Wednesday, 6 May 2026

MXR Jail Guitar Doors Drive

 Brothers and Sisters, schematic is avaiable HERE.


 

Madbean Ballast Point Jr. /Little Angel Chorus

 Ok, I guess I'm back from another hiatus. Quite few layout is in the pipeline so things should be much more active from my side.

First out is a DIY classic; Rick Holts Little Angel Chorus with some useful mods by Madbean Pedals.

Schematic and more information HERE

 


Monday, 19 January 2026

Boss NF-1 Noise Gate

 Another awesome contribution Chris Stelloh.

 Another 1980's Boss pedal I use a lot, here's the modified layout for the original gray NF-1 Noise Gate, courtesy of Guitar Electronics DIY PCBs in PolanD: SCHEMATIC 

 I reversed the wiring for the decay pot, since it was working backwards from the original. The LM741 IC is being powered by a 1k resistor-limited supply, so I put the LED+ pad on that rail without any additional current limiting resistors, but if you need your status LED to be dimmer, you can add an extra cut at B23 and place a three column CLR from B22 to B24. As far as the trim pots go, I set the "RNG" to max and the "LVL" somewhere in the middle on my build.


 

Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Boss CS-3 Compressor / Madbean Oracle

 Another great contribution by Chris Stelloh!

 This is a layout drawn from the Madbean Oracle project, which is, essentially the Boss CS-3 compression sustainer. I really like the sound of VCA-driven compressors, especially on sampled drum sounds. This Boss pedal has been around for about 40 years, and the Madbean version makes a few slight modifications to it based on stuff people have done attempting to improve the sound quality and lower the noise. I included a list of part values that are most commonly swapped to make this more bass guitar friendly.

This one is verified and good to go. 


 

Monday, 5 January 2026

Fuzzhugger Fx Arcflash

 Schematic is avaiable HERE.

Note that the electrolyctic caps have been oriented in the correct direction in the layout.