Pictures!

[deaconque]

My new Boogeyman finished, at last, after several days of troubleshooting





The knobs are temporary since my order is on the way, i'll replace these with some that replicate the original design of the amp

I have to admit that this turned out a very interesting, full sounding, bassy distortion unit. Could be worked out a little more i guess but it's definitely a keeper as is in my opinion. Unfortunately it's not one of neatest builds (i'm becoming lazy lately)  but it works perfectly so i'll call it a day and move on to the next one  

Once again my apologies for the pics quality, just can't get rid of this crappy cellphone and use a real camera 

Does it sound anything like a Boogie?

[Renegadrian]

Darron, the one in the middle reminds me of a xmas tree!!!

[kabi]

My new Boogeyman finished, at last, after several days of troubleshooting





The knobs are temporary since my order is on the way, i'll replace these with some that replicate the original design of the amp

I have to admit that this turned out a very interesting, full sounding, bassy distortion unit. Could be worked out a little more i guess but it's definitely a keeper as is in my opinion. Unfortunately it's not one of neatest builds (i'm becoming lazy lately)  but it works perfectly so i'll call it a day and move on to the next one  

Once again my apologies for the pics quality, just can't get rid of this crappy cellphone and use a real camera 

Does it sound anything like a Boogie?

Hard to say since i've never played one

According to the threads on this forum it quite approaches the Boogie sound, yes

[Slade]

Dual LFO Tremolo!





Guts:

[roseblood11]

Wow, that´s a great design and a perfect etching work!!!

Which layout did you use?

And how did you mount the LED´s?


PS: I just read your new tutorial, it´s really helpful!

[duckpow]

Dual LFO Tremolo!

Wow!
Nice looking design!
Love the irregular knobs

[Slade]

Thanks for your comments.
The leds are mounted pressure directly in the enclosure

[elshiftos]

My new Boogeyman finished, at last, after several days of troubleshooting


The knobs are temporary since my order is on the way, i'll replace these with some that replicate the original design of the amp

I have to admit that this turned out a very interesting, full sounding, bassy distortion unit. Could be worked out a little more i guess but it's definitely a keeper as is in my opinion. Unfortunately it's not one of neatest builds (i'm becoming lazy lately)  but it works perfectly so i'll call it a day and move on to the next one  

Once again my apologies for the pics quality, just can't get rid of this crappy cellphone and use a real camera 

Does it sound anything like a Boogie?

Mine doesn't, it's high gain and nothing else, and the eq slices through your eardrums. I don't think it's faulty, it just sounds best in a metal setup and doesn't have the flexibility one would normally associate with a real boogey.

[gena_p1]

some guys asked me to make '66 fuzz face

[glops]

Here's my 3rd build.  Its a bazz fuzz times 3 with a warp control between the 1st and 2nd stage.  Switches for selecting different diodes on the transistors and the warp control.  The switch on the left by the jacks is for different caps before the 3rd stage.  Knobs for volume, warp, and SWTC.

I experimented with John Lyons copper plating tutorial and the box went through the process 10? times with wet sanding.

What a Mess!

[punkin]

I surely would like to hear how this sounds with the warp controls.

[davent]

Here's my 3rd build.  Its a bazz fuzz times 3 with a warp control between the 1st and 2nd stage.  Switches for selecting different diodes on the transistors and the warp control.  The switch on the left by the jacks is for different caps before the 3rd stage.  Knobs for volume, warp, and SWTC.

I experimented with John Lyons copper plating tutorial and the box went through the process 10? times with wet sanding.

I like that alot, looks pretty nasty, menacing, a doomsday machine.

dave

[jacobyjd]

That REALLY makes me want to do some ugly-copper plating myself--I've wanted to try that for awhile!

[deaconque]

Here's my 3rd build.  Its a bazz fuzz times 3 with a warp control between the 1st and 2nd stage.  Switches for selecting different diodes on the transistors and the warp control.  The switch on the left by the jacks is for different caps before the 3rd stage.  Knobs for volume, warp, and SWTC.

What a coincidence, here's a Bazz Fuzz I just finished today.  Not nearly as in depth as yours but...  Mine has a switch for the input cap, 4.7uf NOS Sprague and a NOS PIO .022 for a little mojo  , these values worked great for switching between single coils and humbuckers.


thanks to Dragonfly for his terminal strip layout.

[John Lyons]

Glops
LOVE IT!
That looks better than most of mine...
I like the washer on the stomp as well.

Glad you got some use out of my experiments.
So you used the Copper sulphate (root kill)?


John

[glops]

Thanks for all of your kind words.  I am very happy with the final result.  It started off as a Deluxe Bazz Fuss and then I added a LPB to the end and/or Doug Deeper's "fun octave circuit."  I can't remember because it sat on my prototyping board for a LONG time.  I played around with it a lot until I was finally done "tweaking" and wanted to finish it.  

It sounds really awesome.  It's a really harmonically rich fuzz, somehow it seems really compressed and squashed but really full at the same time.  Maybe similar to a big muff but with more color.  Being my 3rd complete build after a Dirty Sanchez and an Ugly Face I wish I could explain what was going on in the circuit but can't, hopefully someday!  

I really think the sound of it has to do a lot with the diodes I used.  Most of them are zeners for the most part.  1N4712, 5248, 5242, 1N966 and some others.  There are some diodes, GI 860, that sound great in the circuit too, but I don't know if they are zeners.  I did use a couple of 914's in there but they don't sound as good.  Tried 1N34's and 1N60's but none of the usual suspects sounded as good as the zeners and other misc diodes.  There's a total of 11 diodes!

I went a little overboard with the switches and could probably live with two or three of them (instead of 5)  now that I've played it more.  Overall, it was a good exercise in experimentation.

As far as the copper coating:

John, your tutorial and recipe is awesome!   And your flattery is awe inspiring because your boxes/work is absolutely amazing!  Thanks!
Got the Root Killer but used regular baking soda instead washing soda because I couldn't find it.  I did a few of passes one night and got a light purple coating and cleared it.  Deciding that I wasn't satisfied with the result, I sanded it all off and started over.  I think I ended doing the process 5 or 6 or 7 times but probably added twice? as much root killer and maybe cooked it longer.  I was able to get a good copper coat and when I would wet sand between the stages the copper would get shiny and pretty.  Finally, I put on some light coats of gloss lacquer.  I wish my camera had better resolution because the copper looks really nice.  Thanks for sharing your tutorial, I plan to repeat and will take better notes.  The fat washer was done in a vinegar and salt solution.

Happy Holidays, this is one fine site...

[kabi]

My new Boogeyman finished, at last, after several days of troubleshooting


The knobs are temporary since my order is on the way, i'll replace these with some that replicate the original design of the amp

I have to admit that this turned out a very interesting, full sounding, bassy distortion unit. Could be worked out a little more i guess but it's definitely a keeper as is in my opinion. Unfortunately it's not one of neatest builds (i'm becoming lazy lately)  but it works perfectly so i'll call it a day and move on to the next one  

Once again my apologies for the pics quality, just can't get rid of this crappy cellphone and use a real camera  

Does it sound anything like a Boogie?

Mine doesn't, it's high gain and nothing else, and the eq slices through your eardrums. I don't think it's faulty, it just sounds best in a metal setup and doesn't have the flexibility one would normally associate with a real boogey.

Just to clarify that this is the Mark II and NOT the Dual Rec emulation pedal. I would call it a vintage, dark sounding distortion rather than a high gain metal monster (which usually refers to a Dr. Boogey)

[lofie]

Germanium Fuzzrite

Clean loooking build. Where did you get the knobs and enclosure?

[John Lyons]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230396883756&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

[mills]

Built a nocto loco as a gift for a friend.  Other than forgetting to double check the +ve on one LED, it worked first shot.  Its a bunch of fun and I'm not sure I want to give it to him now...