Here's some creepy perverted stuff for your Halloween. I finished up a pedal for a friend that I've made a few of at this point. My take on Tim Escobedo's Push Me Pull You, Octave Fuzz. I wrote about that a while back here: https://aaronlumguitar.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-diy-pedals.html . It's my favorite octave fuzz so far. You can here it in action at the bottom track of this post. My friend and I came up with the idea to call it the Paipan Fuzz. Here in Japan that means basically what the graphics are on it, with no shrubbery. And those graphics are from a tattoo my dad, Dave Lum did years ago. He's a now retired well know tattoo artist with mind altering and twisted images. You can take a walk down memory lane with him occasionally and see his old work here:https://www.instagram.com/lumsplace/ . Word has it he's working with someone on a book of his work in the future.
Modified Circuit
The second pedal I did with Lum art was a ring modulator, again a modified Tim Escobedo circuit. I always wanted a ring mod, but never got around to buying one. Especially with the DOD Gonkulator prices skyrocketing. So this was a must try. It's not the most versatile ring mod in the world, but it will give you a bunch of crazy sounds. I added a few extra controls to make it more usable for me. First I replaced the original 10K resistor with a 100K potentiometer. Between the two pots you can get more sounds. I did get some harsh distortion even when my amp was clean on some settings, so I added a switch with a .0047uf cap ground which cut off some of the harsh high end frequencies. Lastly I still wanted more control, so I added a wet/dry blend pot. The simple wiring seemed to work just fine. With this, you can almost get away with playing something pretty. Here's a quick demo video I did of the pedal. Enjoy folks.
