The box design is very clever, i love it because it's simple and building the pedal seems more straightforward than with these hammond boxes(you don't get the joy of having a hundred little wires in a tiny box). I can definitely make small wooden boxes out of almost anything and add a top metal plate for interference control and also for durability & aesthetics seems like a good idea. Reminds me of a small build i did recently, i used a pepper tube/box made of plastic, added one stereo input and two mono outputs and boom, i have a small device that i can use to split a stereo signal into two mono (left and right) signals for next to nothing. I think i'm gonna reuse lots of these since i got them for free by eating food with spices in it, and build mini preamps, DI boxes and the like in there. Then i will put them in a spice rack and tada !
That's always the case, unless you're using bare aluminum enclosures and don't finish them. The PCB part is always the least costly and time consuming.
Well, great work anyways. I was just saying because if you go with pre-made enclosures, you can save almost 80-90% of the time and labour, and mass production will be more efficient.
Most others look pretty straight :) The purpose of this one was a) to get rid of some wood scrap, b) to show you can make a pedal without specialised tools. Amd yeah, it won't look factory-made, but I actually like that.
That's some real diy! its a pity you havent use copper film or spray as they use inside of guitar electronics cavity. This way you could get noiseless operation, with a loud amp and/ or gain this pedal is gonna introduce a lot of noise to the tone, keep that in mind on the next build
Nice job although as a woodwork teacher I enjoy the rapid production method of a hammond alloy enclosure as a change. How do you feel about the rfi screening though.I guess you could use foil? Regards alanp
It wouldn't hurt probably, but the overall circuit design makes it redundant in this very case. It's low gain, low input impedance circuit, with little components and a large enough ground plate. It's been tested in very unfavorable conditions and was fine. So I'd change the "should" in your comment to "could" ;)
This is awesome! To me, the only professional equipment out there is stuff like this and yes I own all peavey equipment but this is just beyond awesome! Your own sound built with your own 2 hands. God bless you AnalogWise! Jesus loves you and keep bringing this to the people!!! Player of many years right here and this is where the TRUE sound starts!
AnalogWise Thank you! Really kind words. Speaking of tone and making stuff with your own hands, you should definately check my "that crazy pedal". Super proud of that one :)
Honestly, it depends on your project, what you're trying to accommodate, what materials you have available. One universal rule I try to follow is not to go below 10mm thickness if I'm to screw the top lid on to the wood. But apart from that, it all depends.
Start making mistakes, lots of them in every field possible :) As for the electronics - make a simple transistor boost circuit. Play with small capacitors, see what they do here and there, add clipping diodes, then add another such circuit in series and you've got a good month of exploring all the fuzzy mod possibilities. Then find out about different tastes to different transistors. Then discover germanium transistors. Then discover op-amps. Then discover you can combine them... and that's just distortion / fuzz / overdrive. It's a rabbit hole. ...and then you discover biasing. And that's a whole new rabbit hole inside the one you'd already fallen into.
So you take too much time in just one pedal, but you also make several pedals each time, and repeat the process for each different type of pedal? My respect.
wow.. talk about "hand made".. that was awesome. .. but you say you want to show that it doesn't take "special tools".. but I could have sworn I saw a super special "Bic" lighter in that build.. chkl chkl.. fab build.. wood/metal/electronics/ dip etching! /design ect. nice set of skills.. thanks for sharing.
Muy bien que todavía haya quien cacharre y se fabrique sus cosas electrónicas,... veo que el circuito es un NPN configurado como amplificador en base común y los dos diodos en anti paralelo que lo que hacen es recortar la forma de onda haciéndola cuadrada con lo cual la señal sale distorsionada y comprimida. Dicho esto que tu ya lo sabes, yo añadiría unas paredes metálicas por dentro que lo puedes hacer con placas de baquelita y cobre de las que usas para hacer los circuitos impresos, lo digo porque al ser una señal débil la que entrega la guitarra, es fácil que aparezcan zumbidos y efecto "mano" al manipular,... si no es así, entonces todo perfecto.
Gracias. Como dije antes, no hay problemas de ruido en absoluto. La placa de metal y la disposición de tierra en la PCB hacen su trabajo bastante bien.
Nice video, but can i ask you if it was your designed circuit ? I would love to know how to do that... despite that my circutry teacher was not able to teach us anything i would love to know how to design one
Yes, my design. The circuit is just basic common emitter amplifier. It's schoolbook stuff, really. With some stuff added like clipping diodes and the like. Element values set by trial and error. Nothing too fancy.
I no longer have this one. Not the prettiest, I usually use CNC'd etching templates, but the idea here was to show that you can make one like this without any super-specialised tools.
It was a low gain device. Grounded top and proper ground distribution on the PCB were enough. I use shielding now, for high gain boxes, but it's merely a precaution. Never had any noise complaints.
I know it's not perfect :) That's kinda the idea here. I normaly use cnc milled templates, but the point here was to show you can make stuff with basic tools, without making great expenses.
Hey Rob. The circuit is one I brewed myself. Two germanium transistor stages, similar to a fuzzface, only the transistors are identical. I think I also added a diode clipping section.
Hah! I normally don't like these type of videos but your video is different. I've watched it 3 times already. I really, really like the sound effects you added during the fast paced segments. Very interesting video. I wish I had the ability to make my own pedals. They are so overpriced. I purchased a BOSS flanger pedal for $150 a couple of weeks ago. The freaking profit margin on those pedals must be ∞% :/
I guess you can call the pedals overpriced, when talking about big manufacturers and margins. Still, they spend a lot to get those boxes done. When talking about hobbyist builders like myself, you can probably tell those margins are barely there, not to mention the time and sweat invested in every one of those pedals. Still, it's fun.
really great video. Fellow builder over 200 pedals. I like how you did several things in this video. I was wondering if using a wooden box adds to noise or radio frequency issues? I made one with a really hi gain circuit and had to use foil tape to shield everything. Also why not wire it all up before boxing make a jig it saves so much time . Looks great sounds great. Thanks for the time and wisdom!I wood use vero for such a small circuit as well.your buying the board anyway . Very impressed though
Hi. No issues with wooden enclosures. The top plate is grounded, it shields the circuit pretty well. Nice ground plane helsp, too. But yeah, with high gain boxes I'd use shielding.
Is the wooden box design really worth the effort? Apart being impractical in the sense of shielding, which you already answered... I don't know, to me it's just too much hard work for the result achievable by Hammond 1590
On the other hand, everyone does it with hammonds. Hammonds are boring. It all started when I had lots of exotic wood leftovers. Hated to throw them away, so I sarted building with them. It kinda grew on me.
I gotta admit, I was pissed off at first. There was no talking, so I was like WTF? But I watched the entire video, and enjoyed it very much! Awesome job!
I said that because I've made a AB selector without a bottom plate, just for testing, and the noise was terrible. It only stopped when I used a full metal enclosure.
I do. This specific one has been sold out, but I've got another one with the same circuit inside and additional bass and treble controls. You can buy them on Etsy, Reverb and Ebay. There's a link to my Etsy shop on my youtube profile page. Upper banner, lower right corner.
Yes, that's advisable. If you;re using metal jacks, they will take care of it. Connect the ground to only one of them then. With plastic ones, connect the ground to them both and solder a ground wire to a potentiometer enclosure.
Not necessarily. Grounded top plate and a well planned ground pour, plus filtering and short connections with twisted wire pairs seem to make it quiet.
Not a problem at all John, I ship all of my pedals worldwide with no extra fees. The closest one to the pedal depicted in this video would be The Driver mk II, you can find it at www.reverb.com/shop/analogwise
The box design is very clever, i love it because it's simple and building the pedal seems more straightforward than with these hammond boxes(you don't get the joy of having a hundred little wires in a tiny box). I can definitely make small wooden boxes out of almost anything and add a top metal plate for interference control and also for durability & aesthetics seems like a good idea.
Reminds me of a small build i did recently, i used a pepper tube/box made of plastic, added one stereo input and two mono outputs and boom, i have a small device that i can use to split a stereo signal into two mono (left and right) signals for next to nothing. I think i'm gonna reuse lots of these since i got them for free by eating food with spices in it, and build mini preamps, DI boxes and the like in there. Then i will put them in a spice rack and tada !
man you spent more time building the enclosure than you did on the actual electronics
That's always the case, unless you're using bare aluminum enclosures and don't finish them. The PCB part is always the least costly and time consuming.
Well, great work anyways. I was just saying because if you go with pre-made enclosures, you can save almost 80-90% of the time and labour, and mass production will be more efficient.
Of course I could. But where's the fun in that? :)
Might as well go buing kits or just complete pedals :)
I was hoping the build will be much more satisfying looks. Make them straight and expensive look
Most others look pretty straight :)
The purpose of this one was a) to get rid of some wood scrap, b) to show you can make a pedal without specialised tools. Amd yeah, it won't look factory-made, but I actually like that.
That's some real diy! its a pity you havent use copper film or spray as they use inside of guitar electronics cavity. This way you could get noiseless operation, with a loud amp and/ or gain this pedal is gonna introduce a lot of noise to the tone, keep that in mind on the next build
Big respect for making everything yourself man, beats the hell out of big machine mass produced shite.
Thank you! I'm starting to think about making another vid, or maybe a small series, with more details to each step.
A lot more added to it that didn't need be. Excellent!
I love "how-it's-done" videos, but I found yours awesome!
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^ Are you having a stroke?
Man, I love the electrochemistry Part! What a trick!!!
Fascinating to see your process
Who downvotes this video? This guy has talent and skill. He made that damn thing solo
Look the handmade look to them. You've inspired me to try to make one.
Missed your comment somehow. Go ahead and give it a try. It's addictive. Just saying....
It's great witnessing an artist at work!
Thank you :)
Muy buen trabajo, artístico y muy personal.....exelente...
Nice Sound!!
The ammeter through the negative bus includes.....But so cool!!!
man, this is love and real craftship !
Looove, looove
loove, loooove
That I'm feeeliiiiing!
:)
These look and sound great once you finished them. I would really love to do this sometime.
Well, do! Nothing difficult, as you can see :)
I hope you tried building your own pedal
Nice job although as a woodwork teacher I enjoy the rapid production method of a hammond alloy enclosure as a change. How do you feel about the rfi screening though.I guess you could use foil? Regards alanp
Thats a really nice pedal!
But you should add some copper shielding tape on the inside of the wooden box.
It wouldn't hurt probably, but the overall circuit design makes it redundant in this very case. It's low gain, low input impedance circuit, with little components and a large enough ground plate. It's been tested in very unfavorable conditions and was fine. So I'd change the "should" in your comment to "could" ;)
Actually watched the whole video. Found it fascinating that you did it 100% scratch. I mean it's great you have that ability too.
All you have to do now is to follow the steps and make one yourself :)
Love your comment. :)
wow.. that's one of interesting videos to see.
Awesome video! Inspires me to sign up at a local woodshop and take some woodworking classes haha
Do so! It's extremely fun. Gratifying, too.
This is awesome! To me, the only professional equipment out there is stuff like this and yes I own all peavey equipment but this is just beyond awesome! Your own sound built with your own 2 hands. God bless you AnalogWise! Jesus loves you and keep bringing this to the people!!! Player of many years right here and this is where the TRUE sound starts!
AnalogWise
Thank you! Really kind words. Speaking of tone and making stuff with your own hands, you should definately check my "that crazy pedal". Super proud of that one :)
you will change your tune.....one day.
That was really cool to watch.
Incredible.
Congratulations. Very good
Nice pedal.... Love the sound..wld love to buy
Tose aren't available anymore, but check out facebook.com/analogwisepedals for some alternatives :)
Awesome sound - great job!
craftmanship
Wow! You are incredible. I watched this video with my mouth open the whole time haha sounds awesome as well. Cheers!
hands down one of the most interesting videos I've seen...almost cathartic. Great job!
Cant believe I watched the whole thing, but it was too interesting to change it.
Hello! I'm interested in making a pedal like this, can you tell me the measurements of the wood? Thanks in advance
Honestly, it depends on your project, what you're trying to accommodate, what materials you have available. One universal rule I try to follow is not to go below 10mm thickness if I'm to screw the top lid on to the wood. But apart from that, it all depends.
Man this is awesome!!
I wanna be like you. How should I go by learning this??
Thanks!!
Start making mistakes, lots of them in every field possible :)
As for the electronics - make a simple transistor boost circuit. Play with small capacitors, see what they do here and there, add clipping diodes, then add another such circuit in series and you've got a good month of exploring all the fuzzy mod possibilities. Then find out about different tastes to different transistors. Then discover germanium transistors. Then discover op-amps. Then discover you can combine them... and that's just distortion / fuzz / overdrive. It's a rabbit hole.
...and then you discover biasing. And that's a whole new rabbit hole inside the one you'd already fallen into.
So you take too much time in just one pedal, but you also make several pedals each time, and repeat the process for each different type of pedal? My respect.
Thank you for this. Real cool.
wow.. talk about "hand made".. that was awesome.
.. but you say you want to show that it doesn't take
"special tools".. but I could have sworn I saw a super special "Bic" lighter in that build.. chkl chkl.. fab build..
wood/metal/electronics/
dip etching! /design ect.
nice set of skills.. thanks for sharing.
Hahaha :)
Thanks :)
Muy bien que todavía haya quien cacharre y se fabrique sus cosas electrónicas,... veo que el circuito es un NPN configurado como amplificador en base común y los dos diodos en anti paralelo que lo que hacen es recortar la forma de onda haciéndola cuadrada con lo cual la señal sale distorsionada y comprimida. Dicho esto que tu ya lo sabes, yo añadiría unas paredes metálicas por dentro que lo puedes hacer con placas de baquelita y cobre de las que usas para hacer los circuitos impresos, lo digo porque al ser una señal débil la que entrega la guitarra, es fácil que aparezcan zumbidos y efecto "mano" al manipular,... si no es así, entonces todo perfecto.
Gracias. Como dije antes, no hay problemas de ruido en absoluto. La placa de metal y la disposición de tierra en la PCB hacen su trabajo bastante bien.
OK,... sigue así.
Good job.
awesome build! I suggest running fuzzes on batteries thou :D very nice work man
Nah, batteries die. PSUs don't :)
very cool , how you did the chassis as well . enjoyed your video .
Thank you!
This is amazing !!!!!!!! one of the coolest videos on youtube I saw :-))))))
Very steampunk. nice video
dude u are the man!
that sheet metal slicer is pretty sweet. where do you get those ?
Any sort of hardware store I presume, or online.. look for sheet metal shear.
How Can I get one ????
Im from chile.
Nice brother. Beautiful pedal... I would like to have a noisy pedal? Called rex.. lol
Don't sell those anymore :)
But do check out my Reverb store and FB page :)
www.reverb.com/shop/analogwise
facebook.com/analogwisepedals
Pure genius
Nice video, but can i ask you if it was your designed circuit ? I would love to know how to do that... despite that my circutry teacher was not able to teach us anything i would love to know how to design one
Yes, my design. The circuit is just basic common emitter amplifier. It's schoolbook stuff, really. With some stuff added like clipping diodes and the like. Element values set by trial and error. Nothing too fancy.
AnalogWise That is really nice, and for me inspiring ! :D Thank you for this :)
Amazing job. And thanks for the circuit :)
You're very welcome indeed :)
great video
Great work 👍🏼
good job , respect man
Great video. Inspiring. Helpful tutorial for starting my own pedals.
Liked and subscribed.
Thank you. Now go and start building :)
All that work and no shielding?
Could you plzz give the full circuit diagram.
It's right there in the vid :)
But some values have been tweaked for those specific transostors. It's a basic dual common collector circuit.
who are you this is amazing
Hahahaha
Just a guy with a soldering iron and too much leftover wood 🙂
Great pedal and cool video but I would love to see it at realtime with narration and I think it's safe to say I speak for other gear freaks as well.
I'll soon be making a new video, with more details to each stage and captions. Stay tuned!
Magic
im tryna make my own Guitar pedal
From one artist/craftsman to another let me just say "Good job" and much respect.Have you sold this unit? Or is it for sale?Peace!
I no longer have this one. Not the prettiest, I usually use CNC'd etching templates, but the idea here was to show that you can make one like this without any super-specialised tools.
Amazing.. homemade. I like it! 👍 Mantap, kopi mana kopi? I from Indonesia..
Very good vid !!
seems like these pedals would be noisy?? No sheilding in the box?
It was a low gain device. Grounded top and proper ground distribution on the PCB were enough. I use shielding now, for high gain boxes, but it's merely a precaution. Never had any noise complaints.
@@AnalogWise oh cool, thanks man!!
Is that a tile cutting saw you're using to cut the wood??
No, it's a simple buzzsaw. Meant for wood.
Very good video and nice sound. The only thing i dislike is the logo "punch box", it's design is a little bit strange :p
I know it's not perfect :)
That's kinda the idea here. I normaly use cnc milled templates, but the point here was to show you can make stuff with basic tools, without making great expenses.
Mine I put the electronic board inside a sardine can! :)
Hai,What cirquit is that? Were is it from?Greetings,Rob
Hey Rob. The circuit is one I brewed myself. Two germanium transistor stages, similar to a fuzzface, only the transistors are identical. I think I also added a diode clipping section.
Hah! I normally don't like these type of videos but your video is different. I've watched it 3 times already. I really, really like the sound effects you added during the fast paced segments. Very interesting video. I wish I had the ability to make my own pedals. They are so overpriced. I purchased a BOSS flanger pedal for $150 a couple of weeks ago. The freaking profit margin on those pedals must be ∞% :/
I guess you can call the pedals overpriced, when talking about big manufacturers and margins. Still, they spend a lot to get those boxes done. When talking about hobbyist builders like myself, you can probably tell those margins are barely there, not to mention the time and sweat invested in every one of those pedals. Still, it's fun.
really great video. Fellow builder over 200 pedals. I like how you did several things in this video. I was wondering if using a wooden box adds to noise or radio frequency issues? I made one with a really hi gain circuit and had to use foil tape to shield everything. Also why not wire it all up before boxing make a jig it saves so much time . Looks great sounds great. Thanks for the time and wisdom!I wood use vero for such a small circuit as well.your buying the board anyway . Very impressed though
Hi. No issues with wooden enclosures. The top plate is grounded, it shields the circuit pretty well. Nice ground plane helsp, too. But yeah, with high gain boxes I'd use shielding.
Show!
how do you know what size resistors and capacitors to use?
kick ass!
good job man
Thanks man :)
No need for shielding in wood box ?
Nope. The grounded metal plate and a proper ground plane on the PCB get the job done.
respect!
should copper-shield the inside of the wood side.
Are you on reverb.com? Do u do custom requests?
I am. Custom orders... depends. Send me a PM on reverb :)
reverb.com/shop/analogwise
The Driver is an updated version of this?
Yes, kind of. Same circuit, more gain, bass and treble boost switches.
OK. I ordered one on Reverb. When I get it I'll do a studio-quality demo video of it if that's ok.
why would you include the squeaky pencil
Me...
*burns house down with a car battery and a bucket of water.
Hahahahahah
muy bacano !!!
В чем Вы травите пластину?
H2O + NACl + 12V DC :)
video editing inspired by jimmy diresta or something?? nice work
No inspirations here, I think :)
Thanks.
excelente...
real
Мне не показалось, советские МП-шки? Одно не ясно, почему на схеме один транзистор, а на печатной плате два.
Is the wooden box design really worth the effort? Apart being impractical in the sense of shielding, which you already answered... I don't know, to me it's just too much hard work for the result achievable by Hammond 1590
On the other hand, everyone does it with hammonds. Hammonds are boring.
It all started when I had lots of exotic wood leftovers. Hated to throw them away, so I sarted building with them. It kinda grew on me.
AnalogGuitarDevices you'll make too many of them they'll become "boring" as well :)
I gotta admit, I was pissed off at first. There was no talking, so I was like WTF? But I watched the entire video, and enjoyed it very much! Awesome job!
I thought that it had to shield the entire enclosure, in order to not receive too much noise.
You could. But with low gain circuit like this one, grounded top plate and a big ground pour on the PCB get the job done :)
I said that because I've made a AB selector without a bottom plate, just for testing, and the noise was terrible. It only stopped when I used a full metal enclosure.
how can i get this diagram man ?
You can get an almost identical pedal here:
www.etsy.com/listing/492497973/boutique-guitar-pedal-germanium-fuzz
do you sell this pedals?
I do. This specific one has been sold out, but I've got another one with the same circuit inside and additional bass and treble controls. You can buy them on Etsy, Reverb and Ebay. There's a link to my Etsy shop on my youtube profile page. Upper banner, lower right corner.
Thanks!!!!
What happened to the story?
whats that tool on 11:36 ?
Um... wire stripper. Unless you mean the soldering gun.
Yup, I meant the soldering gun. Its rare here in India. Whats the advantage of that over normal soldering iron ?
btw, I'm making a thor pedal from runoffgroove and i was wondering whether I need to connect the aluminium box to the ground (-ve) ?
None for PCB work like this. I just kind of got used to it and made it my main soldering tool.
Yes, that's advisable. If you;re using metal jacks, they will take care of it. Connect the ground to only one of them then. With plastic ones, connect the ground to them both and solder a ground wire to a potentiometer enclosure.
wood case →noisy?
Not necessarily. Grounded top plate and a well planned ground pour, plus filtering and short connections with twisted wire pairs seem to make it quiet.
What are the transistors?
Any germanium npn should do. I used Russian MP10B or MP38A, can't remember right now.
Love the broad title... That's how that specific pedal is built lol every pedal is different man ha
Sell me one? Drive pedal? I’m in Australia.
Not a problem at all John, I ship all of my pedals worldwide with no extra fees. The closest one to the pedal depicted in this video would be The Driver mk II, you can find it at www.reverb.com/shop/analogwise
why are you making so many padels?
It's addictive :)
AnalogWise haha i can understand :p
Hope you liked your lemonade
Sure did :)
sanding all that lead down seemed kinda like an IQ lowering moment :(
I was wondering, if someone else found this weird.
you remind me of Heisenburg from Breaking Bad
Say my name.