And yes, details are still to come… can’t stop playing with it.

As promised, here’s a bit more detail on the build. I’m actually fairly close to completing this thing, once it’s done (and working) I’ll go back and really detail the build process.

Here’s the main board, minus the op amp (LM308) and the transistor:

Still tweaking the artwork, here’s where it’s at:

Finally, I got my enclosure, and have drilled all the holes (a drill press & unibit is essential, if you ask me). Couldn’t resist temporarily putting all the bits together.

Just waiting on some knobs and wire, and I should have this thing ready to go in a few days. Can’t wait!

After spending way too much time (and money) assembling my first guitar rig, I was pleased to find a active DIY community online. Thousands of schematics of effects are freely available, both commercially available products in addition to entirely new creations. This seemed a perfect combination of art, music, and electronic geekery to me, so I set out on my first project. Since I was a minutes away from ordering a Proco RAT, it seemed fitting to build a clone of that classic box. Not just any clone however…

Okay, this is a bit rough. Let’s try that again.

Internally, I’ve actually made even more progress. That’s a story for later.