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DIY Guitar Projects

The Fun Stuff

Tired of dirt boxes and boosts? Ever wanted to build something a little out of the normal? You'll find it here. Want to know what I've been up to? That will be here, too. Not all projects will be strictly guitar oriented, but most of them will be.

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EchoWreck

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A PT2399 work-alike of the classic Binson Echorec

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Escape Artist Reverb

A pedalboard-friendly ducking reverb using a brick

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The Triplicator
 

Stereo triple tracker with effects loops

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Daredevil
TZ Flanger

A through zero flanger that has a wide range of possibilities

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Echoplexus Tape Delay

A PT2399-based workalike of the classic tape echo

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CheckMate Vibrotrem

Tremolo and Vibrato with synchronized LFO

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Wishing Well Reverb

A true stereo PT2399 reverb

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High Noon Stereo Delay

A stereo ping pong delay with optional independent controls

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The Stalker

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An easy DIY double tracker

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MLS-5

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A 5-loop, MIDI-controlled loop switcher

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The Beatdown

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A true Marshall preamp in a box

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Kill Box

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A digital kill switch controller with patterns

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SATB2k Circuit Test Box

A necessity so that you can "rock it before you box it"

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FET-2B
 

JFET adaptation of a classic bass preamp

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Alternate Dimension

Flexible Dimension/Dual chorus that will take you back

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Riptide Spring Reverb

True analog spring reverb with tails. It's bound to suck you in!

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DCSC Tri-Chorus

A PT2399-based tri-chorus pedal. You know you want one!

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Soliton

Multivibe

A modernized vibe pedal with two LED's, digital LFO, and more

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Night Shift
Phase Machine

Harmonic Phaser? Yep. Dimension Phaser? Also yes.

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Don't Tell Ray
Oil Can Delay

A PT2399-based workalike of the inimitable oil can delay

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Rubber Ducky
Ducking Delay

A PT2399 delay with optical compression

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Wobble Box

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A chorus/vibrato that was never meant to be

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TBR
 

A low parts count sort-of-reverb-thing

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The JackKnife
 

Turn any distortion box into a foldback distortion machine (coming soon)

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Rochambeau

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A dirty boost that is a real kick in the pants!

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FRMT 
Sustainer

A greatly improved, LM386-based sustainer circuit

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PT2399 Tap Tempo

You know, that thing you've always wanted!

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ATTiny Programmer

Arduino Nano-based programmer for ATTiny MCU's

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T60
Reverberator

A Brick-less, FV-1 free reverb that actually sounds like reverb

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The Reverberatory

Dual delay and reverb workstation

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Spare Room Reverb

A pedalboard-friendly reverb to give a little extra space

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Disappearing Act Reverb 

An all-analog, ducking spring reverb

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The Percussor
 

A digitally-controlled, tap tempo analog kick drum for jamming

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Torivor Preamp 

A dual-channel LM386-based preamp with full tone stack

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KDLA Mod Delay

A delay using ES56033 with extended delay time

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Aeronometron
 

Resonant/Formant filter with multiple control modes

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Shadow
 

A simple-as-can-be, low parts count double tracker

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The DiSH

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A digitally-controlled, analog sample/hold effect

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The Big Littler

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A simple volume helper

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Sustainer Driver

Instructions for winding a driver that will really work

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tinyLFO

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ATTiny-based LFO generation with tap tempo and more

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Programming ATTiny MCU's

A tutorial on how to get set up and programming MCU's

DIY Links and Resources

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