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FuzzPup Pink Plexi

This is part of our FuzzPup range of circuits designed for 1590A builds. Please read the general build doc available here and ensure you're happy with what's involved. They're not especially difficult, but working in a confined space can be fiddly. Take heed.

Of course there's nothing stopping you using these PCBs for 'standard' builds. They're Direct Connect compatible.

Clone of a famous purple Marshall-in-a-Box pedal. Dial up some crazy high-gain crank in a very small package.

Volume control does what it says, Frequency offers a good range of filtering to tune the tone just-so. The Gain control seems a bit of an afterthought on the original, but we've swapped out the linear pot for a reverse log which gives much better control. This is pretty full-on no matter where the gain is set though.

Warning - this is not a quiet circuit. Some noise may be present if playing gently or with the guitar volume wound back. 'Tis the nature of the beast. Who's going to play this quietly though? This is hard-rock/metal through and through.

It's a tight squeeze with three pots in there, but we've taken some of the hard work out of it for you. An optional daughterboard mounts the three pots straight to a PCB. We recommend individual wires rather than a ribbon as shown in the images.

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 will not take a battery. Knobs are not included.

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

Supplied with 9mm pots (round shaft)

Inspired by: Purple Plexi

Difficulty: Hard / Fiddly

PCB size: 25 x 45mm

Knobs required: 3

Enclosure: 1590A

Direct-Connect compatible (6-way)

Download the INSTRUCTION PDF

Please also read this general guide to FuzzPup builds.

Note: image with circuit board in the enclosure is to illustrate the way this kit connects.

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110.0g

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Customer Reviews

2 review(s) posted (write review)
First build and I'm hooked 5 product stars
"The only real experience I'd had previous to building this was putting some Hot Rails into my telecaster the week before, so I was somewhat new to soldering but really wanted that plexi sound (I have a traditionally clean amplifier). I thought I'd jump in the deep end and get this build kit despite the larger Pink Plexi probably allowing more leeway in terms of shoddy soldering, but everything went well and my word this pedal is intense. The FuzzDog guide to soldering was incredibly useful in helping me understand exactly how things worked and how to counter any mistakes, so, thanks for that guys. The pedal is just so incredible...I now sound like Gary Moore (sort of)." Tom - 16 March 2019
Not at all Perplexing 4 product stars
"The board is easy to build and, to my ears, does exactly what the original does where my rating of four stars reflects on the Purple original rather than the quality of the Pink Plexi due to its very abrupt gain control. I didn't use the reverse log pot, which I think would help (a bit) so the transition from a fair amount of distortion to a lot happens in about two degrees of rotation of the pot. This circuit can be modded to some extent to reduce the gain and to clean up the sound a bit more at lower levels, but then you can build an OCD clone if you want that. For a classic rock sound in a box the Pink Plexi is hard to beat and despite its 'enthusiasm', it still cleans up noticeably as you back off the guitar volume. Maybe swapping out the gain pot for a rotary switch with appropriate resistors would be a good option?" Paul White - 14 August 2017

Don't forget to download the 
General Build Guide

 

PRE-BUILT KITS:
We're only building for UK customers right now. Please don't order from elsewhere as we'll simply have to refund you.  

PLEASE NOTE:
Full kits DO NOT include enclosures unless you select them in the 'Kit Type' drop-down menu.