The Zoso: This one I'll probably keep.....

This is a modified EP Booster circuit, built on an etched madbean PCB.
It can run on 18 volts from a 9 volt power supply, thanks to an internal charge pump. A trim pot inside let's you adjust the voltage, allowing more headroom, or conversely, more gain.

The toggle beefs up the sound, great for single coil pickups. The tone control is very useful throughout the range of the pot.

It's a great little preamp circuit. I've been using SHO circuits strictly because of their tube-like boost and transparency, but they can be shrill when you use the volume knob on the guitar to control gain.

Not so with the Zoso.

The enclosure was etched by me with ferric chloride, came out OK..... Kind of rustic......

Phatkat Customs PhatMuff

Well, it was time I got around to building some sort of Big Muff variant. Having never played out of one (!), I wasn't too sure how they should sound, aside from Billy Corgan.
This one is quite thick, and more fuzz than I can handle. As far as fuzz goes, I'm more of a Skreddy-style Muff fan.
Nevertheless, I made it, here it is.

I may try some Schottky diodes in it.....or some of these weird telefunken germaniums i've got around.

I have not had much time to play guitar over the last 3 or 4 weeks, and it REALLY shows. It makes me sad and depressed. Damn new job.....

but, you know what Gustavo says...
"A man provides for his family."

here's a crap demo.