Building a Guitar Pedal for Beginners - The Super Siberian Fuzz

In this video, we'll go through the steps to build the Super Siberian Fuzz guitar pedal from start to finish.
(0:43) Getting the Build Doc
(1:14) Reading the BOM
(17:30) Soldering the Components
(24:48) Soldering the Stomp Switch
(25:44) Drilling Out the Enclosure
(28:17) Wiring It Up
(29:37) Final Assembly
(30:04) Quick Guitar Demo
(31:39) Quick Bass Demo

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Link to the Super Siberian Fuzz PCB:

[cwrigh]

One of the few YouTube videos on pedal building that discribes the process from beginning to end.

[KazeNoTaniFarmHakuba]

That was the clearest and most approachable explanation of a DIY pedal build I have ever seen,
and it sounded great on both guitar and bass.
Respect.

[bobs_ya_runkle]

I have made a few of my own pedals and found this thoroughly enjoyable. As always your explanations are clear and with just the right amount of detail for your target audience, IMHO. Many thanks.

[bsthadrudge]

Nailed it almost sounds just like the original black Russian muff. 11/10

[clydebillingsworth]

This video would have been incredibly helpful to me when just starting. And it's still great as an overview!
I'd love to see more simple (or moderate difficulty) mods! Like using a toggle to switch diodes or how to look for where to swap resistors to increase or reduce low frequencies. Love all this channel's content!

[MLFranklin]

Very thorough and enjoyable. Great tone, too!

[sjay]

Great stuff as always! Keep up the great work, DIY Guitar Pedals!

[greenman]

Amazing resources. The most experience I have with soldering is guitar pickups. I ended up getting pretty frustrated at the price of Fairfield Circuitry pedals and I've bought 3 kits to make. Not the most beginner friendly but I think I'll get by

[vritabits]

Extremely helpful! Would love to get a demo of the Ahm Bee Aunce as well some time :)

[davidr]

I bought this PCB and it is great. I was in pursuit of the Everlasting Gaze tone (Smashing Pumpkins). The clean blend and mid scoop are an important requirement for this tone. I put an EQ after the fuzz with my guitar tuned to C standard and it is AWESOME. So I bought another. This time I might experiment with the gate potentiometer and see whether it is worth externally mounting it. I also bought DIYGP's Punkin Pi op amp fuzz. Also great.

[justklampfing]

I thought I could harvest some old toasters to get components, but apparently a guitar effect is way more complex than that. I would do more experiments but I'm afraid I'll build a taser instead and fry my amp and or my guitar :D

[antkn]

Man. I was hoping you would have a kit to order.

[n_cortex]

Is there phase issues on the modified version as the clean boost inverts the signal and big muff side doesn't?

[midphase]

I can't seem to be able to locate the 150nF (film) or the 3900pF (film) Capacitors. Any idea what values I could use for replacements? Would 100nF work for the 150nF ones, and 4700pF work for the 3900?

[theoliviaarchives]

Very cool. How long does it take to ship from Australia to the USA?

[jeffallen]

Do you have a standard tuning guitar to do a sound sample with? Something other than a baritone?

[adamkrasneski]

Sweet. Ive been keeping an eye open for a channel like this. Question: does this channel have any vids on the following topic? I have a multi channel amp that came with a foot switcher. But it has a shared fx loop. How do i switch from one channel to the other AND turn off my fx loop pedals all w one button press?

[gae]

Hi! What about kit with all components? It Is sold out..

[LPU]

Good instructional video until @28:58, when you skipped the actual wiring of the pedal!

[firatyildirim]

Can we use alternative transistors to 2N5088? It is hard to find for me.