Month: March 2012

I said I would not post here any currently in production units made by Mr.Main, but I did it already on freestompboxes.org

I’m sure I won’t hurt Dave’s business by doing this even if I would

So here it is, four Fuzz Sound variants.

– standard MK3/MK4 version with full off-board wiring

– custom Black On Black limited edition project. It is different part-wise to the common production model

– Grease and Smoke part of The Mother Fucker done as an independent units – custom DAM project based on Fuzz Sound with unusual part values

Here’s few classic MK3 type of projects done on DAM part layout (never issued as a DAM products):

Tone Bender MKIII – Early Spec

Tone Bender MKIV – Later Spec

Tone Bender MKIV – “Batman Logo”

Different layout for them all (and more) can be also found on my Tone Bender page under MK3 section. Also – DAM The Mother Fucker can be found on here

UPDATE 10/06/2012: All projects updated, error in wiring and missing trace-cut fixed

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IMPORTANT UPDATE 13/06/2012

Due to D*A*M counterfeit pedals that recently appeared on the marked all D*A*M straight layouts will be removed from turretboard.org and will be replaced soon with our own works and interpretations.
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UPDATE 25/06/2012:

Here’s universal layout for MKIII/MKIV type tone benders on 20×8 .15″ stripboard with listed part values for most common versions:

Get the pdf project file.

Get the png project file.

 

Here’s BALLS OUT SWINGING GREASED UP MONKEY SMOKE STACK BURNING SHIT SHOOTING FUZZ

…also know as DAM – The MOTHER FUCKER

I’m not saying it’s 100% accuracy, but it’s very close

It’s with full off-board wiring (revised 10/06/2012 trace-cut error fixed) as used by DAM. I’m not sure if it’s right, I could fuck up something on the way. I’m not going to verify this, as I prefer to roll it as an two independent units. For those with similar idea, here’s an project page with Fuzz Sound, also contains The Mother Fucker two circuits as a separate effects.

Anyway,

I wasn’t sure of small caps values, 220pF between collector and base of Q1 is what standard MK3 Tone Bender had, and this is my friend MK3 variant after all. FSB member beedotman said that on the right side circuit it may be 470pF as in DAM Grease Box is, but it’s hard to be verified, as is only 5 Mother Fuckers was made. Q3 collector 1nF/10nF (caps looks differently on left and on the right side of this unit) is also big crux. I’ve seen 10nF in other DAM MK3 variants (Fuzz Sound). Good old MK3 bender have 2200pF there, but it’s often used up to 15nF in new production MK3 clones like in well know Soul-Bender.

Do some experiments, it won’t explode, AFAIK it only shifts Tone knob functionality.

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IMPORTANT UPDATE 13/06/2012

Due to D*A*M counterfeit pedals that recently appeared on the marked all D*A*M straight layouts will be removed from turretboard.org and will be replaced soon with our own works and interpretations.
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