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All of these reviews are for current or recently available (non-vintage) versions of these perfumes. To give you an idea of my taste, some perfumes I really enjoy are Guerlain Shalimar & L'Heure Bleue, Estee Lauder Private Collection, Patou Joy, & Gres Cabochard. I tend to be picky with sweet perfumes so ambers are a tricky genre for me, even though I love the warm, rich feeling they can offer. The "visual references" are just paintings I think fit the mood or imagery conjured by a perfume, nothing too serious.
Also, I've added bolded text here and there, not because I think my words are important per se but because I thought it might make these reviews easier to skim. Because let's be real, I wrote a lot and I don't expect people to sit and read literally all of this. Feel free to let me know if this makes it easier or harder to read, I'm playing around with things right now.
Solstice Scents Orient Rose (oil format)
An even blend of lush sweet rose and amber, so smooth that I find it hard to describe except in terms of what it doesn't do. Unlike the other perfumes reviewed here, Orient Rose has no spice, just the soft silkiness of rose and amber. It is not powdery, sour, syrupy, nor harsh in any way; it's very soft-focus and candlelit in feeling. There's a whisper of light woodiness, as well as some orchard fruit nuances that seem to emanate from the rose, but it stays far away from brash fruity-floral shampoo territory. Even though this perfume is quite sweet - probably the sweetest on this list - I really don't find it cloying, possibly because there's nothing particularly heady or or foody about it. If you smell it on clothes the next day, it leaves behind a fairly bland vanilla extract smell. I'm not fond this base layer, but again, it's only something I can pick up a full day later on clothes - if anything I'm impressed with how the perfumer has managed to disguise that plain vanilla base so that it always reads as "rose and amber" as opposed to "rose and vanilla" on skin.
Solstice Scents in general is a house that tends to embrace the brash and weird side of naturalistic smells. I tend to find them interesting but not particularly wearable - their perfumes capture smells of tidepools crawling with ocean life, the gasoline-like edge of certain leathers, melting beeswax so rich it smells eggy; they have a wood-forward perfume, Wardrobe, which presents such an intensely rich, sweet, and creamy take on sandalwood that it actually comes across more like an ultra carnal animalic to me than a woods blend. Orient Rose is therefore something of an outlier in their catalogue for how smoothed-over and wearable it is. It smells sweet, luscious, very pretty, and somewhat characterless. I could see this being a good choice for people who are attracted to rose/amber perfumes in theory but find most examples too powdery, sharp, or old-fashioned for their liking.
In short: Smooth, pleasant rose amber with almost no edge to it. Not mind-blowing but feels well-made and very likeable.
Visual reference: Boldini's Madame Juillard in Red
Habit Rouge EDP
Habit Rouge! It's the most cheerful perfume in my collection. Habit Rouge has such a distinct personality that spritzing it on feels like greeting an old friend, though none of my friends are very much like character that Habit Rouge evokes. I picture a cheerful, industrious gentleman of the 1960s, from a family that's been wealthy since the 1660s, coming inside after a brisk ride (of course he rides, his horse is gorgeous and probably named for an Italian opera character) with a smile on his face and a white-gloved hand outstretched for shaking.
Habit Rouge EDP smells like a fizzy, fluffy, creamsicle dream - AKA citrus-vanilla-tonka - elevated with powdery florals, spice, resins, and suede. Most notes lists for Habit Rouge include carnation and rose in the heart. I've never smelled carnations on their own, but from what I understand most carnation notes in perfumes are less complex than the real thing, basically being constructions based on clove (due to the shared presence of eugenol in both cloves and carnation) and rose. If we therefore treat carnation as "florally clove", then I definitely pick that up in Habit Rouge - I literally sniffed Habit Rouge on a blotter next to bottles of whole cloves and ground cinnamon and found Habit Rouge's warm, sweet spice character has a strong relationship with clove, and only a slight hint of cinnamon. As for rose, I find that the rose note never jumps out no matter how I look at it, but it does seem to contribute a certain freshness and delicacy to Habit Rouge's overall bouquet. The overall combination of clovey spice, citrus, and vanilla-tonka gives me the impression of an old-fashioned cola, though with plenty of inedible elements to keep it out of gourmand territory. Over time, it eventually dries down to a lovely woodsy-tonka smell somewhere between hay and sawdust. Guerlain would apparently have us believe that the EDP version has an oud note in it - very funny, guys. I don't pick that up at all.
It reminds me a lot of Musc Ravageur, mainly because they both remind me of botanical colas, and they are both essentially attempts to make a more updated and masc-leaning Shalimar. Comparing the two on blotters, they come across as two different ways of dressing up a shared, distinctive vanilla-tonka-clove accord. Musc Ravageur is louder, denser, heavier, with a much stronger boozy vanilla note, and just the tiniest hint of fecal civet. It is a direct, DTF, dirty-sweet gourmand amber. Habit Rouge, in contrast, feels both fresher and dustier. It takes that shared vanilla-tonka-clove accord, dresses it with lemon and a bundle of summery herbs, ties it with a cord of suede and then sticks it in a dusty wooden drawer. Even after the top notes fade, Habit Rouge is still quite a bit fresher and a touch lemony compared to Musc Ravageur - again, that's where I wonder if the rose in Habit Rouge is playing a role. I find that Habit Rouge smells multi-dimensional, airy, and just delicious top to bottom whereas Musc Ravageur comes across cloying and unbalanced. To be fair, though, Musc Ravageur has a far stronger projection, and it can smell quite sexy on the right person - which I think has less to do with skin chemistry and more to do with the relationship between sexual attraction and good taste.
For how good Habit Rouge is, I really don't wear it that often. There are two reasons for this - one, I find it difficult not to compare it to Shalimar, and Shalimar is one of my favorite perfumes ever so that's a losing battle every time. Shalimar's genius is that it combines huge doeses of citrus and vanilla in such a way that it basically steamrolls the sunny freshness we usually associate with citrus, instead creating an accord that is rather harsh, astringent, smoky, rubbery, shocking the first time around and delightful thereafter. Habit Rouge takes that citrus + vanilla idea and completely defangs it, swapping harsh pungent bergamot for far juicier, sweeter citrus varietals and toning down the weirdness of Shalimar's smoke-and-rubber vanilla. It's just not as good that way! The second reason is that while Habit Rouge is far from sugary, it is still just a little too sweet and bright for me to wear multiple days in a row. A full wear of Shalimar or Coco or one of my favorite chypres tends to leave me wanting more of the same the next day, whereas a full wear of Habit Rouge leaves me wanting to escape into something drier or darker.
In short: Sweet vanilla and tonka balanced out with an arrangement of powdery, fresh, and spicy notes. Lovely and cheerful though I tend to only wear it as an occasional pick-me-up.
Visual references: Gleizes' Equestrian, Mucha's Winter in this very warm-toned scan
Mitzah
I sought out a decant of this after reading Claire's review for Take One Thing Off, and honestly, I could co-sign just about everything she says about it. I'm going to try to review it on my own but you can just as easily skip this section and read her review instead.
Mitzah is an amber with warm baking spices and a strong, beautiful sandalwood note. This is not a brash, thick, buttery sandalwood construction, the kind I tend to have trouble with. Instead, it's quite sawdusty and fuzzy with just enough nutty savoriness to read as sandalwood. It has a hint of cola-ish vanilla and tonka (clearly, a lot of perfumes just remind me of cola) but these elements stick out far less than in Habit Rouge. It is quite sweet but not at all syrupy or cloying, and it avoids the dried fruit notes I pick up from certain resins. The sweetness of Mitzah is a crystalline sweetness, like the first bite of a brown sugar-crusted sweet bread. The rose is just as subtle to my nose as the rose in Habit Rouge. Everything is golden, hazy, and vaporous, as dense as a sunbeam. The first time I wore it, I was confused by what Claire identified as a roasted or sesame-like note, because I didn't get that at all - but the second time I wore it, I found that the later stages of the drydown reminded me of yaksik, a Korean dessert made with rice, honey, nuts, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Yaksik is a sweet and festive food, but also quite odd if your only point of comparison is European-styled desserts because it uses deeply umami and nutty ingredients alongside sweet ones. Thus it strikes me as a good analogue for the fine, cozy, sweet, warmly woody and slightly off-center sweetness of Mitzah.
Mitzah is a very good perfume, and I think it's a real shame that Dior chose not to put it in their main range where it would have been a department store standout. Given the difficulty of actually obtaining a bottle, it's worth asking whether Mitzah is good enough to be worth the trouble (or worth pining after if you really can't get ahold of it). For me the answer is no. Mitzah is first and foremost a perfume which evokes various pleasant and cozy sensations. It is a soft, muted kaleidescope of not-too-sweet treats and soft cashmere pulled from deliciously woody chests and sunshine on a chilly day. But I don't get much personality from it. It doesn't evoke any particular character, nor does it cause me to sit back and wonder at how the perfumer knew that somewhere between x and y you could find something completely different and miraculous. That might be a pretentious outlook, but testing Mitzah and realizing that I can pretty easily go without it has caused me to realize that warm cozy feelings are ultimately not what I value most in perfume. If, however, this sort of warm and refined coziness is exactly what makes your heart beat faster in the world of perfume, then the beautiful Mitzah might be more than worth the trouble.
In short: Exquisite sandalwoody amber, but too cozy and conventional for its level of exclusivity.
Visual reference: Sanford Robinson Gifford's Kaaterskill Falls
Coco EDT:
Coco differs from most other ambers in that it is markedly sweeter through the opening and heart than it is in the later stages of the drydown. Coco opens with pleasant, plummy sweetness and dusty spices on an amber bed. There's a touch of clove with that warm-yet-cooling, medicinal effect that clove can sometimes have. It has an aldehydic fizz that, combined with the sweet and spicy elements, makes me think of ginger ale or a hot spiced cider. In typical Chanel fashion, it's abstracted to a point that allows it to smell both delicious and thoroughly inedible. Other element come through as it wears: a hint of cinnamon, sweet tonka, a kick of dry sawdust. A beautiful, creamy floral-vanilla facet comes through that makes me think of jasmine petals dipped in vanilla-flavored milk.
Coco takes a more carnal turn in its later stages. Hints of sweet leather pop out. I also notice an effect similar to one I previously experienced with Estee Lauder's Cinnabar, where spicy-floral note combinations - I attribute it to the metallic side of cloves plus the ham-like side of lilies, but I don't really know - can create a strangely fleshy, tangy aroma reminiscent dried blood. I find Cinnabar pretty unwearable for exactly that reason, but in Coco the effect is toned down, not exactly bloody so much as fleshy and meaty, and subtle enough to be endearingly weird instead of unnerving.
This combination of spice, leather, creamy florals and subtle meatiness create a fascinating evocation of the aroma of hot skin. I once had a summer canvassing job where I'd spend between five and six hours outdoors on my feet each day, sweating ungodly amounts and experiencing the baking combination of hot sunny days, thick cotton t-shirts, limited shade, and white concrete doorsteps radiating heat upwards onto anyone foolish to spend more than a minute standing there. This is kind of a gross aside for a Chanel review, but something I learned from that job is that the smell of skin and clothes after a day of light but long exertion in the heat is somewhat different than standard body odor - meatier, porkier, less stale; I developed a new appreciation for the phrase "sweating like a pig." To be clear, I smelled terrible by the end of the shift, whereas Coco smells beautiful, so it's an association filtered through many layers of abstraction and idealization. Still, the fact that a perfume can smell this good while also reminding me of hot skin and an old summer job is absolutely genius in my eyes, and more personally appealing than spicy amber perfumes that mainly make me think of spiced desserts and snuggly cashmere. Coco opens sweeter than Mitzah or Habit Rouge, but dries down less sweet than either of these, leaving behind a smoky, meaty, warmly spicy impression on clothes.
In short: An amber that smells like spiced drinks and hot skin. Beautiful, ingenious, a new love.
Visual reference: Ryabchenko's The Death of Actaeon, Schiele's Woman in Black Stockings, Vallotton's At the Cafe
An (im)personal aside about Chanel
I've been thinking about Chanel perfumes lately, and what separates certain ones that I really click with (Coco eau de toilette, No. 5 eau de toilette) from others that I feel less inclined towards, even though I consider them very beautiful perfumes (No. 22 EDP, 31 Rue Cambon EDP). In his review of Bleu de Chanel, perfume critic Luca Turin wrote, "Chanel's greatest achievement is perhaps their miraculous ability to live two separated-at-birth lives that do not intersect: one spent lounging in the back of a long-wheelbase Bentley, the other hanging on to a ceiling strap in the evening commute." When I first read that I had no idea what he was talking about, but now I think I do. Chanel is an archetypal luxury house, and their perfumes are beautiful and luxurious. Yet there is also something déclassé about them.
I'm going to focus on No. 5 for a while here because it's the clearest example of this contradiction. If modern luxury implies exclusivity, rarity, something that signals to those "in the know," then No. 5 lost that the moment Chanel started marketing it to every American GI in Paris, with the company struggling to restore its air of exclusivity ever since. It's a perfume you can wear your whole life without running into the aspirational ideal of a "signature scent" - unless your idea of a signature is something that can be shared with a million other people. Its trademark aldehydic blast and abstracted floral bouquet has been imitated not only by other perfumes, but by cheap soaps and functional products. It carries all the characteristics that people tend to dislike about stereotypical "perfumey" perfumes - the strong synthetics, the dated connotations, the stiffly powdery texture, the mundane familiarity.
Wearing Chanel No. 5 today, at least in its lower concentrations, does not feel like wearing something fetching and aspirational and uniquely yours. It does not feel like the perfumer looked into your soul and plucked out the cherished memory of your childhood gardens or whatever. It feels like shrugging into a garment made for a taste that is not yours, out of fashion for decades, worn by many other women before you. I have to imagine that even by the time Marilyn Monroe said her famous quip about wearing nothing but Chanel No. 5 to bed, No. 5 had already become perhaps not dated but a little too ubiquitous - after all, she wasn't talking about No. 5 as something to wear to turn heads or so that her lovers would recognize her blindfolded or blah blah blah, but as a familiar, everyday luxury to fall asleep to.
And I absolutely love it for all of that. I love that it's a perfume which has absolutely nothing to do with me. It's Ernest Beaux's gorgeous aldehydic dream of snow and arctic rivers and the warm scent of a woman underneath which has somehow, quite strangely, become one of the most recognizable perfumes in the world. It is luxury's great anti-signature. No. 22 is sometimes recommended as a prettier alternative to No. 5, and it is indeed a very lovely perfume. But No. 22 feels ultra-pure, soaring, occasion-worthy, whereas No. 5 is crisp, reserved, workaday, and much more endearing for it. No. 22 feels detached from the life I actually lead. But No. 5 slots easily into a lazy morning routine, a dull corporate uniform, a gray morning and a bare face. It is an impersonal beauty with no fantasy-self attached to it. And though Coco has a more recognizable warmth to it, it has a similar workaday charm. There are plenty of perfumes that remind me of fancy desserts (hello 31 Rue Cambon EDP), silk lingerie and ballgowns; Coco is different. I therefore wonder if it's not only genius but also particularly Chanel that Coco manages to smell beautiful while reminding me of sweating my face off at a high-turnover job. (And I mean Chanel the house, not the person btw, because I hate to idolize her but I have a lot of admiration for some of the work that was done by others in her name). Coco is just dated enough that I can imagine a few hundred thousand women wearing it to work, dates, and parties between 1984 and now. I'm happy to join the legion.

Hello I will be moving out of my apartment (close to campus) soon and would like to sell some household/decor items. Pm for photos if interested, prices are negotiable :)
Items for sale:
$40...10’8" x 7’8" living room carpet
$50...handcrafted fruit bowl
$10...27” x 19” picture/poster frame
$80...28” x 24” dark-toned painting
$100...3’7" x 3’6" Cheery blossom painting
$10...Emerld glass bottle
$45...Sodastream machine
$50...sunbeam vintage style hand mixer with whisks

Been busy at my workbench this month, several new items, mostly point-to-point work. Some of these are clones, but the majority have been significantly modded and a few are relatively originalish circuit designs. I hate repeating myself.
These pedals are built on vero or point to point, many in upcycled tins, a few in hammond boxes. I have valued them in 4 tiers:

D tier are my trashy cheapies, made from reclaimed components. I don't feel right asking a lot for reclaimed components. I'll sell them for $40 + shipping, or trade for something cheap.
C tier are the cheapies made with new components. I will sell any of these outright for $55 + shipping (or trade for things in that price range, of course!)
B tier I will trade for pedals in the $65-$90 value range, depending on the complexity of the build.
A tier are my favorite or most complex builds. I will be picky about trades for these. (But still not Boutique prices; I have no delusions). It's probably less about value here and more about how much I actually want the thing you have. Think in the $100 - $150 range.

MOBILE USERS: There are 4 columns in the table below: Name, Tier, Links, and Notes. If you don't see all 4, scroll over or ask for more info.
Drives, Distortions, and Boosts

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Christmas Goose Boost	D	PIC DEMO	Point-to-point build of Brian May treble booster made with old clock radio parts. In a little goose tin.
Phoenix Drive	C	PIC Demo	EasyDrive-type circuit with a symmetry knob. Sounds a little muffy on the symmetric side, more crunchy on the other.
Shining Hope Drive	B	PIC Demo	Differential mirroring drive, gives a kind of overdriven-mixer-channel distortion. Controls for gain, tone, and volume. Housed in a star-shaped Christmas tin.
Delfterential Distortion	A	PIC Demo	Willmott Differential Distortion with an added tone control; knobs are Gain, Bias, Bass Cut, Tone, and Volume. Housed in an antique Delft-style tin. Has a big ampy sound to it, can get pretty crunchy and fuzzy.
Green Sparkler Boost	D	PIC	Just an Escobedo Duende JFET boost built point-to-point in a sparkly little round tin. Gives a little gain and a bit of warmth to the tone.
PoormansSans amp sim	B	PIC DEMO	This is an all-in-one amp & speaker sim prototype in a small square tin. The preamp is custom designed, based loosely on a DOD 250 but with many changes. Soft clipping can be toggled on or off. The speaker sim is a 4x12 simulator designed by TruVAL. Controls for treble, bass, gain, volume, nd clipper toggle. No stomp on this one, it's always on. Valuing at about $75.

Fuzzes

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
My Word Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Bazz Fuss in a playing card tin.
Happy ChrizzMuss Tree Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Another gated double-bazz-fuss type fuzz, this one features a bias knob for adjusting the bias of the first stage and a bass boost switch. Housed in a Christmas tree tin.
Creature from the planet Chyowngg	B	PIC Demo	Prototype of a unique fuzz I've been developing that I call the Chyowngg fuzz. It's a 2-stage octaver that gives a bright synthy tone with a distinctive envelope (hence the name). You can toggle each stage from octave to non-octave mode for a variety of interesting timbres. Also has a tone control, but the tone control is before the octave stages so it results in interesting behaviors depending on the switch settings. It's in a tin meant to be painted like an alien, though some say it looks more like a triceratops.
~~Syb0rCat's Scoop of Flaming Whatsit~~ SOLD	B	PIC Demo	This was one of those what-if fuzz experiments of mine that put a harmonic perc, octave fuzz, and bazz fuss into a blender and hit puree. The knobs change stuff in the circuit, not always in predictable ways. From left to right it's volume, gain(kinda), bias (kinda), and tone (kinda). The switch toggles to octave mode. You can get big raunchy fuzz, gated sounds, bitcrushed sounds, octave sounds, synthy sounds, etc. Not for you if you want that vintage Jimi Ray van Clapmour sound. Def for you if you want a half-robot cat to drop a scoop of flaming whatsit on your tone.
Lizard Monster of the Planet Chyowngg	B	PIC DEMO	This is like the "Creature from the planet Chyowngg" except it also has a glitchy sub-octave tone that you can blend in for some truly monstrous tones. Housed in a painted tin.
The salty sunbeam fuzz	B	PIC Demo	This salty little sunshine is based on the Jordan Bosstone, with a few modifications. The gain pot has a treble leak cab added so you get different tones using the gain pot vs. using your guitar's volume pot. The switch goes from LED to schottkey clippers. Finally, the third pot is a battery drain simulator that lets you get those low-battery sounds. This thing sounds really ragged and can dish up those random suboctaves at certain settings. Housed in a painted round tin.
Avenger's fuzz	C	PIC DEMO	Another harmonic fussulator (Bazz-fussified harmonic percolator) built into a little avenger's puzzle tin. Knobs control gain and volume, switch toggles "Hulk Smash" mode.
Pup Power fuzz	D	PIC DEMO	A trashy perversion of a harmonic percolator circuit, built point-to-point from recycled components. Housed in a painted paw patrol puzzle tin.
Stripedy Trashtone Fuzz	D	PIC Demo	A point-to-point perversion of a Jordan Bosstone housed in a bandaid tin. Only volume control here.
The BrIGhtly MUFFlered PenguIn	B	PIC	'73 Muff (more or less) built point-to-point and housed in a penguin tin. Critics rave: "the ugliest pedal I have ever seen". No demo, 'cause it sounds like muff.
Playstation Fuzz	D	PIC DEMO	A bazz-me-fuss-you-ish circuit built p2p from clock radio bits and housed in a Playstation card tin. Knobs are for "timbre" and volume. Timbre adjusts some filtering going into the octave circuit. Has a kind of synthy attack reminiscent of 90's video game sound tracks.
Sparkly Sili-Face	A	PIC DEMO	Runoffgroove Siliface II, a wonderful silicon fuzzface implementation, built point-to-point style and housed in a sparkly 125B with top jacks. Controls for Bias and Volume, gain is always cranked on this. Bias goes from full, rich fuzz to choppy gated fuzz nicely.

Non-Dirt

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Shay-key-tay-tur	B	PIC Demo	Simple colorsound Tremolo with knobs for rate and depths. Gives a pretty classic amp tremolo sound. Housed in a Mr Potato Head tin.
Koozebanian Spoobletron	A	PIC Demo	Not exactly a vibe, not exactly a phaser, not exactly a tremolo, but kind of all of them or thereabouts. Knobs control speed and depth, the switch goes from vibe-ish mode to phaser-ish mode. Housed in a hand-painted 1590b box, side jacks
Shloppy Duck Synthifyer	A	PIC Demo	Dirty Shloppy Trash-can synthification of your guitar tone. Features a waveshaper into an envelope filter with an LFO, packed into a big round duck tin. Looking for something special for this one.
~~Purple Squiggles~~ TRADED	A	PIC Demo	This is a Chorus/Vibe/Doubler pedal based on the Little Angel chorus. It has controls for Rate, Depth, and Lag, which can take you from chorus to slap. The switches activate Vibe mode (basically, dry defeat) and "Space Warble" mode, which just kind of gooses the LFO a bit. Housed in a painted 125B.
Oh the flubbles you'll Wubble	A	PIC DEMO	Kind of a vibe, kind of a phase, but also a ring mod if you want it to be. This is an evolution of my spoobletron circuit. Controls for Rate, Depth, and Waveshape; switches for vibe/phase and ringmod mode. Housed in a giant oval tin that probably won't sit nicely on your pedal board. Read the full story here
Splatter Funk	A	PIC DEMO of identical circuit	Quackmire envelope filter with added knobs for attack and drive, as well as a smoothing switch. In a 125B with top jacks.

Some Non-DIY Stuff
Will be a little picky on the pricier ones. Make an offer.

Brand	Name	Condition	Notes
Line 6	POD 2.0	Good	Had this for 20+ years, just not using it anymore. It toured and it looks it. Still holds up, though. Can throw in the FBV4 footswitch if needed.
Ammoon	Pock Loop	Excellent	Good looper, I just prefer some other loopers I've acquired. I have the box for it, if that matters.
Danelectro	Fab Chorus	Excellent	Cheap plastic chorus, but sounds great. Probably just a make-weight, too cheap to trade on its own.
Caline	10-band EQ	Good	Works fine, I just don't really need 10 bands of EQ. Has velcro on the back, and sometimes makes a weird noise when you turn on the pedalboard. Another make-weight.
Ibanez	PH7	Good	Tonelok phaser. Great pedal, has some glue on the bottom I couldn't get off, but works fine.

What would I trade for??
I'm really open to almost any sort of gear if it relates to music and audio (see the don't wants, though). Leaning more towards synth or recording gear than pedals, but still open to pedals.
Musical wants of various specificity:

Fancy DSP type pedals (the kind I can't build)
SM57 or similar mics
Korg Volcas. Especially the sampling or FM one. Or other MIDI synths.
Any yamaha reface keyboards
A 4x4 MIDI interface
Pedal power with multiple 300mA+ outputs.
Mackie 1202 VLZ in good shape
Cheap tele style guitar
Unbuilt pedal kits/enclosures/parts, or DIY in need of TLC.
A small 8-ohm cab
Studio, drum, keyboard, or midi gear. Any interesting music-related equipment, really. Even boring stuff like power conditioners. I play keys, bass, guitar, some percussion, and record, so I'm into all kinds of gear.

Non-music-gear wants:

DIY electronics tools (would love a decent scope or transistor tester)
Your old laptop, especially if its a Dell, maybe in the 5-8yr-old range (let's say >4GB ram, >i5 processor). Don't even need the hard drive or OS, or much battery life, as long as everything else works.
If you just want to do cash, some of this stuff is listed on my reverb.com store. Moving away from reverb due to fees, though. Paypal/venmo works if we want to avoid any Imperial entanglements, just DM me for a price (let me know your zip code too).

Probably not wants:

Dirt pedals. Might make an exception for something really intriguing, though.
Guitar parts and speakers. Haven't gone there yet, though I'm getting a bit into small DC amp building.
Anything I can easily get on Amazon or Reverb for under $50, unless we're bundling items. Just not worth shipping one thing when it's that cheap.
Behringer pedals. Just not a fan.

A Note about mods/repairs/custom jobs: I've been asked about this a few times. Right now, I think I'd just prefer not to. I enjoy doing what I do on my own terms. Cheers!

Hey all,
Sorry for two posts back-to-back today when I know the ask is to group them. Just a lot of stuff and I'm specifically going to dedicate this to G1. Hoping for forgiveness given there's not a lot of G1 sold here.
Prices include G&S but not shipping.
I unfortunately don't have any additional accessories to figures that are listed here, sorry! What is shown is all that I have with them. Will happily clarify the quality on anything sold, since there's a lot of nuance in the vintage stuff.
https://imgur.com/a/2ASpJPK
Top Stair:

$25 - Thundercracker (missing back wing flaps, rocket launchers, missiles, and landing gear)
$25 - Starscream (missing back wing flaps, missiles, and landing gear - it does have 2x launchers)
$25 - Dirge (missing 2 missiles and landing gear... has all wings)
$35 - Thrust (missing 2 launchers and all missiles... has all wings)
$35 - Skywarp (missing back wing flaps, missiles, and lanuchers - it does have landing gear)
$55 - Ramjet (only missing 2 fists)

Middle Stair:

$40 - Blaster (complete ... eject button sticks, common youtube fixes for it)
Pending = $15 - G2 Sideswipe (how did he get in here?? no accessories, 1 peg on hood broken but no impact)
$50 - Perceptor (complete)
$10 - Astrotrain (paper clip fix on missing peg, no gun)
$50 - Soundwave (missing 1 battery gun and 2x missiles)
$20 - Hoist (no accessories)
Pending - $20 - Ironhide (no accessories)
$15 - Ratchet (no accessories)
$15 - Warpath
$15/ea - Brawn
$25 - Sunstreaker (no accessories)
$15 - Snaptrap (no accessories)
$15 - Hun-gurrr (no accessories)
$7 - Twin Twist (no accessories)
$15 - Cutthroat (no accessories)
Sold - $40 - Sixshot (no guns)

Bottom Stair:

$15 - Silverbolt (no accessories)
$15 - Hot Shot (no accessories)
$15 - Inferno (no accessories)
Pending - $15 - Firefly (no accessories)
$25 - Sludge (no accessories)
$25 - Snarl (no accessories)
$25/ea - Slag (no accessories)
$10 - Mixmaster (no accessories)
$10 - Bonecrusher (no accessories)
$10 - Scavenger (no accessories)
$15 - G1 Hound (no accessories) - 1x sold (1 remains)
$15 - Motormaster (no accessories)
Pending - $20 - G1 Sideswipe (no accessories)
$15 - Streetwise (no accessories)

Sold: Jazz and Hot Rod

Yes, these are some DIY builds (or DIM? I mean, YOU don't have to build them, I've done that for you). Some of these are clones, but the majority have been significantly modded and a few are relatively originalish circuit designs. I hate repeating myself.
Most of these are built on vero board (though lately I've done some point-to-point), most are housed in upcycled tins, though sometimes I use hammond boxes too. I have valued them in 4 tiers:

D tier are my trashy cheapies, made from reclaimed components. I don't feel right asking a lot for reclaimed components. I'll sell them for $40 + shipping, or trade for something cheap.
C tier are the cheapies made with new components. I will sell any of these outright for $55 + shipping (or trade for things in that price range, of course!)
B tier I will trade for pedals in the $65-$90 value range, depending on the complexity of the build.
A tier are my favorite or most complex builds. I will be picky about trades for these. (But still not Boutique prices; I have no delusions). It's probably less about value here and more about how much I actually want the thing you have. Think in the $100 - $150 range.

MOBILE USERS: There are 4 columns in the table below: Name, Tier, Links, and Notes. If you don't see all 4, scroll over or ask for more info.
Drives, Distortions, and Boosts

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Christmas Goose Boost	D	PIC DEMO	Point-to-point build of Brian May treble booster made with old clock radio parts. In a little goose tin.
Phoenix Drive	C	PIC Demo	EasyDrive-type circuit with a symmetry knob. Sounds a little muffy on the symmetric side, more crunchy on the other.
Shining Hope Drive	B	PIC Demo	Differential mirroring drive, gives a kind of overdriven-mixer-channel distortion. Controls for gain, tone, and volume. Housed in a star-shaped Christmas tin.
Delfterential Distortion	A	PIC Demo	Willmott Differential Distortion with an added tone control; knobs are Gain, Bias, Bass Cut, Tone, and Volume. Housed in an antique Delft-style tin. Has a big ampy sound to it, can get pretty crunchy and fuzzy.

Fuzzes

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
My Word Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Bazz Fuss in a playing card tin.
Happy ChrizzMuss Tree Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Another gated double-bazz-fuss type fuzz, this one features a bias knob for adjusting the bias of the first stage and a bass boost switch. Housed in a Christmas tree tin.
~~not a pimecone fuzz~~ SOLD	C	PIC Demo	Super synthy sounding fuzz based on escobedo tripple fuzz. With gate and tone controls. Sounds really wild on bass (listen to the demo). In a tin with pinecones, for some reason.
Creature from the planet Chyowngg	B	PIC Demo	Prototype of a unique fuzz I've been developing that I call the Chyowngg fuzz. It's a 2-stage octaver that gives a bright synthy tone with a distinctive envelope (hence the name). You can toggle each stage from octave to non-octave mode for a variety of interesting timbres. Also has a tone control, but the tone control is before the octave stages so it results in interesting behaviors depending on the switch settings. It's in a tin meant to be painted like an alien, though some say it looks more like a triceratops.
Syb0rCat's Scoop of Flaming Whatsit	B	PIC Demo	This was one of those what-if fuzz experiments of mine that put a harmonic perc, octave fuzz, and bazz fuss into a blender and hit puree. The knobs change stuff in the circuit, not always in predictable ways. From left to right it's volume, gain(kinda), bias (kinda), and tone (kinda). The switch toggles to octave mode. You can get big raunchy fuzz, gated sounds, bitcrushed sounds, octave sounds, synthy sounds, etc. Not for you if you want that vintage Jimi Ray van Clapmour sound. Def for you if you want a half-robot cat to drop a scoop of flaming whatsit on your tone.
Lizard Monster of the Planet Chyowngg	B	PIC DEMO	This is like the "Creature from the planet Chyowngg" except it also has a glitchy sub-octave tone that you can blend in for some truly monstrous tones. Housed in a painted tin.
The salty sunbeam fuzz	B	PIC Demo	This salty little sunshine is based on the Jordan Bosstone, with a few modifications. The gain pot has a treble leak cab added so you get different tones using the gain pot vs. using your guitar's volume pot. The switch goes from LED to schottkey clippers. Finally, the third pot is a battery drain simulator that lets you get those low-battery sounds. This thing sounds really ragged and can dish up those random suboctaves at certain settings. Housed in a painted round tin.
~~Qwitch fuzz~~ SOLD	D	PIC DEMO	Trashy little fuzz loosely based on a harmonic percolator, made of old clock radio parts. My first attempt at point-to-point building. Housed in a card tin.
Avenger's fuzz	C	PIC DEMO	Another harmonic fussulator (Bazz-fussified harmonic percolator) built into a little avenger's puzzle tin. Knobs control gain and volume, switch toggles "Hulk Smash" mode.
Pup Power fuzz	D	PIC DEMO	A trashy perversion of a harmonic percolator circuit, built point-to-point from recycled components. Housed in a painted paw patrol puzzle tin.

Non-Dirt

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Shay-key-tay-tur	B	PIC Demo	Simple colorsound Tremolo with knobs for rate and depths. Gives a pretty classic amp tremolo sound. Housed in a Mr Potato Head tin.
Koozebanian Spoobletron	A	PIC Demo	Not exactly a vibe, not exactly a phaser, not exactly a tremolo, but kind of all of them or thereabouts. Knobs control speed and depth, the switch goes from vibe-ish mode to phaser-ish mode. Housed in a hand-painted 1590b box, side jacks
Shloppy Duck Synthifyer	A	PIC Demo	Dirty Shloppy Trash-can synthification of your guitar tone. Features a waveshaper into an envelope filter with an LFO, packed into a big round duck tin. Looking for something special for this one.
Purple Squiggles	A	PIC Demo	This is a Chorus/Vibe/Doubler pedal based on the Little Angel chorus. It has controls for Rate, Depth, and Lag, which can take you from chorus to slap. The switches activate Vibe mode (basically, dry defeat) and "Space Warble" mode, which just kind of gooses the LFO a bit. Housed in a painted 125B.
Oh the flubbles you'll Wubble	A	PIC DEMO	Kind of a vibe, kind of a phase, but also a ring mod if you want it to be. This is an evolution of my spoobletron circuit. Controls for Rate, Depth, and Waveshape; switches for vibe/phase and ringmod mode. Housed in a giant oval tin that probably won't sit nicely on your pedal board. Read the full story here
~~Clamp-it's Chicken-Pickin' Compressor~~ TRADED	A	PIC	2-band Baxandall EQ into a Hollis flatline optical compressor. Knobs for bass, treble, compression, and volume, plus a switch to toggle attack time. Housed in a reinforced Beverly Hillbillies DVD tin. Kinda big, but there is someone out there that needs this. I just know it.
Splatter Funk	A	PIC DEMO of identical circuit	Quackmire envelope filter with added knobs for attack and drive, as well as a smoothing switch. In a 125B with top jacks.

Some Non-DIY Stuff
Will be a little picky on the pricier ones. Make an offer.

Brand	Name	Condition	Notes
Line 6	POD 2.0	Good	Had this for 20+ years, just not using it anymore. It toured and it looks it. Still holds up, though. Can throw in the FBV4 footswitch if needed.
Ammoon	Pock Loop	Excellent	Good looper, I just prefer some other loopers I've acquired. I have the box for it, if that matters.
Danelectro	Fab Chorus	Excellent	Cheap plastic chorus, but sounds great. Probably just a make-weight, too cheap to trade on its own.
Caline	10-band EQ	Good	Works fine, I just don't really need 10 bands of EQ. Has velcro on the back, and sometimes makes a weird noise when you turn on the pedalboard. Another make-weight.
Ibanez	PH7	Good	Tonelok phaser. Great pedal, has some glue on the bottom I couldn't get off, but works fine.

What would I trade for??
I'm really open to almost any sort of gear if it relates to music and audio (see the don't wants, though). Leaning more towards synth or recording gear than pedals, but still open to pedals.
Musical wants of various specificity:

Decent quality (not plastic) Volume/expression pedal
SM57, or similar mics
Korg Volcas. Especially the sampling or FM one. Or other MIDI synths.
Any yamaha reface keyboards
A 4x4 MIDI interface
Pedal power with multiple 300mA+ outputs.
Mackie 1202 VLZ in good shape
Reverbs, chorus, flange, delay, pitch pedals, that kind of stuff.
Cheap tele style guitar
Unbuilt pedal kits/enclosures/parts, or DIY in need of TLC.
A small 8-ohm cab
Studio, drum, keyboard, or midi gear. Any interesting music-related equipment, really. Even boring stuff like power conditioners. I play keys, bass, guitar, some percussion, and record, so I'm into all kinds of gear.

Non-music-gear wants:

DIY electronics tools (would love a decent scope or transistor tester)
Your old laptop, especially if its a Dell, maybe in the 5-8yr-old range (let's say >4GB ram, >i5 processor). Don't even need the hard drive or OS, or much battery life, as long as everything else works.
If you just want to do cash, some of this stuff is listed on my reverb.com store. Moving away from reverb due to fees, though. Paypal/venmo works if we want to avoid any Imperial entanglements, just DM me for a price (let me know your zip code too).

Probably not wants:

Dirt. Might make an exception for something really intriguing, though.
Guitar parts and speakers. Haven't gone there yet, though I'm getting a bit into small DC amp building.
Anything I can easily get on Amazon or Reverb for under $50, unless it's part of a bundle. Just not worth shipping one thing when it's that cheap.
Behringer pedals. Just not a fan.

A Note about mods/repairs/custom jobs: I've been asked about this a few times. Right now, I think I'd just prefer not to. I enjoy doing what I do on my own terms. Cheers!

Get the jump on National Handmade Day with some DIY fuzz y'all. Of course if you don't like DIY, skip down to the bottom I have some non-DIY things too.
Some of these are clones, but the majority have been significantly modded and a few are relatively originalish circuit designs. I hate repeating myself.
Most of these are built on vero board (though lately I've done some point-to-point), most are housed in upcycled tins, though sometimes I use hammond boxes too. I have valued them in 4 tiers:

D tier are my trashy cheapies, made from reclaimed components. I don't feel right asking a lot for reclaimed components. I'll sell them for $40 + shipping, or trade for something cheap.
C tier are the cheapies made with new components. I will sell any of these outright for $55 + shipping (or trade for things in that price range, of course!)
B tier I will trade for pedals in the $65-$90 value range, depending on the complexity of the build.
A tier are my favorite or most complex builds. I will be picky about trades for these. (But still not Boutique prices; I have no delusions). It's probably less about value here and more about how much I actually want the thing you have.

MOBILE USERS: There are 4 columns in the table below: Name, Tier, Links, and Notes. If you don't see all 4, scroll over or ask for more info.
Drives, Distortions, and Boosts

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Christmas Goose Boost	D	PIC DEMO	Point-to-point build of Brian May treble booster made with old clock radio parts. In a little goose tin.
Phoenix Drive	C	PIC Demo	EasyDrive-type circuit with a symmetry knob. Sounds a little muffy on the symmetric side, more crunchy on the other.
Shining Hope Drive	B	PIC Demo	Differential mirroring drive, gives a kind of overdriven-mixer-channel distortion. Controls for gain, tone, and volume. Housed in a star-shaped Christmas tin.
Delfterential Distortion	A	PIC Demo	Willmott Differential Distortion with an added tone control; knobs are Gain, Bias, Bass Cut, Tone, and Volume. Housed in an antique Delft-style tin. Has a big ampy sound to it, can get pretty crunchy and fuzzy.

Fuzzes

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
My Word Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Bazz Fuss in a playing card tin.
Happy ChrizzMuss Tree Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Another gated double-bazz-fuss type fuzz, this one features a bias knob for adjusting the bias of the first stage and a bass boost switch. Housed in a Christmas tree tin.
not a pimecone fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Super synthy sounding fuzz based on escobedo tripple fuzz. With gate and tone controls. Sounds really wild on bass (listen to the demo). In a tin with pinecones, for some reason.
Creature from the planet Chyowngg	B	PIC Demo	Prototype of a unique fuzz I've been developing that I call the Chyowngg fuzz. It's a 2-stage octaver that gives a bright synthy tone with a distinctive envelope (hence the name). You can toggle each stage from octave to non-octave mode for a variety of interesting timbres. Also has a tone control, but the tone control is before the octave stages so it results in interesting behaviors depending on the switch settings. It's in a tin meant to be painted like an alien, though some say it looks more like a triceratops.
Syb0rCat's Scoop of Flaming Whatsit	B	PIC Demo	This was one of those what-if fuzz experiments of mine that put a harmonic perc, octave fuzz, and bazz fuss into a blender and hit puree. The knobs change stuff in the circuit, not always in predictable ways. From left to right it's volume, gain(kinda), bias (kinda), and tone (kinda). The switch toggles to octave mode. You can get big raunchy fuzz, gated sounds, bitcrushed sounds, octave sounds, synthy sounds, etc. Not for you if you want that vintage Jimi Ray van Clapmour sound. Def for you if you want a half-robot cat to drop a scoop of flaming whatsit on your tone.
~~Velocirupert the Fangirlasaurus~~ TRADED	B	PIC DEMO	This is a nasty octave fuzz based on the push-me-pull-you crossed with a bazz fuss. Controls are for octave amount and volume. Can squeal and shriek like a raptor in love with Rupert Grint. Housed in a little puzzle tin.
Lizard Monster of the Planet Chyowngg	B	PIC DEMO	This is like the "Creature from the planet Chyowngg" except it also has a glitchy sub-octave tone that you can blend in for some truly monstrous tones. Housed in a painted tin.
The salty sunbeam fuzz	B	PIC Demo	This salty little sunshine is based on the Jordan Bosstone, with a few modifications. The gain pot has a treble leak cab added so you get different tones using the gain pot vs. using your guitar's volume pot. The switch goes from LED to schottkey clippers. Finally, the third pot is a battery drain simulator that lets you get those low-battery sounds. This thing sounds really ragged and can dish up those random suboctaves at certain settings. Housed in a painted round tin.
Qwitch fuzz	D	PIC DEMO	Trashy little fuzz loosely based on a harmonic percolator, made of old clock radio parts. My first attempt at point-to-point building. Housed in a card tin.
Avenger's fuzz	C	PIC DEMO	Another harmonic fussulator (Bazz-fussified harmonic percolator) built into a little avenger's puzzle tin. Knobs control gain and volume, switch toggles "Hulk Smash" mode.

Non-Dirt

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Shay-key-tay-tur	B	PIC Demo	Simple colorsound Tremolo with knobs for rate and depths. Gives a pretty classic amp tremolo sound. Housed in a Mr Potato Head tin.
Koozebanian Spoobletron	A	PIC Demo	Not exactly a vibe, not exactly a phaser, not exactly a tremolo, but kind of all of them or thereabouts. Knobs control speed and depth, the switch goes from vibe-ish mode to phaser-ish mode. Housed in a hand-painted 1590b box, side jacks
Shloppy Duck Synthifyer	A	PIC Demo	Dirty Shloppy Trash-can synthification of your guitar tone. Features a waveshaper into an envelope filter with an LFO, packed into a big round duck tin. Looking for something special for this one.
Purple Squiggles	A	PIC Demo	This is a Chorus/Vibe/Doubler pedal based on the Little Angel chorus. It has controls for Rate, Depth, and Lag, which can take you from chorus to slap. The switches activate Vibe mode (basically, dry defeat) and "Space Warble" mode, which just kind of gooses the LFO a bit. Housed in a painted 125B.
Oh the flubbles you'll Wubble	A	PIC DEMO	Kind of a vibe, kind of a phase, but also a ring mod if you want it to be. This is an evolution of my spoobletron circuit. Controls for Rate, Depth, and Waveshape; switches for vibe/phase and ringmod mode. Housed in a giant oval tin that probably won't sit nicely on your pedal board. Read the full story here
Clamp-it's Chicken-Pickin' Compressor	A	PIC	2-band Baxandall EQ into a Hollis flatline optical compressor. Knobs for bass, treble, compression, and volume, plus a switch to toggle attack time. Housed in a reinforced Beverly Hillbillies DVD tin. Kinda big, but there is someone out there that needs this. I just know it.

Refurbs and other people's DIY
I didn't build these, but I did refurb them.

Name	Links	Type	Notes
~~Crush it~~ TRADED	PIC	Orange Squeeze Compressor Clone	Nice Squishy comp. Gave it a makeover and an overhaul under the hood. Value around $80.
~~HAARP~~ TRADED	Kinda lousy PIC	Arpanoid Clone	Fully functional PedalPCB Arpanoid clone. Had a broken switch, I repaired that. Value around $110.

Some Non-DIY Stuff
Will be a little picky on the pricier ones. Make an offer.

Brand	Name	Condition	Notes
~~Seymour Duncan~~ TRADED	Tweak Fuzz	Excellent	Nice fuzz, I just don't need another fuzz (clearly).
Line 6	POD 2.0	Good	Had this for 20+ years, just not using it anymore. It toured and it looks it. Still holds up, though. Can throw in the FBV4 footswitch if needed.
Ammoon	Pock Loop	Excellent	Good looper, I just prefer some other loopers I've acquired. I have the box for it, if that matters.
Danelectro	Fab Chorus	Excellent	Cheap plastic chorus, but sounds great. Probably just a make-weight, too cheap to trade on its own.
Caline	10-band EQ	Good	Works fine, I just don't really need 10 bands of EQ. Has velcro on the back, and sometimes makes a weird noise when you turn on the pedalboard. Another make-weight.

What would I trade for??
I'm really open to almost any sort of gear if it relates to music and audio (see the don't wants, though). Leaning more towards synth or recording gear than pedals, but still open to pedals.
Musical wants of various specificity:

Decent quality (not plastic) Volume/expression pedal
SM57, or similar mics
Korg Volcas. Especially the sampling or FM one. Or other MIDI synths.
Any yamaha reface keyboards
A 4x4 MIDI interface
Pedal power with multiple 500mA outputs.
Mackie 1202 VLZ in good shape
Reverbs, chorus, flange, delay, pitch pedals, that kind of stuff.
Cheap tele style guitar
Unbuilt pedal kits/enclosures/parts, or DIY in need of TLC.
A heap of patch cables in various lengths.
A small 8-ohm cab
Studio, drum, keyboard, or midi gear. Any interesting music-related equipment, really. Even boring stuff like power conditioners. I play keys, bass, guitar, some percussion, and record, so I'm into all kinds of gear.

Non-music-gear wants:

DIY electronics tools (would love a decent scope or transistor tester)
Your old laptop, especially if its a Dell, maybe in the 5-8yr-old range (let's say >4GB ram, >i5 processor). Don't even need the hard drive or OS, or much battery life, as long as everything else works.
If you just want to do cash, some of this stuff is listed on my reverb.com store. Moving away from reverb due to fees, though. Paypal/venmo works if we want to avoid any Imperial entanglements, just DM me for a price (let me know your zip code too).

Probably not wants:

Dirt. Might make an exception for something really intriguing, though.
Guitar parts and speakers. Haven't gone there yet, though I'm getting a bit into small DC amp building.
Anything I can easily get on Amazon or Reverb for under $50, unless it's part of a bundle. Just not worth shipping one thing when it's that cheap.
Behringer pedals. Just not a fan.

A Note about mods/repairs/custom jobs: I've been asked about this a few times. Right now, I think I'd just prefer not to. I enjoy doing what I do on my own terms. Cheers!

The photo of the things
These are all things I've made, handbuilt circuits either on vero or point-to-point, housed in upcycled tins. Most are actually original or modded circuits, I have very few totally stock clones.
I have valued them in 3 tiers:

D tier are made from reclaimed components. $40 + shipping.
C tier are the cheapies. $55 + shipping
B tier are $70 + shipping.

I have A-tier stuff but that's all trade-only. Find me in the trading sub for those.
MOBILE USERS: There are 4 columns in the table below: Name, Tier, Links, and Notes. If you don't see all 4, scroll over or ask for more info.
Drives, Distortions, and Boosts

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Phoenix Drive	C	PIC Demo	EasyDrive-type circuit with a symmetry knob. Sounds a little muffy on the symmetric side, more crunchy on the other.
Shining Hope Drive	B	PIC Demo	Differential mirroring drive, gives a kind of overdriven-mixer-channel distortion. Controls for gain, tone, and volume. Housed in a star-shaped Christmas tin. Only want $65 for this one.
Christmas Goose Boost	D	PIC Demo	Brian May treble booster, built point-to-point from reclaimed components. Housed in a small goose-themed tin.

Fuzzes

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
My Word Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Bazz Fuss in a playing card tin.
Happy ChrizzMuss Tree Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Another gated double-bazz-fuss type fuzz, this one features a bias knob for adjusting the bias of the first stage and a bass boost switch. Housed in a Christmas tree tin.
~~not a pimecone fuzz~~ SOLD	C	PIC Demo	Super synthy sounding fuzz based on escobedo tripple fuzz. With gate and tone controls. Sounds really wild on bass (listen to the demo). In a tin with pinecones, for some reason.
Creature from the planet Chyowngg	B	PIC Demo	Prototype of a unique fuzz I've been developing that I call the Chyowngg fuzz. It's a 2-stage octaver that gives a bright synthy tone with a distinctive envelope (hence the name). You can toggle each stage from octave to non-octave mode for a variety of interesting timbres. Also has a tone control, but the tone control is before the octave stages so it results in interesting behaviors depending on the switch settings. It's in a tin meant to be painted like an alien, though some say it looks more like a triceratops.
~~Syb0rCat's Scoop of Flaming Whatsit~~ TRADED	B	PIC Demo	This was one of those what-if fuzz experiments of mine that put a harmonic perc, octave fuzz, and bazz fuss into a blender and hit puree. The knobs change stuff in the circuit, not always in predictable ways. From left to right it's volume, gain(kinda), bias (kinda), and tone (kinda). The switch toggles to octave mode. You can get big raunchy fuzz, gated sounds, bitcrushed sounds, octave sounds, synthy sounds, etc. Not for you if you want that vintage Jimi Ray van Clapmour sound. Def for you if you want a half-robot cat to drop a scoop of flaming whatsit on your tone.
~~Velocirupert the Fangirlasaurus~~ TRADED	B	PIC DEMO	This is a nasty octave fuzz based on the push-me-pull-you crossed with a bazz fuss. Controls are for octave amount and volume. Can squeal and shriek like a raptor in love with Rupert Grint. Housed in a little puzzle tin. Only want $65 for this one.
Lizard Monster of the Planet Chyowngg	B	PIC DEMO	This is like the "Creature from the planet Chyowngg" except it also has a glitchy sub-octave tone that you can blend in for some truly monstrous tones. Housed in a painted tin.
~~Crocskin Blues Fuss~~ SOLD	C	PIC Demo	The "blues fuss" is my perversion of the "Bazz Fuss" that includes a "leak" knob to let some clean signal through, as well as a switch to toggle a set of asymmetric clippers. The resulting sound is a nice bluesy fuzz with a good amount of bass. Probably works well with bass too. Housed in a little puzzle tin with a crocodile-esqu paint job.
The salty sunbeam fuzz	B	PIC Demo	This salty little sunshine is based on the Jordan Bosstone, with a few modifications. The gain pot has a treble leak cab added so you get different tones using the gain pot vs. using your guitar's volume pot. The switch goes from LED to schottkey clippers. Finally, the third pot is a battery drain simulator that lets you get those low-battery sounds. This thing sounds really ragged and can dish up those random suboctaves at certain settings. Housed in a painted round tin.
~~Qwitch fuzz~~ SOLD	D	PIC DEMO	Trashy little fuzz loosely based on a harmonic percolator, made of old clock radio parts. My first attempt at point-to-point building. Housed in a card tin.
~~Space Trash Fuzz~~ SOLD	D	PIC DEMO	Another trashtastic fuzz build using old clock radio parts. Based very loosely on a harmonic percolator, housed in a band-aid tin.

Non-Dirt

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Shay-key-tay-tur	B	PIC Demo	Simple colorsound Tremolo with knobs for rate and depths. Gives a pretty classic amp tremolo sound. Housed in a Mr Potato Head tin.

I take paypal (G&S is fine if you pay the extra fee) or venmo. Feel free to ask for gut shots or additional info.

Goodies from goodies: https://imgur.com/a/NVALqxZ
u/lunatenchi_ Honeybuns, it's Random Acts of Cards. Not RANDOM ACTS OF CRAZY hahaha!!! Thanks so much for the early birthday card with the hilarious answer to my prompt for the funniest/strangest thing that’s happened to you. Your insane, WTH awesome answer was the best birthday gift ever!!!! You magically, maniacally (kidding) wrote: “Someone had a Hello Kitty magnet on their car. I stole it while the owner was getting in their car. There was a lot of laughing & screaming going on as I got into my car & drove away. I still have the magnet.” Well HELLO crazy kitty! Aren’t you a crazy awesome b#$%* HAHAHAHA?!? OMG OMG OMG it’s not your fault, you sweet magnet-pilfering-psycho! Hello Kitty is CRIMINALLY cute!!!!! She led me to my first crime as well, at the age of 4. The only thing I’ve ever stolen (besides a few hearts hahahaha) is a mini Hello Kitty purple pencil sharpenetape dispenser in the shape of a house from Target. I have no idea if I knew that day that stealing her was wrong - but not having her crazy cute crap couldn’t be right! Am I right?!? Question - who was doing the “laughing & screaming” in the midst of your crime?!? Was it just you, or hopefully the original owner too?
I now worship you. And fear you. And sorta feel like dialing 911 to report this Hello Kitty emergency. Because all I know is if I were the owner, I woulda lost my damn magnet mind. And I kinda want us to hang out so you can school me in the art of purrfect petty theft. As long as I don’t get arrested, k? Because while I might talk a good Hello Kitty feline felony game in a thank-you post, I’m just a library nerd whose greatest crime after “borrowing” that Hello Kitty pencil sharpener as a kid is having outrageously overdue library books. So be gentle with me, Sassy-Sweet-Sanrio-Stealin’ Sensei. But I like how you live so dangerously, darling! I kinda wanna be your best friend. As long as you don’t steal my sh#%, you klepto cutie! I adore the heck out of you, especially after you shared this simultaneously cute n' charming yet terrifying thievery tale but from now on, I’m sleeping with all my Hello Kitty goodies underneath my pillow & warning all my fellow Hello Kitty crewmates like u/SherlockLady , u/kittycatcon , u/Moose-Maleficent u/pinkpengin to leave all their Hello Kitty paraphernalia at home before a mail-meetup-turned-holdup with you, you lovable, loony thief, you! But honestly, I’m so happy I asked you that question & learned that funny, fabulous story about you. What a terrifying, tasty treat. Seriously that was so fun, thank you for letting me peer into your sweet Sanrio-skedaddling soul. I honestly wanna know more of your sassy secrets now. That’s why I DMed you yesterday with a request to mail you (not kidding, but DMs are wonky so lemme know if you didn’t get it). Here’s hoping that the FORMER owner of that magnet hasn’t cursed your insane awesome @$$ & that you’re GIFTED Hello Kitty goodies so you don’t wind up in the slammer, sweetie!!! =)
u/_xamesx Your BEAUTIFUL bun-bun card had my own big bun-buns doing a little happy bun-bun dance in my desk chair LOL! I’m so in love with this terrific treasure! I can’t wait to frame it & feature it in my future dream-home! Absolutely everything about your artwork is stunning. Love the color scheme & your whimsical theme. Your work is amazingly not only bright n’ bouncy, but also calming & tranquil! I don’t recall the last time I saw another art piece that was able to accomplish the same magic! The pastries you drew look even more delicious than any pastries I’ve seen live LOL! I’m so in awe of your BRILLIANT talents! Your fine detail work is just incredible - I’m in awe of all the fine lines you draw with such flair & finesse! I keep staring at the lines you drew (to make the frosting for the cupcakes & on the cupcake liners, the cookies, & the croissants) because how skillfully you drew them to depict each illustration is incredible! I don’t know how to talk art with a pro like you, but I see with your work how important those little lines are in creating your magic. Here’s a shout-out to your Insta page so others can admire your awesome work: https://www.instagram.com/apricotames.studio/ Just saw your sweet strawberry sundae illustration on the page - OMG to die-for!!!! Thanks for making me so happy with your gorgeous gift! Wishing you endless joy & starry success as you continue to create such wonders!
u/ciryadien Thank you for this gorgeous, magical original postcard art of yours featuring the stunning little witch & cute curious kitty! It makes me smile so much! You’re an amazingly talented artist & I’m so lucky to enjoy & appreciate it! I wish I could analyze the art more but my technical art education is limited (I’m just a crazy crafter who tries but needs to work on art skills). So I’ll just say I love the dotted watercolor-y vibes of the greenery in the background….this one elegant element taught me how I can hopefully make painting a forest accessible to me! As for the rest of your card…I could only dream of creating something so full of motion & magic! Thanks also for your super inspiring words: “There’s a little magic to be found in every day if you look for it.” You’re so right! And right now, RAoC & the friendships I’m making as a newbie are definitely the magical highlights of my life! Please let me know if there's an IG account for you so I can mention it here. Wishing you lots of magical days, that your paints are always juicy/fresh, & that your artist brushes never fray at the tips!
u/yetanotherblankface x 3 Thanks for the pretty Tiffany glass postcard & your super sweet welcome to the sub - you’re thanking me for being a part of the community, you angel?!? That’s so touching!!! Thank you for your warm words, your constant generosity, & for letting my newbie nuts @$$ annoy the hell out of you with endless card requests! I regret to inform you that this excitement is not dying down yet. Hahaha, go your fine flair! ;) Thank you for the *gorgeous* vintage flower seed postcard - I love all the bright colors & vintage prints so much! Out of all the fun postcards you’ve sent me, I think I have a favorite now…thank you for this AWESOME “The Martians Are Always Coming” postcard!! I love love love it!!! Everything about it is so cool. From the aliens theme, to the mixed-fonts style (oh I dig this creepy-cool green paint-like font for the headline plastered in huge letters over a random page from a dictionary). I’d love to know where I can find this card/others like it pleeease!!!! You asked if I believe in aliens. I don’t just believe it, baby, I live it! My boyfriend is an alien (may as well be, he’s a rare sighting ;) But seriously - with how vast the universe is - it would be kinda intellectually uppity to suggest we’re the only ones around! And there are way too many accounts from eyewitnesses who prove it. And what the holy hell has been going on with the country shooting down freaky things in the sky lately? So fascinating! Hell yeah I believe in aliens! You?
u/caishuyang Thank you for this EXQUISITE illustrated postcard of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia!!!! Illustrated depictions of places are my favorite. The artwork is just stunning. The colors are so bright & cheery - this card made my day! I love being able to track you on your journey as you work aboard the Picton Castle ship! You have such a cool, adventurous job - I’m so delighted to have met you & now be able to stalk you online with your coordinates hahaha! Just kidding - but I so love how you invited me to follow your cool journey & look forward to seeing where you are on a certain day! But wherever it may be, may you find yourself safe on the seas & smiling, friend!
u/Trueloove Thanks for the fun, festive pink floral handmade postcard! It’s so bright & cheery! I just love the little pocket you crafted. And you are a FABULOUS storyteller, friend! I loved hearing about your experience in Indiana as an Italian exchange student & running into the other Italian exchange student on accident at the grocery store! What a small world, indeed! But HELLO there’s plenty of room in Texas, sure wish we coulda entertained one of you here! I’ve never been to Indiana & I’m sure it’s delightful, but I’ll bet my buttery BBQ @$$ they can’t compete with our beautiful BBQ beef ribs & blissful brisket! Sure hope you can visit us sometime, sweet friend. Thanks for brightening my day with your sweet postcard! Wishing you endless scrumptious slabs of beautiful beef wherever you may journey!
u/cookalot Thanks for the Animalium postcard decorated with your sweet Easter stickers! I love your face doodle!! I also cherish the sweet encouraging note you shared: “Your kindness is felt more deeply than you realize.” Your words are so profound! I want to share them here for all the lovelies who put so much love & time into sending snail-mail smiles. What you said is so true. I love how the sub continuously shows me how radically uplifting it can be to send and receive snail mail! Thanks for all the kindness you’ve shown to me & countless others. Wishing you infinite joy & snail mail utopia!
u/mostvaluablepotato x 2 Thank you for the fun SG postcard from “Spirited Away” & the surreal night sky postcards! You also sent such cute washi & cacti stickers, thank you! I also love the GORGEOUS illustrated envelope of what looks like a cherry blossom tree. So precious - but that kinda snail mail serenity would be the case, coming from the mostvaluablepotato - thank you, friend!!
u/ghostchild25 Thanks for the adorable sticker-bombed postcard! Your sassy sweet sticker-taste really brightened up my mailbox! Wishing you limitless love!
u/rokrchik Thanks for the fun postcard featuring The Raincoats! And I LOVED your funny answer to my question about the oddest/strangest thing that has happened to you…”I am, myself, both odd & strange” hahaha! Ditto that. And you said, “Whenever I travel, I always fall. Walking down the street in London, Paris, Dublin, & even in some random sand hut in Turkey! I just - FALL. Dunno why! The vapors I guess.” Guess what? Same thing happens to me too. I think sometimes it’s because I’m wearing stupid flip-flops. Do you wear flip-flops too?!? But if you’re like me, you also just might be so deep-in-thought and/or fascinated by what you’re seeing that you forget to walk/walk properly & that’s why you fall?!? Either way, I’m so sorry this happens to you. Please do carry bandaids on your travels, friend! Wishing you joy & boo-boo-free trips!
u/purpleteasoul Thanks for the nifty, super pretty floral-card with the fun textures & patterns! How was the new Ng book? I’ve only read “Little Fires Everywhere” & couldn’t put it down! I was also happy to hear about your helpful husband who took the baby so you could have a solo bookish lunch date! That’s awesome. It was especially kind of you to think of others & write cards at that time, when I know you get so little of it. Best books I’ve read in years - historical fiction books by Amor Towles, including “The Lincoln Highway” & my fave, “A Gentleman in Moscow.” They’re both fun, fast, & incredible reads! Wishing you smiles & lots of fun future solo lunches to rest & recharge!
u/cheeneebobeanie x 2 Thanks for the adorable illustrated foodie/chart cards & the warm wishes for RAoC’s 10th birthday! Love the Hello Kitty sticker decoration & other stickers you sent. Thanks also for the Howth postcard with the awesome wise affirmation: “I let go of all that no longer serves me.” Fabulous! I LOVE your fun personalized stamp - the illustration is adorable!!! Here’s an affirmation for you I found to be powerful: “I am not pushed by my problems; I am led by my dreams.” Wishing you lots of love & joy as you pursue your dreams, friend!
u/batcaved Thanks for the super beautiful Yoshida art print postcard! I love the serene scene you chose for me. Thanks also for sharing about your fave local flower, the “Flame of the Forest” - what an intriguing name for a flower! Wishing you the prettiest of floral flames, not literal ones. ;)
u/lspjackie Update! I added a pic of this cutie!! Thank you so much for the so-cute-it-hurts belated “Be Mine or Else” valentine! I LOVE the fun bright colors & artwork! The stickers you used to decorate it & the extra stickers you sent are *adorable*! My niece was all over this card (which is why it’s sadly not in the pic - she excitedly took it to school to showcase in her journal lol but I’m so stealing it back soon) & the sour patch kids candy you sent - thanks for all the love! Wishing you lots of love & limitless chewy caramel candy!
u/welshfancy x 3 Thanks for the Pendleton postcard with the cat cutie hugging coffee postcard, the cute “catpuccino”/ donuts postcard & adorable unicorn coffee card on the gorgeous vintage print! The kawaii smiling coffee sticker you sent is so cute I wanna dance. But I also wanna punch the morons who made your work experience anything less than stellar. I’m sorry that DD now stands for the DD I wrote to you about the other week. You deserve so much more, friend. Holla if you want me to trash that hellhole on Yelp or Google. I know they deserve it. Wishing you peace & serenity.
u/MCCNDVST Thanks for the super soothing, beautifully-illustrated floral card! The pretty print is so breezy & easy on the eyes! I also appreciate your kind welcome to the sub! To answer your question - RAoC has been the most amazing thing that has happened to me in…years! I’m hooked & loving it so much, but just finding it hard to balance all my fun RAoC to-dos with all the boring real-life tasks waiting for me. Wishing you endless snail mail smiles!
u/Shadow-pop Thank you for the DYNAMITE, oversized homemade neon postcard!!! It’s so stunning! I just love your *gorgeous* fruit doodles & all the fun, bright ink colors you used to draw them. You’re so talented!! What a gem, and so are you for your kindness in sending it to me! Wishing you the same brightness in life that you gifted me!
u/Peggyannsfeet Thanks for the calming plant card! Thanks also for the cute stickers! I was delighted to hear you’re a fan of the UK version of “The Office” - can’t believe I’ve only seen the American version so I gotta catch up. Like you, I dig period pieces! Hope you get to check out Mad Men soon. Wishing you the best of snacks & tv binges!
u/cloudycat4 Thank you for the gorgeous illustrated kitchen postcard! How lucky am I that you shared it with me even though you know it’s adorable & it was sent to you by a penpal? Wishing you many more adorable cards sent your way for being so sweet & generous!
u/DollieSqueak x 2 You made me squeal with the INSANELY AWESOME, ADORABLE, precious perfection that is this tiny vintage valentine! Thank you!!! =) I’m bananas for vintage-y kiddie illustrations & this one must be framed! I love it so much! Thanks also for the precious underwater mermaid card! Wishing you oceans of joy!
u/DianaPenPal Thanks for the gorgeous Frederick’s of Hollywood postcard! It’s so dreamy in so many ways! Just so you’re not alarmed if you see the pic - I’m not the jerk who took a black Sharpie and scarred the card like that!!! I don’t know why they did the same thing on the other side. Also curious - I got this awesome card 7+ weeks after the postmark!!! If I had to guess, someone jealous of your mail love for me stole this postcard because it is that cute. And then when they got busted by their boss for finding this cutie buried in their mail truck, they were forced to mail it but Sharpie sabotaged it. But I’ve got the last laugh because no Sharpie scar could ever diminish its beauty & the love with which it was sweetly sent! Thank you!! Hope you had an incredible birthday on the 17th!
u/dwrfstr x 2 Thanks for this GORGEOUS illustrated postcard of the Avocado, Beet, & Citrus Salad - I love it!!!!! This is SO my style in postcards! When I looked for the info on the back of the card to look up similar postcards for future purchases, I was excited to see that I recognized the names of the artist/cookbook. :) So that was very neat! Thanks for the cute homemade card enclosed in the neat-o envelope you upcycled from an old calendar sheet! So cool & creative! Thanks also for the cute stickers & adorable fruit & veggie ad. I’ve had the book you’re reading, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek on my TRL. Hope you enjoy it. I did read The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes & was scandalized to hear this: https://www.fountaindale.org/the-book-woman-of-troublesome-creek-and-the-giver-of-stars-coincidence-or-plagiarism/ Interesting! Thanks for the kind wishes. Wishing you smiles & scandalous reads! ;)
u/birdiebennett Thank you for the beautifully-illlustrated Roald Dahl Rhyme Stew card! I just love Dahl’s whimsical stories. Thanks for including your fave Dahl quote: “A little nonsense now & then, is relished by the wisest men.” Love it!! My favorite Dahl quote: “If you think good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams & you will always look lovely!” Wishing you lots of good thoughts, friend!
u/wabisabi_sf Thanks for the lovely Harriet Powers Women in Art postcard with the BEAUTIFUL blue-themed vintage stamps! I love how you put the postcard in the clear sleeve…I’d love to try something similar! Also love your glittery blue ink on the card. :) Wishing you glittery blue skies, kind friend!
u/germymany Thank you for the funny “OOF” card decorated with the most adorable stickers! The cupcake & fruit kawaii friends are so crazy cute! I also love how you stickered my name! Wishing you the cutest stickers ever - I will send you only the coolest crappiest ones I have per our pending exchange, sweet soul! =)
u/LXAXS Thank you for the lovely mental health awareness postcard with your great advice to set boundaries! I appreciate how concerned you are for mental well-being. Wishing you lots of peace!
u/OneiricOstrich Thanks for the beautiful Women in Art postcard of astronaut/educatodoctor Mae Jemison! BTW you made such a super cool, crafty upcycled envelope - now I wanna make my own upcycled envelopes too! I love how you wrote out so much about her life on the postcard - it’s so touching how you really do view her as a personal hero. I love your passion (so inspiring). You taught me something so cool: “She’s still active working on projects for DARRA, including the 100 Year Starship Project, which aims to make travel to another star possible in the next 1oo years.” Incredible! Thanks to both you & Dr. Jemison, both passionate souls, for being so inspiring!

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.
These are all things I've made, apart from some things at the bottom; skip down if you don't like funky DIY stuff.
Some are clones, but the majority have been signifanctly modded and a few are relatively originalish circuit designs; lately I've been focused on creating unique circuits and not just cloning existing stuff.
All are built on vero board, most are housed in upcycled tins, though sometimes I use hammond boxes too. I have valued them in 3 tiers:

D tier are like C tier, but I made them from reclaimed components. I dunno, make an offer on these, I might be up for something cheap.
C tier are the cheapies. I will sell any of these outright for $55 + shipping (or trade for things in that price range, of course!)
B tier I will trade for pedals in the $65-$90 value range, depending on the complexity of the build.
A tier are my favorite or most complex builds. I will be picky about trades for these. (But still not Boutique prices; I have no delusions). It's probably less about value here and more about how much I actually want the thing you have.

MOBILE USERS: There are 4 columns in the table below: Name, Tier, Links, and Notes. If you don't see all 4, scroll over or ask for more info.
Drives, Distortions, and Boosts

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Phoenix Drive	C	PIC Demo	EasyDrive-type circuit with a symmetry knob. Sounds a little muffy on the symmetric side, more crunchy on the other.
Shining Hope Drive	B	PIC Demo	Differential mirroring drive, gives a kind of overdriven-mixer-channel distortion. Controls for gain, tone, and volume. Housed in a star-shaped Christmas tin.
Delfterential Distortion	A	PIC Demo	Willmott Differential Distortion with an added tone control; knobs are Gain, Bias, Bass Cut, Tone, and Volume. Housed in an antique Delft-style tin. Has a big ampy sound to it, can get pretty crunchy and fuzzy.

Fuzzes

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
My Word Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Bazz Fuss in a playing card tin.
Happy ChrizzMuss Tree Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Another gated double-bazz-fuss type fuzz, this one features a bias knob for adjusting the bias of the first stage and a bass boost switch. Housed in a Christmas tree tin.
not a pimecone fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Super synthy sounding fuzz based on escobedo tripple fuzz. With gate and tone controls. Sounds really wild on bass (listen to the demo). In a tin with pinecones, for some reason.
Creature from the planet Chyowngg	B	PIC Demo	Prototype of a unique fuzz I've been developing that I call the Chyowngg fuzz. It's a 2-stage octaver that gives a bright synthy tone with a distinctive envelope (hence the name). You can toggle each stage from octave to non-octave mode for a variety of interesting timbres. Also has a tone control, but the tone control is before the octave stages so it results in interesting behaviors depending on the switch settings. It's in a tin meant to be painted like an alien, though some say it looks more like a triceratops.
Syb0rCat's Scoop of Flaming Whatsit	B	PIC Demo	This was one of those what-if fuzz experiments of mine that put a harmonic perc, octave fuzz, and bazz fuss into a blender and hit puree. The knobs change stuff in the circuit, not always in predictable ways. From left to right it's volume, gain(kinda), bias (kinda), and tone (kinda). The switch toggles to octave mode. You can get big raunchy fuzz, gated sounds, bitcrushed sounds, octave sounds, synthy sounds, etc. Not for you if you want that vintage Jimi Ray van Clapmour sound. Def for you if you want a half-robot cat to drop a scoop of flaming whatsit on your tone.
Velocirupert the Fangirlasaurus	B	PIC DEMO	This is a nasty octave fuzz based on the push-me-pull-you crossed with a bazz fuss. Controls are for octave amount and volume. Can squeal and shriek like a raptor in love with Rupert Grint. Housed in a little puzzle tin.
Lizard Monster of the Planet Chyowngg	B	PIC DEMO	This is like the "Creature from the planet Chyowngg" except it also has a glitchy sub-octave tone that you can blend in for some truly monstrous tones. Housed in a painted tin.
~~Crocskin Blues Fuss~~ SOLD	C	PIC Demo	The "blues fuss" is my perversion of the "Bazz Fuss" that includes a "leak" knob to let some clean signal through, as well as a switch to toggle a set of asymmetric clippers. The resulting sound is a nice bluesy fuzz with a good amount of bass. Probably works well with bass too. Housed in a little puzzle tin with a crocodile-esqu paint job.
The salty sunbeam fuzz	B	PIC Demo	This salty little sunshine is based on the Jordan Bosstone, with a few modifications. The gain pot has a treble leak cab added so you get different tones using the gain pot vs. using your guitar's volume pot. The switch goes from LED to schottkey clippers. Finally, the third pot is a battery drain simulator that lets you get those low-battery sounds. This thing sounds really ragged and can dish up those random suboctaves at certain settings. Housed in a painted round tin.
Qwitch fuzz	D	PIC DEMO	Trashy little fuzz loosely based on a harmonic percolator, made of old clock radio parts. My first attempt at point-to-point building. Housed in a card tin.
~~Space Trash Fuzz~~ SOLD	D	PIC DEMO	Another trashtastic fuzz build using old clock radio parts. Based very loosely on a harmonic percolator, housed in a band-aid tin.

Non-Dirt

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Shay-key-tay-tur	B	PIC Demo	Simple colorsound Tremolo with knobs for rate and depths. Gives a pretty classic amp tremolo sound. Housed in a Mr Potato Head tin.
Koozebanian Spoobletron	A	PIC Demo	Not exactly a vibe, not exactly a phaser, not exactly a tremolo, but kind of all of them or thereabouts. Knobs control speed and depth, the switch goes from vibe-ish mode to phaser-ish mode. Housed in a hand-painted 1590b box, side jacks
Shloppy Duck Synthifyer	A	PIC Demo	Dirty Shloppy Trash-can synthification of your guitar tone. Features a waveshaper into an envelope filter with an LFO, packed into a big round duck tin. Fresh off the bench, gonna be picky on this one for the time being.
Purple Squiggles	A	PIC Demo	This is a Chorus/Vibe/Doubler pedal based on the Little Angel chorus. It has controls for Rate, Depth, and Lag, which can take you from chorus to slap. The switches activate Vibe mode (basically, dry defeat) and "Space Warble" mode, which just kind of gooses the LFO a bit. Housed in a painted 125B.
Oh the flubbles you'll Wubble	A	PIC DEMO	Kind of a vibe, kind of a phase, but also a ring mod if you want it to be. This is an evolution of my spoobletron circuit. Controls for Rate, Depth, and Waveshape; switches for vibe/phase and ringmod mode. Housed in a giant oval tin that probably won't sit nicely on your pedal board. Read the full story here
Clamp-it's Chicken-Pickin' Compressor	A	PIC	2-band Baxandall EQ into a Hollis flatline optical compressor. Knobs for bass, treble, compression, and volume, plus a switch to toggle attack time. Housed in a reinforced Beverly Hillbillies DVD tin. Kinda big, but there is someone out there that needs this. I just know it.

Refurbs and other people's DIY
I didn't build these, but I did refurb them.

Name	Links	Type	Notes
Crush it	PIC	Orange Squeeze Compressor Clone	Nice Squishy comp. Gave it a makeover and an overhaul under the hood
HAARP	Kinda lousy PIC	Arpanoid Clone	Fully functional PedalPCB Arpanoid clone. Had a broken switch, I repaired that.

Some Non-DIY Stuff
Will be a little picky on the pricier ones. Make an offer.

Brand	Name	Condition	Notes
Seymour Duncan	Tweak Fuzz	Excellent	Nice fuzz, I just don't need another fuzz (clearly).
Line 6	POD 2.0	Good	Had this for 20+ years, just not using it anymore. It toured and it looks it. Still holds up, though. Can throw in the FBV4 footswitch if needed.
Ammoon	Pock Loop	Excellent	Good looper, I just prefer some other loopers I've acquired. I have the box for it, if that matters.
Danelectro	Fab Chorus	Excellent	Cheap plastic chorus, but sounds great. Probably just a make-weight, too cheap to trade on its own.
Caline	10-band EQ	Good	Works fine, I just don't really need 10 bands of EQ. Has velcro on the back, and sometimes makes a weird noise when you turn on the pedalboard. Another make-weight.

What would I trade for??
I'm really open to almost any sort of gear if it relates to music and audio (see the don't wants, though).
Musical wants of various specificity:

Digitech looper w/JamSync output (e.g. Solo XT)
Decent quality (not plastic) Volume/expression pedal
SM57, or similar mics
Korg Volcas. Especially the sampling or FM one. Or other MIDI synths.
A 4x4 MIDI interface
Pedal power with multiple 500mA outputs.
Mackie 1202 VLZ in good shape
Reverbs, chorus, flange, delay, pitch pedals, that kind of stuff.
Cheap tele style guitar
Unbuilt pedal kits/enclosures/parts, or DIY in need of TLC.
A heap of patch cables in various lengths.
A small 8-ohm cab
Studio, drum, keyboard, or midi gear. Any interesting music-related equipment, really. Even boring stuff like power conditioners. I play keys, bass, guitar, some percussion, and record, so I'm into all kinds of gear.

Non-music-gear wants:

DIY electronics tools (would love a decent scope or transistor tester)
Your old laptop, especially if its a Dell, maybe in the 5-8yr-old range. Don't even need the hard drive or OS, or much battery life, as long as everything else works.
If you just want to do cash, some of this stuff is listed on my reverb.com store. Moving away from reverb due to fees, though. Paypal/venmo works if we want to avoid any Imperial entanglements, just DM me for a price (let me know your zip code too).

Probably not wants:

Dirt. Might make an exception for something really intriguing, though.
Guitar parts and speakers. Haven't gone there yet, though I'm getting a bit into small DC amp building.
Anything I can easily get on Amazon or Reverb for under $50. It just isn't worth the shipping cost at that point, unless you want to bundle some things.
Behringer pedals. Just not a fan.

A Note about mods/repairs/custom jobs: I've been asked about this a few times. Right now, I think I'd just prefer not to. I enjoy doing what I do on my own terms. Cheers!

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.
These are all things I've made, apart from some things at the bottom; skip down if you don't like funky DIY stuff.
Some are clones, but the majority have been signifanctly modded and a few are relatively originalish circuit designs; lately I've been focused on creating unique circuits and not just cloning existing stuff.
All are built on vero board, most are housed in upcycled tins, though sometimes I use hammond boxes too. I have valued them in 3 tiers:

C tier are the cheapest ones. I will sell any of these outright for $55 + shipping (or trade for things in that price range, of course!)
B tier I will trade for pedals in the $65-$90 value range, depending on the complexity of the build.
A tier are my favorite or most complex builds. I will be picky about trades for these. (But still not Boutique prices; I have no delusions). It's probably less about value here and more about how much I actually want the thing you have.

MOBILE USERS: There are 4 columns in the table below: Name, Tier, Links, and Notes. If you don't see all 4, scroll over or ask for more info.
Drives, Distortions, and Boosts

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Phoenix Drive	C	PIC Demo	EasyDrive-type circuit with a symmetry knob. Sounds a little muffy on the symmetric side, more crunchy on the other.
~~Big Red Button~~ TRADED	C	PIC Demo	Speaker Cranker clone in a little round tin.
~~JFATner boost~~ TRADED	C	PIC Demo	Simple JFET boost with optional clippers, built from old clock radio parts. Housed in a small holiday tin for extra cheer.
Shining Hope Drive	B	PIC Demo	Differential mirroring drive, gives a kind of overdriven-mixer-channel distortion. Controls for gain, tone, and volume. Housed in a star-shaped Christmas tin.
Delfterential Distortion	A	PIC Demo	Willmott Differential Distortion with an added tone control; knobs are Gain, Bias, Bass Cut, Tone, and Volume. Housed in an antique Delft-style tin. Has a big ampy sound to it, can get pretty crunchy and fuzzy.

Fuzzes

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
My Word Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Bazz Fuss in a playing card tin.
Happy ChrizzMuss Tree Fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Another gated double-bazz-fuss type fuzz, this one features a bias knob for adjusting the bias of the first stage and a bass boost switch. Housed in a Christmas tree tin.
not a pimecone fuzz	C	PIC Demo	Super synthy sounding fuzz based on escobedo tripple fuzz. With gate and tone controls. Sounds really wild on bass (listen to the demo). In a tin with pinecones, for some reason.
Creature from the planet Chyowngg	B	PIC Demo	Prototype of a unique fuzz I've been developing that I call the Chyowngg fuzz. It's a 2-stage octaver that gives a bright synthy tone with a distinctive envelope (hence the name). You can toggle each stage from octave to non-octave mode for a variety of interesting timbres. Also has a tone control, but the tone control is before the octave stages so it results in interesting behaviors depending on the switch settings. It's in a tin meant to be painted like an alien, though some say it looks more like a triceratops.
Syb0rCat's Scoop of Flaming Whatsit	B	PIC Demo	This was one of those what-if fuzz experiments of mine that put a harmonic perc, octave fuzz, and bazz fuss into a blender and hit puree. The knobs change stuff in the circuit, not always in predictable ways. From left to right it's volume, gain(kinda), bias (kinda), and tone (kinda). The switch toggles to octave mode. You can get big raunchy fuzz, gated sounds, bitcrushed sounds, octave sounds, synthy sounds, etc. Not for you if you want that vintage Jimi Ray van Clapmour sound. Def for you if you want a half-robot cat to drop a scoop of flaming whatsit on your tone.
Velocirupert the Fangirlasaurus	B	PIC DEMO	This is a nasty octave fuzz based on the push-me-pull-you crossed with a bazz fuss. Controls are for octave amount and volume. Can squeal and shriek like a raptor in love with Rupert Grint. Housed in a little puzzle tin.
Lizard Monster of the Planet Chyowngg	B	PIC DEMO	This is like the "Creature from the planet Chyowngg" except it also has a glitchy sub-octave tone that you can blend in for some truly monstrous tones. Housed in a painted tin.
Crocskin Blues Fuss	C	PIC Demo	The "blues fuss" is my perversion of the "Bazz Fuss" that includes a "leak" knob to let some clean signal through, as well as a switch to toggle a set of asymmetric clippers. The resulting sound is a nice bluesy fuzz with a good amount of bass. Probably works well with bass too. Housed in a little puzzle tin with a crocodile-esqu paint job.
The salty sunbeam fuzz	B	PIC Demo	This salty little sunshine is based on the Jordan Bosstone, with a few modifications. The gain pot has a treble leak cab added so you get different tones using the gain pot vs. using your guitar's volume pot. The switch goes from LED to schottkey clippers. Finally, the third pot is a battery drain simulator that lets you get those low-battery sounds. This thing sounds really ragged and can dish up those random suboctaves at certain settings. Housed in a painted round tin.

Non-Dirt

Name	Tier	Links	Notes
Shay-key-tay-tur	B	PIC Demo	Simple colorsound Tremolo with knobs for rate and depths. Gives a pretty classic amp tremolo sound. Housed in a Mr Potato Head tin.
Koozebanian Spoobletron	A	PIC Demo	Not exactly a vibe, not exactly a phaser, not exactly a tremolo, but kind of all of them or thereabouts. Knobs control speed and depth, the switch goes from vibe-ish mode to phaser-ish mode. Housed in a hand-painted 1590b box, side jacks
Shloppy Duck Synthifyer	A	PIC Demo	Dirty Shloppy Trash-can synthification of your guitar tone. Features a waveshaper into an envelope filter with an LFO, packed into a big round duck tin. Fresh off the bench, gonna be picky on this one for the time being.
Purple Squiggles	A	PIC Demo	This is a Chorus/Vibe/Doubler pedal based on the Little Angel chorus. It has controls for Rate, Depth, and Lag, which can take you from chorus to slap. The switches activate Vibe mode (basically, dry defeat) and "Space Warble" mode, which just kind of gooses the LFO a bit. Housed in a painted 125B.
Oh the flubbles you'll Wubble	A	PIC DEMO	Kind of a vibe, kind of a phase, but also a ring mod if you want it to be. This is an evolution of my spoobletron circuit. Controls for Rate, Depth, and Waveshape; switches for vibe/phase and ringmod mode. Housed in a giant oval tin that probably won't sit nicely on your pedal board. Read the full story here

Some Non-DIY Feelers
Will be a little picky on the pricier ones. Make an offer.

Brand	Name	Condition	Notes
Seymour Duncan	Tweak Fuzz	Excellent	Nice fuzz, I just don't need another fuzz (clearly).
Line 6	POD 2.0	Good	Had this for 20+ years, just not using it anymore. Still holds up. Can throw in the FBV4 footswitch if needed.
Ammoon	Pock Loop	Excellent	Good looper, I just prefer some other loopers I've acquired. I have the box for it, if that matters.
~~Glowfly~~ TRADE PENDING	Retroflect	Excellent	Interesting pitchy / warmth / noise effect. I have the box, such as it is. Barely used.

What would I trade for??
Musical wants of various specificity:

Digitech looper w/JamSync output (e.g. Solo XT)
Decent quality Volume/expression pedal
SM57
Korg Volcas. Especially the sampling or FM one.
A 4x4 MIDI interface
Pedal power with multiple 500mA outputs.
Reverbs, chorus, flange, delay, pitch pedals, that kind of stuff.
Cheap tele style guitar
Unbuilt pedal kits/enclosures/parts
A heap of patch cables in various lengths.
A small 8-ohm cab
Studio, drum, keyboard, or midi gear. Any interesting music-related equipment, really. Even boring stuff like power conditioners. I play keys, bass, guitar, some percussion, and record, so I'm into all kinds of gear.

Non-music-gear wants:

DIY electronics tools (would love a decent scope or transistor tester)
Your old laptop, especially if its a Dell, maybe in the 5-8yr-old range. Don't even need the hard drive or OS, or much battery life, as long as everything else works.
If you just want to do cash, some of this stuff is listed on my reverb.com store. Moving away from reverb due to fees, though. Paypal/venmo works if we want to avoid any Imperial entanglements, just DM me for a price (let me know your zip code too).

Probably not wants:

Dirt. Might make an exception for something really intriguing, though.
Guitar parts and speakers. Haven't gone there yet, though I'm getting a bit into small DC amp building.
Anything I can easily get on Amazon or Reverb for under $50. It just isn't worth the shipping cost at that point, unless you want to bundle some things.
Behringer pedals. Just not a fan.

A Note about mods/repairs/custom jobs: I've been asked about this a few times. Right now, I think I'd just prefer not to. I enjoy doing what I do on my own terms. Cheers!

I currently have a really old vintage heating pad my grandma gave me and it's bomb. It gets super hot and never turns off. It's the perfect size about 6 inches by 24 inches, so it wraps really nicely around my belly. It's starting to shit the bed because it's so old.
I've bought 2 different ones from Amazon and nothing gets hot enough for me, and the auto shut off kills me. I just got a sunbeam one with 6 heat settings and the option of auto shut off or not. It's just not getting hot enough.
Please help!
ETA: I'm in Canada, something I can get in Canada would be best

So excited! They all sound amazing. From Facebook...

Hello my dears,
The Valentine's Day collection is here! It includes 3 new scents, highlights from last year's Meditations on Love collection, and some past Valentine scents from our ancient past. (You never thought you'd see Tart again, did you?)
Valentine's 2023
SAVINGS: Use code SPARK to get 15% off when you spend $30 or more before shipping. Sale ends 2/8/23 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.
Promise: (NEW) The essence of romantic steadfastness, constancy, and covenants. Soft jasmine sambac and gentle ylang ylang over a base of warm, sheer cedar, slanting sunbeams, alabaster satin, and a field of wild lavender.
Spark: (NEW) That ineffable something that lights a match between people. Plump Regina cherries with roasted coffee beans, Mexican vanilla, rich black earth, and sweet smoke from the red fires of love.
Sugar: (NEW) An ode to affectionate nicknames. French vanilla ice cream, sweet cardamom, a tincture of Pacific sea salt, dark Tahitian vanilla, and wild harvested pine sap.
Amorini: With their chubby knees and wings, these tiny creatures are like particularly naughty cherubs. A playful mix of cherry candy, three vanillas, pink musk, guava, sugar, and a warm rush of cinnamon hearts.
Blush: A trail of wild-harvested mosses in an enchanted forest leads to a profusion of tuberose petals, fresh apricots, soft earth, and blushing peaches drizzled with a touch of wildflower honey.
Fluffing the Bunny: Madagascar vanilla, Tahitian vanilla, apricot, white musk, skin musk, and a tiny tickle of mint.
Love: Splendid, dazzling devotion. A breathtaking vanilla accord is accompanied by fresh cream, sugarcane, soft musk, and a pinch of tea leaves.
Muse: Delicate, crisp lemon cookies, tart yuzu, velvet blankets, wild-harvested fir tips, warm stones in an ancient forest, sweet coconut water, and wild juniper.
Paddling the Pink Canoe: Dragonsblood, vintage patchouli, citron, pink salt, pink musk, and amber.
Tart: Sweet lemon cakes, fluffy coconut frosting, and a dash of bergamot.
Touch: Golden honey on warm skin, soft brown leather, a baby lambswool sweater, floating layers of sheer silk, grey musk, and lightly smoked sap-frosted woods.
Trust: Lavender-scented kulfi, ruffled red carnations, precious French cognac, ribbons of melted caramel, white amber, fluffy vanilla, clove bud, and brown sugar.
Perfumer's Notes: If you liked the cherry in Jinx, Spark uses the same juicy Regina cherry accord (FYI: I have created different cherry accords for our other cherry scents, so these are the only 2 with this one), but instead of making it aquatic, I decided that we needed coffee-laced DIRTY cherry. I love it, but it's not for the faint of heart! Sugar is a delicious vanilla gourmand-with-a-twist with cardamom, Pacific sea salt tincture, and a bit of our wildcrafted pine sap. Promise is probably the new scent I'm most proud of and it is for all the soft, romantic floral lovers. Your humble narrator recently became engaged to be married, which I'm sure is entirely unrelated to the theme of Promise. 📷
I hope this winter finds you wonderfully warm, utterly safe, and deeply loved.