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will arrive as described, functioning and free of defect. Soldering, clipping, cutting,
stripping, or using any of the components in any way voids this guarantee. BYOC, Inc.
guarantees that the instructions for your kit will be free of any majors errors that would
cause you to permanently damage any components in your kit, but does not guarantee
that the instructions will be free of typos or minor errors. BYOC, Inc. does not warranty
the completed pedal as a whole functioning unit, nor do we warranty any of the
individual parts once they have been used. If you have a component that is used, but feel
it was defective prior to you using it, we reserve the right to determine whether or not the
component was faulty upon arrival. Please direct all warranty issues to:
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Build Your Own Clone
Li'l Fuzz
Kit Instructions
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Summary of Contents for BYOC Li’l Fuzz
- Page 1 BYOC, Inc. does not warranty the completed pedal as a whole functioning unit, nor do we warranty any of the individual parts once they have been used.
- Page 2 That being said, we will do our best to help you as much as we can. Our philosophy at BYOC is that we will help you only as much as you are willing to help yourself. We have a wonderful and friendly DIY discussion forum with an entire section devoted to the technical support and modifications of BYOC kits.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Li’l Fuzz Kit Instruction Index Parts Checklist……………………………………….page 4 Populating the Circuit Board……………………….page 7 Enclosure Hardware Assembly………..…………...page 12 Wiring………………………………………………..page 17 Operation Overview………………………………...page 21 Schematic……………………………………………page 22 PCB Back Trace Photo……………………………..page 23... -
Page 4: Parts Checklist
Parts Checklist for the Li’l Fuzz Kit Resistors: 1 - 330ohm (Orange/Orange/Black/Black/Brown) 1 - 4k7 (Yellow/Purple/Black/Brown/Brown) 1 - 33k (Orange/Orange/Black/Red/Brown) 1 - 100k (Brown/Black/Black/Orange/Brown) 1 - 1M (Brown/Black/Black/Yellow/Brown) Visit www.byocelectronics.com/resistorcodes.pdf for more information on how to differentiate resistors. Capacitors: 1 - 150p Ceramic Disc may say “103”... - Page 5 Potentiometers: SNAP THE SMALL TABS ON THE TOP OF THE POTS OFF WITH A PAIR OF NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS 1 - A100k (Vol.) 1 - C1k (FUZZ) 1 - 25k Trimpot Hardware: 1 - predrilled enclosure w/ 4 screws 1 – Li’l Fuzz PCB 1 - 3pdt footswitch 1 - LED 1 –...
- Page 6 Your build should look something like this when you’re done.
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Page 7: Populating The Circuit Board
Populating the Circuit Board Step 1: Add all the resistors. Resistors are not polarized and can be inserted in either direction. - Page 8 Step 2: Add the transistors. Be sure to align the tab on the body of the transistor with the tab outline on the screenprint.
- Page 9 Step 3: Add the trimpot. A trimpot only has 3 legs. Your PCB has 5. This is so that the PCB can accommodate a variety of different brands of trimpot. Don’t let this confuse you. There is only 1 way your trimpot can fit in the PCB.
- Page 10 Step 4: Add the film and ceramic disc capacitors. These are non-polarized and can go in either direction. The film caps are highlighted in red; the ceramic disc caps are highlighted in yell ow. Leave the ceramic disc capacitor sticking out just a !itt! bit so you can bend it down flat against the PCB.
- Page 11 Step 5: Add the aluminum electrolytic capacitors. These ARE polarized, meaning there is a positive and negative end. The positive side will have a longer lead and goes in the square solder pad. The negative side will have a shorter lead and a stripe running along the body of the cap, and goes in the round solder pad.
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Page 12: Enclosure Hardware Assembly
Enclosure Hardware Assembly Step 1: Mount the DC adapter jack. - Page 13 Step 2: Mount the potentiometers. You will mount them opposite each other, so that when looking into the enclosure, the right potentiometer will have its lugs facing towards the ac jack, and the left potentiometer will have its lugs facing the audio jacks.
- Page 14 Step 3: Mount the Audio Jacks. You want to orient them so that the SLEEVE terminals (beveled corner of the jack) are facing away from each other. If looking at the inside of the enclosure, the INPUT jack will have its sleeve terminal facing towards the AC jack.
- Page 15 Step 4: Remove both nuts from the footswitch and mount the footswitch. Note: Be careful not to over-tighten the footswitch during assembly, this can cause damage to the footswitch. Orient the footswitch so that the flat sides of the solder lugs are like the diagram below.
- Page 16 FOOT SWITCH SOLDER LUG DESIGNATIONS...
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Page 17: Wiring
Wiring FLIP PCB OVER!!! STEP 1: Wire the PCB as shown in the diagram below. Make all connections to the back side of the PCB and solder on the top (screen printed) side of the PCB. Make the wires as short as possible but allow enough length so that if you need to do any trouble shooting later, you will be able to do so without having to remove all the enclosure mounted components. - Page 18 Step 2: Once the AC jack, potentiometers, and IN/OUT jacks are wired, insert the LED in its hole. Insert the long lead into the square hole!!! might want to slightly bend the leads away from each other to keep them in the holes for now.
- Page 19 Step 3: Flip the PCB right-side-up, tuck the wires into the enclosure, and place the PCB onto the footswitch. DO NOT SOLDER YET!!!!! Make sure you tuck your wires carefully It is extremely important that when you place the PCB on the footswitch, you make sure to tuck all the wires out of the way so that that PCB can rest flush against the enclosed jacks and footswitch.
- Page 20 Step 4: Solder ONLY 1 of the footswitch lugs. Your PCB should be recessed inside the enclosure about 1cm. It should be level. Some of your components may be sticking up out of the enclosure just a bit, particularly the film capacitors. This is to be expected. This is OK. The lid has a deep recess.
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Page 21: Operation Overview
Operating Overview VOL: Adjusts the overall output volume GAIN: Adjust the amount of distortion Power supply: 2.1mm negative tip. Current Draw: 2.5mA Input Impedance: 1M ohms Output Impedance: 100k ohms... -
Page 23: Pcb Back Trace Photo
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