Sale: 20% off all PCBs through Monday, March 31

Spring sale: 20% off all PCBs through Monday, March 31

Take 20% off all PCBs through the end of the day Monday, March 31. Sale excludes kits, components and utility PCBs such as bypass boards. No coupon necessary; the discount will calculate automatically at checkout. View projects → …

Four new traces + five new projects releasing today

Along with our spring sale, we’ve got four new tracing journals to share, and five new projects in total. We’ve also got an update for the Polyphemus (Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone) that fixes the volume issue that goes all …

Tracing Journal: Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone Micro

This one’s a bit out of the ordinary. The Philosopher’s Tone was released in 2009, an original design by Howard Davis, who designed many of Electro-Harmonix’s most famous effects of the 1970s including the Deluxe Electric Mistress. Here’s …

Tracing Journal: Chase Tone Secret Preamp

Sometimes people get the impression that these tracing journals are our way of taking a swipe at commercial pedalbuilders. It’s true that once in awhile we do come across circuits that have been misrepresented by the builders, and …

Tracing Journal: Darkglass® Alpha Omega & Alpha Omicron

Today we’ve got a two-for-one tracing journal: the Darkglass® Alpha Omega and Alpha Omicron. These pedals were released in 2017 and designed in collaboration with the Australian bassist Jon Stockman of Karnivool. Here’s a demo of the Omicron: …

Tracing Journal: Cornish NG-2

Today we unravel a mystery! For context, last year we traced the Cornish NG-3. That tracing journal has a full history of all of the “NG” circuits (the N.G. Fuzz, NG-2 and NG-3) and we will only be …

Tracing Journal: Xotic Super Clean Buffer & Super Sweet Boost

The Xotic Super Clean Buffer (SCB) and Super Sweet Boost (SSB) are two mini pedals first released in 2019. They combine a high-quality Cornish buffer with a straightforward boost whose frequency can be shaped with a combination of …

Tracing Journal: Mr. Black Thunderclaw

The Mr. Black Thunderclaw is a high-gain distortion with a two-band EQ originally released in 2014. Here’s a straightforward demo of the Thunderclaw by The GAS Station: It was traced by PedalPCB and released as the Kittywampus Distortion …

Tracing Journal: King Tone Octaland Mini

The King Tone Octaland Mini was originally released in 2019, an update to the big-box version from 2013 with added features. Here’s a demo video from Jesse Davey: He’s pretty up-front about it being a hot-rodded Octavia, which …

September sale: 20% off all PCBs through Monday

Take 20% off all PCBs through the end of the day Monday, September 16. Sale excludes kits, components and utility PCBs such as bypass boards. No coupon necessary; the discount will calculate automatically at checkout. View projects → …

Tracing Journal: Cornish P-1

Today’s trace is a bit different than our usual process. Back in April, we released the Halo Deluxe, based on the Cornish P-1. We did not release a tracing journal along with it due to time constraints, so …

Tracing Journal: Cornish G-2 (two versions)

Today we’ve got a few new Cornish traces to share. Along with the P-1 detailed in another post, we have not one, but two versions of the Cornish G-2. The G-2 was originally designed by Pete for Lou …

New Cornish Day 2024: G-2 (two versions) and P-1

Today we’re releasing the details on three new Cornish traces. The first one is the Cornish P-1, based on the very first Big Muff that Pete integrated into a rig for David Gilmour. We figured out the exact …

Eight brand-new traces and PCBs, plus an updated Honey Bee

Today we’re releasing eight (!) all-new traces with full tracing journals. Each of these is a never-before-seen schematic, and we have new PCBs available for each of them. We’ve also got an updated Honey Bee project with some …