I watched it at 2x speed, so it was even faster.

@johnjames-hq3ye

4 жыл бұрын

best comment ever.

@Daniel-be6ue

4 жыл бұрын

The music sounds better at 2x

@marting.official

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

There is something so cool about strip board layouts. I enjoyed watching this.

You're an asset to DIYers and toe-tappers everywhere.

Beautiful music! I grew up listening (my brother listening) kraut rock, Neu, Tangerine Dream etc. This gave me a warm and FUZZy feeling ;)

Looks great

enjoyed your improv very much, so much so I kind of forgot the film and shut my eyes, I'll come back for the film later when I am in the building process myself, all the best, Lucas.

@steamskynoise

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very kind of you to say that!

You never forget East Kent Muff :)

Hey, sounds nice! Can you give me some info on how printing on the box was made? Are you used to print on inkjet or laser printer?

East Kent Muff. Yeah, i've been to Herne Bay too

"Muff build in 5 Mins" " Took three evenings to assemble and finish. "

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Video is 5 mins long or thereabouts, hence the tongue-in-cheek title? Apologies if you were expecting instructions on how to construct a pedal from scratch in 5 mins.....

@4E414D45h

6 жыл бұрын

bobbair no not really.

@doneythomas

4 жыл бұрын

@@4E414D45h took me a whole day to make one.. And anyways nothing much to do these days.. It was my first diy build and I made it with four controls. I used the Danish cookies aluminium box for the body.

suggest you to use bluetack to stick the board to your table.REALLY helps

@scrummyvision

5 ай бұрын

good tip

Lovely jumper

Did you use monolithic capacitors and not ceramic or polyester felt any difference in sound?

sweet build mate,,, would love to see the schematic.

How do I mount the vero in the box?

If you do another one can you talk through the build. Thanks.

How do you got the letters out of the paper?

Can you build a great overdrive pedal? To be honest I hate the muff sound but that one sounded great

Hi, i looked al kit rae website and there are lots of versions of Big Muff. Which one did you built? Great video!

That was fun. You can cut the vero with a razor blade just score it on both sides and snap its a snap.

I'd love to understand all of the little parts of how a pedal work, what the little things do and how to build one.

@SpaghettiEnterprises

6 жыл бұрын

You want to learn about analog circuits

@opeechi8303

6 жыл бұрын

its not that tough, lots of forums and vids online to teach ya stuff, go find a few of the cheapest functioning pedals you can find, older preferably - dont go get any new stuff or mini pedals as the components are too hard to fuck with for a newbie ...you want bigger components that are meant to be placed and soldered by hand ...get some some solder braid for sopping up solder on a circuit board so you can remove and replace components... hell you can start this second if you got a soldering iron at home and an old pedal kicking around that you dont mind using as a experiment (your gonna destroy a pedal or 3 on this lil journey of discovery so dont go exploring on anything you cant afford to lose!!!!) if you have an old broken radio or something similiar kicking around the house open it up and start removing components......use them to experiment on your new pedal.. make a set of lil jumper cables with alligator clips -fuck around have fun- using it to bypass and probe certain areas of the circuit and see how it changes sound.,...i recorded a track of me playing guitar on my phone and use that to see the changes it makes to the signal...that way your hands are free to explore the circuit...just play the track on a loop using a cord from your iPhones output to input on pedal... google "circuit bending" theres lots of websites out there dedicated to modding pedals with sound examples and A/B stock to mod audio comparisons...and lists of known available mods for every pedal u can think of complete with pictures and vids that show you so that even a complete newbie with no experience can do it , some mods are simple- it may just be a matter or clipping a diode or unsoldering a wire and re soldering it elsewhere on circuit, sometimes a minor change like that can dramatically change how a pedal sounds (Danelectro Fab Echo has some easy cool mods)just be aware that sooner or later your gonna fuck something up and will kill a pedal - but its worth it for sure when you got cool unique sound pedals that set you apart from your buddies playing all the generic shit) (WARNING: ONLY USE A BATTERY POWERED AMP, LIKE THOSE MINI AMPS MADE BY FENDER AND MARSHALL THAT USE A 9VOLT BATTERY FOR POWER AND ALSO THE SAME FOR POWERING THE PEDAL - USE ONLY 9VOLT BATTERYS TO POWER EITHER WHILE YOUR TINKERING AROUND.....theres not enough juice in a 9volt to harm you whatsoever if you wired something wrong while you were fuckin around ....DO NOT under any circumstances power your pedal OR amp with 120/220 AC (typical wall power outlet) until you actually know what your doing....not think you know....like 100% know under the guidence of another person with more experiance and knowledge on the subject!! OTHERWISE THIS FUN LITTLE EXPERIANCE CAN LEAVE YOU DEAD, OR LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO LIVE AS YOU BURNT YOUR HOUSE DOWN!!!!) also AFTER YOUR DONE FUCKING AROUND UNPLUGG YOUR BATTERY FROM PEDAL...theres always a chance that whilst your were playing about you created a fire hazard of some kind that may not be immediately apparent but is the kinda thing that can come ablaze after you have put it down, so dont leave any circuit live - not even with a battery untill you know what your doing,....

@coryroberts7519

6 жыл бұрын

O Pee Chi , great comment. I’m looking to start as well.

@opeechi8303

5 жыл бұрын

Cool, honestly its alot of fun, plus once you are comfortable with soldering and get a rough idea of how circuits operate you will be amazed at the amount of "broken" home appliances that you would have thrown out in the past that you can now fix as your able to open it up and recognize a cold solder joint or a burnt capacitor or any number of simple fixes that most people never bother with and just throw out said device... Lots of craigslist /ebay / garage sale bargains to be had on "un-tested " and "parts" electronics that can be resurrected by something as simple as reflowing a cold solder joint....

@ultrasvanessha5030

5 жыл бұрын

Go learn electrical engineering, fuzz is about filtering the input signal from sinewave into more boxy shaped signal, in nutshell, the reality is you need good component and circuitry to get it more better results

HI. GREAT JOB ! I have a question about the final part. What the name of this paper that you used in the box ?

@steamskynoise

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The paper is called ‘Inkjet Waterslide Decal Paper’ and it came from a company called ‘Crafty Computer Paper’ in the UK

1. Decal printer paper ? where ? I want some. 2. schematic ?

Awesome!! By the way, where can I buy what you use as the base of the transistors? I don't know what is its name

@steamskynoise

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Have a look for ‘SIP socket strip’ although in hindsight I think it’s probably better to just solder them to board. I think the diodes make more difference than the transistors!

clean desk solder!

@steamskynoise

3 жыл бұрын

dining table. burnt a hole in it by accident one evening. wife was furious!

Do you design circuits yourself or download a schematic/plan if so can you provide links?

@miko8732

5 жыл бұрын

Check out www.effectslayouts.blogspot.com he has layouts and transfer diagrams and schematics, and he's a really nice guy, he even has his own channel called effects layouts, he probably has all the effect layouts and schematics you would want.

@bigbasil1908

Жыл бұрын

@@miko8732 Thanks

friend help me Can you send me the link where you got that diagram and what parts I should buy please

Trying to build this but can't find the schematics and can't identify all the components

Great stuff. I am just starting to learn electronics, pedal and Eurorack builds. I'm in Margate, so guess you are local?

great video, keep it up

Hi @bobbair, I checked Kit Rae page and now I am really confused and doubtful on which of the Big Muff versions I'd like to build. Which model is the one you did based on? I am searching for a garage/stoner sound, which would you reccomend in your opinion? Thanks!

@MrKornea

6 жыл бұрын

Same question... I've done the same thing : going to the website, reading a lot of pages and unable to select the good version... Any help would be appreciated

@ericcurtis8934

6 жыл бұрын

just my opinion but i'd build probably a stock and a russian green and stack them. you can find the schematics and stuff on sites like tonepad.com and other diy stompbox pages. i know i'm way late but c'est la vie

Hello! What kind of paper do you use for inscriptions?

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

Irakli Gogiashvili hi it’s called ‘Inkjet Waterslide Decal Paper’ and it came from a company called ‘Crafty Computer Paper’ in the UK

NICE!!! Gives yeah that not so loud in your face distortion!! Bet it feels even nicer that you built it!! Keep it real bud!! DEv

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It does feel nice making something and hearing it come to life when you plug it in... of course the reverse is true, when it doesn't work it's infuriating!

lovely

Cool!

@bobbair where do you get your veroboard?

@steamskynoise

5 жыл бұрын

Amazon, ebay, Rapid Electronics. Local electronics store (Maplin) has closed down but could also get it there

Great ! where to get the busboard You used?

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

CoolShyBoy most electronics stores will sell it, if you look for ‘veroboard’ you’ll find it easy enough online. In the uk Maplin stock it in their shops although I have tried their stuff and the quality is pretty poor the copper tends to lift off of the board very easily.

hi very good idea! if you made the same think with the diffrenet settings(bias) of the dr boogie you will be my hero!! ty

What's the name of the water slide paper used in video?

@HectorBadillaOfficial

7 жыл бұрын

gary youngblood also curious

Did you design the vero layout yourself or did you find it online?

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

I found it online. There was a mistake in it which I fixed. Now I can't find it online anymore!! I keep getting asked this question so I think I'll have to open the pedal and re-draw the layout!!

Kent UK?

Awesome work. Have you had the chance to try the 549C transistors to see the difference?

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

Ivo Neves thanks - I did try it, it made disappointingly little difference. Worse...those sockets for the transistors aren’t a great idea in hindsight as occasionally a leg will come loose or break contact and it needs reseated. I’m drawing up a layout for another Bigg Muff build at the minute, this time I am going to arrange my own pcb layout on the computer and get it etched. I think the diodes are responsible for the clipping and compression that occurs in the circuit so I’m going to try another variant with different diodes. A bit of fun and should keep me amused!!!

Just finished mine. Though I used a cardboard box. I'll save the stompbox for my next build

@steamskynoise

3 жыл бұрын

Nice one!

@achannel1818

3 жыл бұрын

@@steamskynoise thanks 😁

So, is this the little big muff? Good job btw!

Nice!

Привет, какие номиналы в секции ручки тона? Очень понравился тембр

That was fun to watch! What do you call that strip with sockets for the transistors?

@steamskynoise

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s called ‘SIP socket strip’ or something like that. Although it’s useful for testing I wouldn’t recommend it for a guitar pedal in regular use as you run the risk of one (or more) of the legs becoming unseated. Apart from ease of switching transistors in testing, the only other benefit is that you don’t heat (and potentially overheat) the transistors whilst soldering them.

@chipsterb4946

3 жыл бұрын

@@steamskynoise thanks! I want to do some experiments with different diodes in a Big Muff and those would be great.

@pufango4059

2 жыл бұрын

Eric

How do lead tones sound? Gilmourish? Lol

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

Ha, I don't know about Gilmourish....probably does if you pair it with a Coloursound power boost and a delay pedal. I'll have to try!!

That's really cool! Would you ever consider doing a video on DIY Acapulco Gold?

@steamskynoise

7 жыл бұрын

Dark Star yes! Good idea. I haven't tried building one of those before and (like many fuzz pedals) the component count is low which will make it cheap and quick!! Watch this space...

@philen

7 жыл бұрын

dope!

@steamskynoise

7 жыл бұрын

Just finished it! Its.... fuckign loud!!! Thanks for the idea, I had never heard the pedal before and its immense... Video to follow very soon!!!

@steamskynoise

7 жыл бұрын

here you go: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aIOkxJeQhtWZqtI.html

SWEETT!!! I'm a 0 on eletronic stuff, but I really want to do a portable amp with a muff in it! Can you help me with the schematic? Couldn't find it @kit rae :/ Gonna do a Jager Muff amp and than I'll send ya a clip!

@catoilude

6 жыл бұрын

Think I found it (components and Layout) right? (Really need to learn how to read the schems and to do this. Really Hyped to make this my weekend project) 2.bp.blogspot.com/-dhrzj6JgnAQ/VDkrfpxRgZI/AAAAAAAAIpk/H-6aMtpt0CQ/s1600/EHX%2BNYC%2BBig%2BMuff.png 4.bp.blogspot.com/-uYM0v6H2q-s/VDlz5ZgvKVI/AAAAAAAAIp0/N33_ifLfqf0/s1600/Big_Muff_PI_Ec-3003_ver_C_.png

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

That looks like it, might not be 100% the same but very close! Is it your first pedal build? It might be an idea to do a really easy build first to get the hang of soldering etc with less parts... Something like a silicon fuzz face or ToneBender? Its very easy to make a mistake when building the board and wiring it up and learning how to follow the circuit and fault-find is as-important as actually making it in the first place! Good luck with it! I haven't taken my one to bits yet to draw the vero layout but I will. I didn't imagine this video would get >30k views when I posted it!!! Might do another video with a combined Big Muff + Coloursound Powerboost in it, would be a good opportunity to draw out the schematic and layout.

Very cool video. Can you make a video how to makw decals

@andybetts1484

5 жыл бұрын

They're just waterslide transfers. Buy clear waterslide printer paper, design on your computer..... print it out onto the waterslide paper. don't forget to spray some clear lacquer on the transfer and let it dry first before you put it in the water or the ink will run. Once I've applied the transfer I normally blow a few coat lacquer onto the enclosure to seal the transfer in

So these are true analog homemade effects pedals? I bet you can charge a lot for these. That's awesome! Good upload!

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, appreciate it! I just make these for fun or because I am after a particular sound. I’ve made a lot of fuzz pedals in an endless search for the perfect fuzz!! Have made a few as birthday presents for people etc and a couple of bands but I don’t sell them. It’s funny when you see these ‘boutique’ pedals for sale for £240 and you know that there’s about 50p worth of components inside and probably 20-40quid spent on the case and connectors... I think it’s a rewarding hobby and hopefully the video shows that anyone can make a pedal on their dining room table for pennies! (I will admit that i did once burn a small hole in the table by accident. Wife wasn’t impressed. Careful with those soldering irons!!)

@miko8732

5 жыл бұрын

@@steamskynoise true, you can save a lot of money by building your own effects, I recommend you check out www.effectslayouts.blogspot.com he has perf board layouts and transfer diagrams, or you can check out his channel, effects layouts, I am planning to build 10 effects my self and I've estimated the cost to be £9.50 each, I can save hundreds of pounds by building my own pedals, I only own one pedal that I bought, BD2 blues driver, the literal best pedal in the world.

@andybetts1484

5 жыл бұрын

@@steamskynoise I've built fuzzes and muffs too.... It makes me laugh how much these so called vintage pedals go for, I once saw a violet rams head muff up for around £1000... Waste of money when you consider how much the components are. I've built a Rams Head to the same specs as Gilmours and all in all including vintage correct NOS parts cost me around £75. I think the transistors were the most cost as they had to come from the US, and cost me £30 including shipping... Good work.

Where can I buy the ready to assemble kit? Local electronic retailer hate me! :D He's to lazy to search caps & resistor in his decadent old store...

@algreen1231

5 жыл бұрын

Somebody know this? aionelectronics.com/project/halo-ehx-big-muff-fuzz-pcb/

Great video! Sorry if this is a bit of a daft question, but what is the technique called that you used to apply the graphics?

@steamskynoise

7 жыл бұрын

They are water-slide decals. You can print them on inkjet paper then seal with acrylic spray (just visible at the top of the screen at 3:12) then wait for it to dry, cut out, soak for about 30 seconds in water to lift it off the backing paper then it can be positioned on a glossy surface. It's the easiest way I have found of doing it... it would probably be best to do it before fitting all the pots and sockets and then give another coat of acrylic spray to seal the whole thing. If you google 'inkjet water-slide decals' you should find the stuff pretty easily! I have recently stumbled across another way of doing the cases using acid and laser toner but it's much more complicated and also more dangerous as the acid is nasty stuff.... will try and do a video of that one day!!

Is that a picture of your son? If so, he has a very smart father...

The led looks like it'll be under yer foot when you are switching.

@dushk0

6 жыл бұрын

yep, worst placement ever. Would fit nice right side of the volume knob or in between the three knobs.

I won't build it in 5 min cause I just can't move as fast as like that!!n

How much for you to make me one? 😂

This video really stresses me out! Your workflow could be improved exponentially with a simple PCB clamp.

@clinclin1240

6 жыл бұрын

I mean, you have a clamp for your drill press...why not your PCBs?

I’ll bet it took a LITTLE more than 5 min.

I stick my tongue out In the entire video duration

...5 min? yeah right :)

Psh. You mean you gotta use your handz? That's like a babies toy!

No opamp chip?

i can take one apart in 5 seconds.

@TurtleGamers1

4 жыл бұрын

I can do it in 2 seconds... With a sledgehammer. But I won't, because I love big muffs too much.

@johnjames-hq3ye

4 жыл бұрын

@@TurtleGamers1 you can't even lift a sledgehammer

@TurtleGamers1

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnjames-hq3ye Well that's rather presumptious. I can assure you that my sledgehammer-lifting-abilities are perfectly fine.

meh , i watched the DIY jfet booster in 1/4th of a second video instead .

@steamskynoise

6 жыл бұрын

Well, the JFET booster is tiny in comparison and component count, so you can do it quicker?

@dushk0

6 жыл бұрын

bobbair, you should really slow down your reading, so that you would understand, too...

Title of video is totally misleading..you could use different technique to attract views 😂

@steamskynoise

4 жыл бұрын

carpe diem never intended to get views just did it for my own amusement tbh. I don’t monetise my videos. Hope you liked it!

@steamskynoise

4 жыл бұрын

carpe diem 👍 never intended to get views just did it for my own amusement tbh. I don’t monetise my videos. Hope you liked it!

@steamskynoise

4 жыл бұрын

carpe diem 👍 never intended to get views just did it for my own amusement tbh. I don’t monetise my videos. Hope you liked it!

so theres no diagram? whats the point of watching this? lol

This is more like fuzz tone than muff.

@steamskynoise

Жыл бұрын

It is… I still haven’t had an opportunity to compare it side by side to a real one!