Club Jameco Designed Kit
Description: Instructables Fuzz Pedal Kit
Difficulty: Intermediate
Time Required: 3-5 hours
Designer: Randolfo
You might have also noticed, no matter how hard you rock out with your guitar, it just doesn't sound right. That's because you're missing "FUZZ". Yup, fuzz. Before you can do any serious rocking out, you are going to need to build a Guitar Fuzz Pedal. Fortunately, making your own fuzz pedal is a lot easier than it may sound.
Jameco's Fuzz Pedal Kit includes everything you'll need except the specialty stomp switch.
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Build your own Fuzz Pedal
Required tools and parts:
Drill and Drill bits: 9/32", 1/8", 1/2", 3/8", 1/4" Screwdriver
Kit Includes:
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1 - Review the Parts
Take a moment to be sure you have all the required parts.
Step 2 - Mark the Top Surfaces of Your Project Box
On the top surface of your box, measure in one inch from one of the shorter edges. Make two marks that are one third and two thirds of the way between the edges of the shorter distance. These are for the potentiometers. Measure in one inch from the opposite side of the front of the case. Make a mark that is half way between the two edges. This is for the stomp switch. On the side of the case make two marks for the audio jacks, making sure they won't interfere with any of the other parts that will be installed. Following the same logic as the audio jack marks, make one last mark for a toggle power switch.
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Step 3 - Drilling the Holes
Drill the two holes for the potentiometers with a 9/32" drill bit. Drill a 1/8" pilot hole for the stomp switch and then widen it to 1/2". Drill two 3/8" holes for the audio jack. Drill a 1/4" hole for the power switch.
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Step 4 - Soldering the Components
Build the circuit as specified in the schematic. The potentiometers, stomp switch, audio jack and power switch to the circuit will be wired in after they have been installed in the case.
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Step 5 - Attaching the Potentiometer Wires
Attach a black wire to the center pin of the 5K potentiometer and a red wire to the pin on the right. Attach a black wire to the left pin on the 100K potentiometer and red wires to the two other pins.
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Step 6 - Attaching the Audio Wires
Attach red wires to the signal lugs on each of the jacks. Attach a black wire to the ground lug on each of the audio jacks.
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Step 7 - Installing the Audio Jacks and the Stomp Switch
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Step 8 - Wiring the Switch
Solder each of the red audio wires to one of the center lugs on the DPDT switch. Solder together one set of outer pins.
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Step 9 - Attaching the Potentiometers
One of the potentiometer wires will be attached to the DPDT switch later.
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Step 10 - Cutting the Brackets
Cut out two brackets using the template file. Both should be cut out of non-conductive material. I cut out the larger base bracket out of a thin cork mat and the smaller potentiometer bracket out of 1/8" rubber.
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Step 11 - Placing the Potentiometers
Line up the rubber bracket with the holes in the case and install the potentiometers.
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Step 12 - Additional Wiring
Connect the remaining potentiometer wire in line with the audio-out jack's wire on the DPDT switch and wire from the remaining DPDT terminal lug to the audio-in point on the circuit board.
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Step 13 - Connecting the Power Switch
Connect the red wire from the 9V battery connector to the center terminal of the power switch and another red wire to either of the switch's outer terminals.
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Step 14 - Installing the Power Switch
Connect the black wire from the 9V clip to ground on the circuit board and the free red wire from the switch to +9V on the circuit board.
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Step 15 - Plug in the 9V Battery
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Step 16 - Close the Case
Install the large insulator panel between the circuit board and the bottom plate of the casing and screw the case shut.
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Step 17 - Attach the Knobs to the Potentiometers
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Step 18 - Plug and Play
Plug your guitar to audio-in and your amplifier to audio-out.
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About the designer
Randy Sarafan is an interstellar wrecking ball of immeasurable destruction. He is also an artist, author, a fellow with F.A.T Lab, co-founder of S.F. Media Lab, and Community Manager at Instructables. Open-source licensing brings him pure joy and enables others to fulfill their dreams. His work subverts everyday life with a subtly biting sense of humor. His latest book is 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer. Follow him at RandySarafan.com.
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