Along with our Black Friday sale this year, we’ve got five brand-new traces with tracing journals. Each of these is a never-before-seen schematic, and we have PCBs available so you can build each of them. There is also …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 → …
We’re launching a new kit today: the Gladiator, based on the King Tone Duellist. We first traced this pedal in 2022, and since then it’s become one of our most-requested kits. Our version is true to the original …
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 …
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 …
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 …
To celebrate our July 4 sale, we’re releasing twelve new projects. This is the biggest project drop we’ve ever done, and writing all the documentation has taken the better part of the past two weeks, so we’re glad …
We’re excited to release five new kits today, all based on legendary BOSS® classics! Of course we couldn’t let such colorful names be paired with a black and white enclosure, so you’ll notice new cosmetics for each of …
When a Cornish pedal is only the fourth-coolest new release of the day, you know it’s going to be stacked! Two of these new projects, the DM-2 and Phase 90, have been under development for no fewer than …
Today four more of our top projects are getting the kit upgrade! Elysium Ambient Delay Based on the Ibanez® EM5 Echomachine, an analog-voiced digital delay that emulates vintage tape echo units, with heavy filtering and a soft-clipping overdrive …
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 …
The Keeley Compressor Plus was first released in 2017 as an update to their classic 4-knob compressor. Here’s a video demo from Andy Martin: Compared to the earlier version, the input gain (anti-clipping) control has been removed and …
The Catalinbread Octapussy was originally released in 2012. It was modeled after vintage transistor octave fuzzes like the Octavia. Here’s a demo: They compare it to the Octavia but claim it’s an original design. There are only a …
Today we’re releasing two new Xotic traces. The Xotic SL Drive is a miniature drive pedal that was released in the summer of 2013. It was designed to emulate the tone of an overdriven Marshall Super Lead (hence …
The second Xotic trace releasing today (alongside the SL Drive) is the EP Booster. It’s a fairly simple JFET booster modeled after the preamp of the Echoplex tape delay pedal. Here’s a demo video from Mike Hermans: The …
The Amptweaker Tight Fuzz was first released in 2012, a year after the Tight Metal and two years after the Tight Drive. It was James Brown’s take on a classic transistor fuzz, but incorporating his characteristic design style …