Welcome to DIY fever – site dedicated to building your own guitars, amplifiers and effect pedals. Use the site map below or the navigation menu above to find your way around and enjoy your stay.

• Home
• Blog – follow news and announcements
• Guitars
  • Bancika MK1 – shredding guitar with Floyd Rose and hot DiMarzio humbuckers
  • Bancika MK2 – hand painted guitar with more of a traditional feel
  • Ibanez RG 2550 Upgrade – upgraded with new DiMarzio pickups, Tremol-no and pots
  • Shredneck – warm up and practice tool
  • Mini Les Paul – travel sized guitar based on Les Paul Studio
  • Squier Upgrade – how to turn a cheap guitar into a great instrument
  • Staining Guitar Tops – how to get the best out of figured maple tops
• Amps
  • 12K5 Flea-Power Amp – tiny hybrid amp with JFET preamp and 12K5 space charge tube output
  • 2W Trainwreck Express – 2W version of the famous Traniwreck Express amp
  • 3W Tube Power Amp – 6AK6 based power amp with 6021 submini tube and LND150 stage
  • 5W Soldano SLO – 5 watt version of the famous Soldano amp, with EL91 output tubes
  • AX84 Firefly – self split 12AU7 amp with cascode boost
  • Fender 5F2-A Princeton – classic small combo with a few mods
  • Kalamazoo 1 – head version of Kalamazoo Model 1 with EL95 output
  • Mesa Mark IIc+ Pre PCB – PCB based two channel IIc+ with relay switching
  • Mesa Mark IIc+ Pre PtP – famous preamp with a couple of mods
  • Matchless Hotbox – all-tube preamp based on Matchless Hotbox
  • Little Gem MK2 – Smokey inspired tiny amp based around 386 opamp
  • Soldano Preamp – Soldano inspired all tube preamp
• Effects
  • ’69 Fuzz Face – FF derivative based on Fulltone ’69 fuzz
  • Dr Boogey – Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier JFET emulator
  • Fuzz Face Revisited – Bonamassa inspired fuzz with massive changes
  • Marshall Cab Sim – Marshall 4×12 cabinet simulator for direct recording
  • Mr EQ – simple discrete equalizer with 12 different EQ curves
  • MXR ZW/GT/Classic OD – mod that takes you from GT-OD to ZW and back
  • Rebote Delay 2.5 – DIY digital delay from TonePad
  • Tube Screamer 808 – Tubescreamer clone with a couple of mods
• Misc
  • Audio Probe – very simple contraption that helps with debugging audio circuits
  • Circuit Layout Guidelines – making a quiet and reliable amp and effect layouts
  • DIY Sustainer – how to make your own sustainer from scratch
  • Dummy Load – simple device that lets you run a tube amp without an actual speaker
  • Fake Capacitors – how to spot fake electrolytic capacitors and avoid them
  • Flexi Clip – adds many different clipping options to any circuit that uses clipping diodes
  • Guitar Wiring 101 – instructions and common wiring configuration dissected
  • Isolation Cabinet – place to store my gear and record silently
  • L-pad – probably the simplest and cheapest way to attenuate output of an amplifier
  • Power Supply – pedal power supply with regulated 9VDC and 12VDC outputs
  • Tips & Tricks – collection of random stuff that I wish I knew earlier
  • Value Statistics – charts with the most common component values for effect pedals
  • Zog-zog – lightbulb attenuator with line out tap and dummy load
• Software
  • DIY Layout Creator – DIY Layout Creator software and layout collection
• Reviews
  • Boss BE-5 – ancient but very useful multi-effect pedal
  • Boss DD-20 Giga Delay – twin pedal digital delay with some advanced features
  • Boss Micro BR – portable digital recorder and processor
  • Bourns Guitar Pots – premium sealed guitar pots with polymer element
  • CMAT Mods Deeelay – “boutique” digital delay pedal based around PT2399
  • Crybaby 95Q Wah – switchless wah pedal with built in booster and Q control
  • Dean Markley Overlord – vintage tube powered overdrive/distortion pedal
  • Dunlop DC Brick – glorified daisy chain inside a bullet-proof enclosure
  • Jazz III Pick Family – Jazz III Regular vs Ultex vs 2.0mm Ultex vs Petrucci
  • Ibanez RG 2550 EGK – shredding guitar with Edge Pro tremolo and DiMarzio pickups
  • MXR 6 vs 10 Band EQ – affordable and yet great quality graphic EQ pedals
  • Palmer PDI-09 Junction – versatile speaker simulator and DI-box
  • Pickup Reviews – reviews of various pickups I owned
  • Tascam DP-008 – small but potent digial portable studio
  • TC Nova Repeater – stripped down yet potent version of TC Nova Delay
  • Tremol-no – tremolo blocking device
• About – About me, my rig and my taste for guitar tone
• Links – DIY related sites that I like to hang around

Planning to build

• Digital programmable switcher based on Arduino technology gave up on this for now
• Stand alone power amp based on 6V6 and smaller brother with 6AK6
• Submini amp based on 6021 tube