Clank

As uncompromising as you'd expect from this particular brand of sonic annihilation.

In-your-face, over-the-top distortion with a pronounced octave-up to mess things up even more. The tone control isn't really a tone control. Fully CCW it gives you full frequency range input, causing a barrage of blatter. Wind it ever clockwise to thin things out to the point of nothingness. Frequencies so sparse you have to crank the volume to make it heard. We can see how this may be handy in front of another fuzz, but on its own the thin stuff is myeh. That's why we heartily recommend switching out the stock linear control for log. The sweep across the lower end is slower and more easily controlled, with the squeaky stuff being consigned to the very end of the turn.

This circuit is based on V1 of this pedal. V2 added a second footswitch to turn the octave on and off. We've added pads so you can do just that, but we're not offering a drilled enclosure for that. You'll have to order your foot/toggle separately and work out where to put it.

If you want the PCB without parts there's a link for that at the bottom of the page.

Partial kit: PCB, all board-mounted components, pots.

Full kit: As above, plus footswitch and appropriate daughterboard/components for your selected bypass type (see Downloads section for details of those), jack sockets, DC socket, battery snap, hook-up wire, LED.

Enclosure (pre-drilled) is available as an option with full kits, and can take a battery if desired with footswitch positioned 22mm higher, closer to the controls. Knobs are not included.

Builds are only available with full kits including enclosures. Please choose appropriate knobs.

Inspired by: Octave Clang

Difficulty: Easy

PCB size: 50 x 30mm

Knobs required: 3

Enclosure: 1590B

Direct Connect compatible (4 way)

Download INSTRUCTION PDF