Crazy Chicken Guitar Pedals

Various guitar pedal components on a work bench.Welcome!

Here’s my website about guitar pedals, mostly DIY guitar pedals/making and building your own guitar pedals, but we’ll also see where this adventure takes us.

I’ve made this site because I enjoy making my own guitar pedals and want to share my hobby with other people, give them some advice, and encourage them to take up the hobby of making their own guitar pedals as well.

I also find that having a website like this helps me learn more about making guitar pedals and electronics in general. You pick up a lot of random knowledge with this hobby, but sometimes forget to ask “why.” Let’s find out together.

Recent DIY Guitar Pedal Posts

  • How To Get Started Building Guitar Effects Pedals

    How To Get Started Building Guitar Effects Pedals

    I’ve been putting off writing this article because it’s kind of a big question. If you’ve spent any time poking around my site, you’ll know a lot of it is set up to try and help newbies to the marvelous …Read More »
  • Electro-Harmonix Big Muff On Stripboard

    Electro-Harmonix Big Muff On Stripboard

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ni48979_ws&feature=youtu.be Well, this was a fun pedal to build. It was a big build, but well worth it to make such a famous pedal. And one that sounds so good too. We’re all likely familiar with the Big Muff sound …Read More »
  • EartherQuaker Devices Speaker Cranker On Stripboard

    EartherQuaker Devices Speaker Cranker On Stripboard

     The Speaker Cranker by EarthQuaker Devices is an easy to make single knob guitar pedal. EarthQuaker Devices are calling this an overdrive but, judging by the schematic and the sound, I’d be more likely to call this pedal a distortion …Read More »
  • Catalinbread Naga Viper On Stripboard

    Catalinbread Naga Viper On Stripboard

    The Naga Viper by Catalinbread is a treble booster pedal modelled on the somewhat legendary Dallas Rangemaster treble booster popularised by so many guitarists (especially out of England) in the 1960’s and ’70’s. These were the days before overdrive and …Read More »
  • How To Make A Distortion Pedal

    How To Make A Distortion Pedal

    I’ll cut to the chase very quickly: you’re probably here because you want to learn how to make guitar pedals at home, so you searched for something along the lines of “how to make a distortion pedal,” and found this …Read More »
  • 2024: A Year In DIY Guitar Pedals

    2024: A Year In DIY Guitar Pedals

    We still have a few more weeks left in the year, and in that time I’ll probably make another guitar pedal, but I also haven’t been writing a lot here. I feel like I should post but I don’t have …Read More »
  • Marshall Bluesbreaker On Stripboard

    Marshall Bluesbreaker On Stripboard

    Here’s how to build a Marshall Bluesbreaker on stripboard. Sure, this thing isn’t anywhere as popular as something like an Ibanez Tube Screamer or a Boss OD-1, but it’s a guitar pedal that’s been increasing in popularity in recent years. …Read More »
  • Colorsound One Knob Fuzz On Stripboard

    Colorsound One Knob Fuzz On Stripboard

    This One Knob Fuzz by Colorsound is a great DIY pedal project is you’re looking for an easy or beginner guitar pedal build. As the name would suggest, there’s only one knob (for volume) and, being a fuzz pedal, there …Read More »
  • Lumpy’s Tone Shop Lemon Drop On Stripboard

    Lumpy’s Tone Shop Lemon Drop On Stripboard

    Here’s a fun pedal build project: Lumpy’s Tone Shop Lemon Drop. This pedal actually comes in a variety of names though. I wasn’t familiar with Lumpy’s Tone Shop, but found the stripboard layout on Tagboard Effects. In looking into this …Read More »
  • Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808) On Stripboard

    Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808) On Stripboard

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBg-8j0x-a0 The Ibanez Tube Screamer is one of the most famous and sought after overdrive pedals around. The original TS808 and Boss’ OD-1 are classics that everyone wants to recreate. Well, here it is, the wiring schematic and stripboard layout …Read More »