Kintsugi, a JFET drive with dynamic sag circuit.

[uneven delta]

The primary circuit is the SSBS Mini, but I did make some changes along the way like implementing some snippets from the Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop and Benson Preamp. I also added an additional control to the dynamic sag circuit: “Brokenness” that acts sort of like an attack/decay knob. Just like the SSBS Fuck Overdrive, the dynamic sag unit is footswitch bypass-able, meaning the pedal can either be run with the normal power supply or be run with the sag unit activated. I opted against making it momentary activated because (1) it would require an additional SPDT toggle switch that I had difficulty fitting on to the PCB layout and (2) for my style of music/playing, I found myself preferring it to be a “latching” effect versus momentary.

In the future I would like to revisit the PCB layout and implement Incandenza Bypass.

Full disclosure: This will potentially be a commercial product but I have shared enough info on my blog and various forums for any persons to make an educated guess at what I have put together.

Demos:

• https://youtu.be/rycNtYX6lPo
• https://youtube.com/shorts/pk6CGn1k4uc

[left meteor]

even if becomes a commercial product, I still like that you shared a lot of it. if anything that's a selling point for me

[mortal dome]

It may not be my sound, but I really like what you made there.

[candid topaz]

Looks awesome, and that sag feature gets wild! Cool textures with the Zoom kicked in too. Do you like soldering those passives (0805?)?

Compared to through hole I mean

[uneven delta]

I actually use a weird mixture of 0805 and 1206!

I like SMT and I have found it’s faster for me to solder SMT than THT parts. Also way easier to store/organize.

By the way, I was inspired to pick up this silver hammer tone enclosure because of your posts on Reddit. Coming from Tayda’s, the Amplified Parts’ enclosure is so much more robust.

[wide surge]

@uneven delta has reached level 3. Congratulations!

[candid topaz]

Nice, I like that size SMT too (any smaller and I probably wouldn't). I got into it for some eurorack builds where space is a concern but once you have a technique down it's smooth sailing and you can definitely cram more in if needed.

Awesome to hear about the enclosure! I thought that looked like it might be one of ours but wasn't 100%. Great to see nice builds going into those. We should have another batch coming this week - different finish but similar appeal.

[empty token]

That’s cool as shit, where’d the quote come from? Also from hearing it on YouTube, I’m wondering how it’d sound going into something like a really aggressive distortion or fuzz with the dynamic sag

[uneven delta]

“Waste” by Brand New.

I have experimented with using the sag circuit with a Big Muff and it was very sick. Tried with a Rat and it sounded kinda weak.

[left meteor]

if you're doing the current based one, it will have to be tweaked for each circuit, that's one reason i'd prefer the other approach