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  • Icky Thump - Delay/Fuzz/Envelope/Vibrato Pedal

Hey guys,

Just finished my first original pedal.



I'll post a demo video later to but in short, here's what the pedal does:

Delay:
At the heart of the "Icky Thump" is a PT2399 driven delay, with about 800ms max time.

Fuzz:
An LM386-based Fuzz provides some non-traditional Fuzz Face/Factory tones.
A "glitch" control reduces the voltage to get some icky gated sounds.
The fuzz is activated with the bottom-left toggle switch.

Modulation: here's where things get interesting... ?

The center toggle selects either Envelope or LFO driven modulation or none at all.
"Modulation" wiggles the pitch producing the chorus/vibrato sound.

Envelope modulation is controlled by the "sensitivity" knob and is driven by harsh/softness of your picking.
LFO modulation is controlled by "depth" and "speed".

Setting the delay to min, you get a lush chorus sound.

It's still the prototype and needs some tweaking but I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

I certainly didn't reinvent the wheel, and to give credit where credit is due:

The Delay filtering values used are the same as in the Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay.
The Fuzz/Envelope circuit is based on from the Mid Fi Clari(not).
The LFO is a tweaked version of the Tremulus Lune tremolo.

Regards,
Matt.

    Jealous. I really need to get into building a few pedals, must be super fun.
      Stunning - those vids would be great to see
        That thing is hot!

        Please, show more ?
          That is one awesome pedal!

            Giggsy wrote: Stunning - those vids would be great to see
            +1
            looks good. Well done.
              I wanna HEAR that thing! Sounds crazy!!!
                Beautiful looking pedal man. Looks uber-versatile too
                  Just uploading the vid to Youtube..
                  But with my internet connection 180mb will take a couple of hours. ???
                    Here's the demo. Lol I won't hold my breath for a Top Billing presenter job. ?



                      Very cool dude - when you've got some time can yu give us more details on the build, what skills you need, where to get parts etc? I think you've opened up a whole new world which teh wife and credit card wont like :-[
                        Ermahgerd. That looks AWESOME!
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