DIY Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face - Build part 1

I came across these kits a little while back from Pigeon FX. Im still in the midst of building a rather excessive fuzz pedal collection and decided to add one of these babies to my board. The Fuzz Face kits from Pigeon FX are quite seriously authentic. Vishay BC and Tropical Fish caps. Along with vintage PCB and original tracings. I am waiting for some matched AC128 germanium's to go inside but will build what I can tonight. I don't think you can get quite as close to the real McCoy than this. These are NOS parts and by the looks of things an NOS PCB! Well, I'm not sure if I believe that, at the very worst, its a stunning replica.

I will updating the build as I go. Adding to this post to complete a build guide.

Studio Compact Rack Desk Plans.

A rough plan for my new studio side desk. Quite Narrow at 450 mm but functional. Please check the spacing between the vertical's, I haven't actually built on yet and will have to see what practical spacing must be taken into account. I have measured it based on one of my own rack units.

You can download a Hi Res PDF version below.

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S800 EQ front panel - Front Panel Express

There is this amazing company that provides a software application that enables you to design your own front panels. Not only do they give you the software but they make it for you too! Amazing! Ive spent the last 6 hours fiddling with this front panel design. Measurements are made to fit the S800 PCB's mounted pots. Just remember! If you use this layout you will need to replaced the switch on the far right of the PCB with a panel mounted toggle switch.

This was designed by myself, but I don't mind if you use it. Or share it for that matter.

Download the Front-panel Express file below.
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S800 EQ PCB's have arrived.

They have arrived! I'm quite excited to say the least. I am also coming across more info on the s800 as I go along. Peterc (Group Diy member who used to supply the boards) got hold of me offering a little advice on the project. I will be posting info here as I go. But for now I am very glad to say that I have the PCB's. I was lucky to get them, they came through a member on the group diy forum who had them but hadn't used them. So I grabbed em! Excellent!

Medium res scan below. I will be attempting to "trace" a PCB trace layout for home replication. But for now, here is a scan of the actual board. Board dimensions are 160 X 87,4 mm.  

DIY 1176 compressor build guides and resources.

Hello everyone. I recently completed my 1176 Revision A (Blue Stripe) that I acquired from the awesome Hairball audio, Mnats and Mouser. For those of you who are interested in building one of these beauties please, take my advice and read all the guides carefully. What I have decided to do, is place all the resources I can think of in this one location, partially for my own reasons and partially for anyone who needs one location for all the info. So have a look. If there is anything else please comment and I will try and add it.

The beginning of a new EQ project S800 EQ

Right! I told myself that I wouldn't start another blog. But here I am typing away like a fool! Anyway, I thought it would be good to document what I am doing with my soldering iron. I haven't been building pro audio stuff for long. I'm only on my second project as we speak. But damn! I'm having such fun building this stuff that I think I'm going to carry on. I'm posting progression and documents here so that perhaps others that are keen to get stuck in might benefit. there are a lot of projects about and few resources that actually help. So keep your eyes peeled, there might be something worth looking at here one day.

S800 EQ