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Oct 10, 2008 6:08 p.m. bodr1:
pics of the fuzz pedal, I just left it unpainted.. gonna check with setzer about some type decals..
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Oct 10, 2008 6:17 p.m. bobbyrivera:
Looks like you did a nice job on the wiring. I would leave it just bare metal- It looks cool and if someone asks you what it is, you can give different answers every time.
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Oct 10, 2008 7:06 p.m. bodr1:
Ive been browsing some of the other builders pedals and they twist and tie all there wiring. I will do that on my next one. Ive got the stuff coming to build another fuzz and I bought a green ringer clone kit from General guitar gadgets... Both those I am powdercoating white so I can use black decals on them. The green ringer I am keeping, the other fuzz is sold once its built.
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Oct 10, 2008 7:52 p.m. Proteus:
How were the cupcakes?
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Oct 10, 2008 7:56 p.m. bobbyrivera:
I'm with Proteus- Screw electronics dabbling and pedal building and make some Halloween themed cupcakes
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Oct 10, 2008 8:26 p.m. bodr1:
My kids made halloween cupcakes Tues. They went overboard with the sprinkles but they were pretty good!
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Oct 10, 2008 11:57 p.m. TwangOmatic:
This is a great thread you must post some audio of the controfuzz when you build it, ive been trying to find out what it sounds like for a while. I think im gonna buy the shin Ei fuzz kit from generalguitargadgets.com. Id love to build a fuzzrite clone but i haven't seen any kits.
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Oct 12, 2008 12:46 p.m. bodr1:
TwangOmatic- I just built generalguitargadgets green ringer clone. Beware of their wire. Go and buy some decent wire and use that instead. I had 2 wires break off at the PCB and it added about 30 min of cursing and more work to finish. Other than that issue I am pretty happy with it overall...
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Oct 12, 2008 12:55 p.m. TwangOmatic:
Good to know thanks for the heads up.
