Stripboard layout for an EarthQuaker Devices Hummingbird Tremolo pedal

EarthQuaker Devices Hummingbird Tremolo On Stripboard

February 25, 2025

If you take a look at the list of all the guitar pedal stripboard layouts I’ve made for this site, you’ll notice that there are quite a few distortions, fuzzes, and overdrives. I like building dirt boxes, and I’m always fascinated at how different they sound, even with similar circuits. But recently I’ve done something […]





Stripboard layout for an EartherQuaker Devices Speak Cranker distortion pedal

EartherQuaker Devices Speaker Cranker On Stripboard

January 2, 2025

 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 (and there is a difference between distortion, overdrive, and fuzz). That being said, I’ve just […]





Stripboard layout for an EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold guitar pedal.

EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold On Stripboard

August 18, 2024

https://youtu.be/ZgzqZcc0xWg The Acapulco Gold by EarthQuaker Devices is a pretty well know single knob distortion pedal. According to EarthQuaker Devices themselves, they’ve  modelled this pedal off of a Sunn Model T amplifier turned up to the max. Similar to the Lovelpedal Champ, the single knob on this pedal means the amount of drive is adjusted […]