Building my First Guitar Pedal feat. 

the look of surprise when the pedal passed signal is so relatable 😆

“You will make a mistake”. Never a more true word was spoken. Been doing DIY Audio for a while and I always seem to have to stop and re-solder something. Looks easy, but in practice, not so much.

Pedal sounds great, LOVE the noise mode idea. Also Matt seems super chill, you two should collab again.

Such a fun project, haven't put on the building hat in a while so thanks for having me jump in on it! Was so hyped to see the pedal fire up for the first time and you make it sound sooo sick

So happy to find your channel. I started guitar 2 months ago (because of BOCCHI the Rock) and you are one of the many channels that keep me motivated to keep going :o)

I loved this video. 😮she needs more subscribers. I’m telling all my guitar buddies about this channel. And please keep this type of content going.

WOW! As always the video is very well put together and the song is killer!

When you “put it to work” I couldn’t help but make that face. You know, the one where you smell something stanky, but you like it! I watched it twice LOL!

awesome.

killer fuzz 🦦🔥🔥

Congrats on the build! Love that oscillation control. The biggest thing I learned building my first pedal was just how shaky my hands can be

There are so many DIY pedal communities. DIYstompboxes is the oldest and most famous, Brian Wampler and others got their start there. I like the folks at the Madbean Pedals forum, Madbean makes great PCB's and the forum folks are pretty chill and patient. There's really kind of a culture around DIY pedals.. some worse than others "I'm never paying for a commercial pedal again" vs "I'll make fun stuff and leave the really unique stuff to the pros". Plus a big culture of "cheapest supplier" as pedal building isn't cheap. New Old Stock (NOS) supply caches, raiding ham radio fests and dusty defunct electronic stores, antique stores, flea markets and pawn shops, harvesting and testing "magical" transistors from old electronics.. it's a wild plunge. I give but one warning. It's addictive.

momentary chaos switch is an inspired choice, it sounds amazing

WOW that pedal is dope af, love the final sound and the video of the process!

This is sick! Definitely inspired me to build pedals. I love playing guitar of course, but your channel reminds me that all of the gear is a mechanical wonder too.

Lol Love the gunpla snips and marker! I was not expecting to see gunpla supplies in a video on pedal building!

Beautiful!

I have just discovered your channel and I am blown away for the quality of the videos. I can’t stop watching one after the other. Thanks a lot for the great content. Subscribed !

I discovered your channel yesterday and I've been really enjoying all your videos so far. Can't wait to see what's next!

Killer riff!! Stumbled upon your channel and has been regularly watching for almost a week. I am learning a lot from you

I'm so glad I found your channel last night! I really enjoy stuff like this!

So cool!!! Well done!!!

Love all your videos ,very informative

YOU JUST POPPED UP ON MY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IT'S WORTH IT.

Love the vid, love your pedal, and your song is fantastic. Keep it all coming!

Loved the tone of this Fuzz you also got a great energy 😄Love cheers💕

Way braver than me Nisebelle. I took one look at the black hole of pedal building and went NOPERS. It's hard enough wrapping my brain around reviews of commercial pedals and the deep dives that some channels go on. The one thing I have learned out of reviews is that there are many cheap pedals out there that can sound as good as many boutique pedals when shot out blind. Or old pedals that everyone ignored, until someone points out that it can sound great (ref Bad Monkey recently) I love the idea of the huge knob that can be adjusted on the fly with your foot - that really could be useful for some pedals. It's surprising to me how little the PCB is. Your pedal sounds great and it'll be interesting to see what else it inspires.

The way your face glowed when the fuzz came through.

Great Content. Keep em coming. Btw the track is absolutely sick!

Your production model is amazing, learned so much thank you!! Never had pedals make sense before like this, appreciate your interview and breakdown style!

You really built the perfect pedal for that riff goddam

That sounds epic! Now I need one

Can't beat that look of pure joy when you fired it up for the first time. Wish that happened to me on my Surfy Bear reverb unit, oh the fun-stration of soldering

Love the background song on this video.

That noise mod is dope. Great song!

Great!

Love your channel, cheers from France

Amazing video and final sound AND song! WOW! Absolutely love it, being able to hold down the second foot switch and have feedback in between riffs is sick, reminds me of that part in the verse of “Francis Farmer..” by Nirvana. Might have to try my hand at building this, even though the first pedal I attempted didn’t work 😭

Wooow it sounds so great, what a cool project to do

Your new pedal and your playing are amazing! 😎

Love that bass tone!

gnarly sound from that beast. nice.

First pedal I built is a valvecaster. It uses a 12au7 vacuum tube and I built it in a vero board (not pcb). I housed it in a large enclosure(1590bb) to make it easier. The first time I tested it, it's already in the enclosure and to my surprise, it worked right away.

Great channel, your passion is addictive

The track is awesome and I love the bass tone.

oops forgot to check out this video! my bad 😅 really interesting how you made your own gear. ive never seen videos like these but it was a joy to watch

I love that you used that Pillows style riff in the opening. They have been one of my favorite bands since I watched FLCL as a kid and they still make killer music.

Matt his voice is awesome 😮

Hell yeah! I had a similar reaction at the same time you did w the oscillator 🥳 it works! Lol

Brilliant bass

Well done...sounds easy but takes a bit practice to build a working stomp box....your positivity & happiness is nicely infectious, keep up the good work...🎸

It’s Alive!!! I built a guitar once and it only worked if I put a pick under the volume knob hahahaha

WTH?! I Want one now! That oscillation!!!!!

RU-vids algorithm was on point tonight, “5 lessons on modding guitars” popped up and I needed that because I’ve started modding my gear. My first soldering job with a decent iron in 5 years was not pretty, but it works, you can’t even tell haha Thank you for creating this channel!

Love the Hyperion. My main mod for them is to stick the big muff tone stack on the end with a switch to turn the tone control on or off. Glad you found success here!

You rock

Your awesome

Nice job. I am currently building my first couple fuzzes. I've got a pair of pcbs one for npn one for pnp. But because I'm always terrified of ruining materials, I've been doing a point to point build. Using used transistors without testing them in a breadboard circuit first is where I keep stumbling. Get it all together to discover a shorted base to emitter junction on my q1.

Your Awesome, Great Job. Wear some protective Glasses when soldering.😊

Great channel, beautiful young lady, and the best smile in the history of rock music.

It’s MATT!! I love his channel and as a fellow graphics person besides his playing I am always a fan! This was really great breakdown and wonder explanation of where to start and go for a Fuzz! Thank you for creating this. Also what jaguar is that?

THAT ORIGINAL SONG WAS SO COOL, IS IT ON SPOTIFY???!?!

Is the plural of Fuzz, really Fuzzes? Or, is it like ‘Deer’? 😃Great first Fuzz build!!! Sounds awesome!

Your latest video asks for some tips. Soldering, wear safety specs. Snipping wire, wear safety specs. Transistors & ICs, solder a holder to the board, then push component into the holder, reduces risk of component damage & components easily swapped.

If you want a deep dark rabbit hole, it is FUZZ! I literally have dozens of them.

I NEED FUZZ, great video

Subarashi pedal

one thing about the morality of copying existing pedals to sell as a business, I would say that if it's an old, prohibitively expensive pedal like the klon or the foxx tone machine, I would say it's okay to sell clones. If warm audio didn't exist (a company that makes clones of both of those pedals) then I'd never be able to experience them without making my own.

You should get a fume extractor when soldering. The fumes aren't good for you, trust me.

one thing to consider about germanium transistors in fuzz circuits is temperature stability . if you play in outdoor or places where the temps are not 75 all the time - or hot , the germanium devices will cease to operate properly, or perform . by their nature Ge transistors are very temperature sensitive - this is why they were replaced so quickly , that and the leakage . i have also been burned when trying to purchase ge transistors on more than one deal so , buy wisely. my experience showed me buying bulk is that you will get all the throw aways. they will be cherry picked by the time they hit your door. mind you going on forums , well its not for me. lots of theory and know it all types . not useful . extremely frustrating if you are not in the club. i wasnt. as time pases , finding GOOD Ge - from my experiences- unless one pays thru the nose - it has become even more challenging to source . Because you need , ideally a ge transistor that has proper hfe ( gain) and also leakage . you can build a ge transistor leakage testing device very simple - along with a multimeter to determine these factors and its time consuming. finding the ideal ranges in these ge transistorsis is important if you are going for performance or good tone. its interesting because with a fuzz factory you can make silicon transistor version or a germanium version- same with most fuzz's can be built either way. my experience is just that ,(mine so yours will be different) but its extensive. i am not a ge acolyte . ik do not sell fuzz boxs . if i did , if i was a money based person , i think i would not be typing any of this . i would be hyping ge . GE is VERY much the emperors new clothes - for ME . i have built silicon fuzz that very much do 99 percent of the ge thing ,and in a mix ... the 1 percent is not audible . i have built a pair of spaceman effects sputnik two clones , i own a authentic Fz-1a , an old one (hint it is silicon but every guitar player who ever heard it went on and on about germanium tone when playing thru it) . i have properly biased charge pumped GE fuzz faces , nothing to brag about but over the years considering i built my firtst effect in the early 80s, well perhaps i have built quite a few . i really LOVE the fjord fuzz mjolnir unverified layout on tagboard effects forum. that uses 2n2222 si transistor and a pair of pink 3mm led clippers . that is an incredible fuzz that does all the old school tones , brass stuff , and apes the ge thing like - unreal but its si. its a low parts count simple circuit . i also really like the baldwin burns buzzaround ge fuzz but it can do fuzz and also distortion so its more modern or set in-between. fuzz factorys are great - but very tweaky. eatyourguitar sells an 8 knob fuzz pcb - its a Si wolf computer clone , that makes the factory look simple and approachable . as far as something simple that not so fuzzy , i am going to twist your arm - build a dod 250 and put the clipping diodes on a toggle with a pair of red 3mm leds on the other side of the 1n4148's . thank me later - you will love that one (LED clipping MOD) . i have a hand made jtm 45 so lately i have been really into boosts . the EP boost pcb from TAYDA dot com has bright and phat switches in the front panel . great circuit . you can also get a revg3 pcb from pedalpcb - thats also a very good quiet distortion circuit . if you want to learn vero and you should try forum boost first - very useful single transistor boost but the dod250 is he one for adding a grit first stage with that led mod - always on s/c pick sensitive glory. that mjolnir is also something i have told a lot of people about but , people tend to ignore me . guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Fjord-Fuzz-Mj-lner-td43570.html . when i was a kid i preordered craig andertons book in 1983 . my second project was the paiaa ring mod - rack mount effet with a bi-polar p.s. i still have it . i have been around for a minute , but i dont claim to be an expert . for me , i feel that all this stuff especially guitar tone is subjective, i admit that am much more of a hack , but thats ok , i keep a list i check it off. perhaps it beats knowing everything . my life is a path , i am opened minded and learning . most of the pedal folks i have run into are tight lipped , they also have arrived on top of that mountain they dont leave much room for anything but what is on their board and they they sense you may have a spark of ability , are quick to throw you on a wild goose chase for their amusement. i am old and slowing down due to health stuff but if i did somehow keep going like i am on fire , one day i would know everything , i just hope i dont turn into a massive opinionated jerk who speaks in blanket statements and absolutes at that point . mictesters si tonebender , si rangemaster , naga viper these are all great silicon projects that will shame a ge pedal back into the closet where they belong . the temp stability thing is what broke me . we make music outdoors a lot , my wife and i so . anyway , i tried to condense 40 years of experience into a single post . i wont say i am sorry for typing to much . if you dont have the time to read this well , choose a different hobby than pedal building . which by the way build yourself an audio test probe , and then look for rg keens quick and dirty test oscillator . you dont need to know whats going on in the circuit so much but it helps . just dont rush . start small , work your way up. there will be a lot , i mean a lot of trouble shooting . using paste flux - removing that , cleaning your boards before resting , going over everything "cleaning it up" building a nice beavis board or test rig - mine has the mini amp and test oscillator built in , these are all things that worked well for me . there is lots of videos like using a multi meter for pedals and vero tips you can find on youtube . this is all stuff i wish i had when i started . if you want to learn you will . you learn from mistakes and experience . tayda dot com for parts and powder coated predrilled chassis . digikey and mouser are great but ... bitches love my switches is also another great supplier . tayda sells pcbs by the way - and the components and the chassis . try that ep boost you can get everything you need and pay a single shipping fee . when you realize its twice as much as buying a chinese al express pedal , thats tough . best of luck. i will post an emoji next time .

I’m about to build an Acapulco Gold clone, and need one big knob like the one you used. Where did you buy that from?

Are there any links you could provide for instructions etc on how to build the fuzz you made??

I've had an untouched BYOC Crown Royal Overdrive kit staring at me from beside my soldering iron for a year and a half... I'm appropriately ashamed.

Careful now, first it’s transistors and diodes, next thing you know you’re hiding gain stacking pedals from your friends and asking them to come to “shoegaze” concerts.

I have been trying to build pedals for some time now. I find it fun and very confusing.

nice work, DUDE

Why shouldn't I start a business? Pedals are tools, just like a screwdriver, a hammer or a pencil. Who made those things? Who knows... Nobody cares, yet everybody has different brands of the tools they need. And if you don't like cheap "knockoffs" then you can always get the real deal. That's how Behringer stays on business.

Please guys.....buy a solder fume trap or build U some with a ventilator and a active charcol fleece....colophonium is not your friend and solder even so not