How To Build The Jack White / Third Man Fuzz-A-Tron Fuzz Pedal Kit - Short Circuit Episode: 15

[@MakeSomething]

Picture-in-picture, extreme close ups, camera switching and cut-a-ways to PDFs. I nominate this for production of the year.

[@gerongrahamgg]

Must be hard doing it while live too!

[@gregmize01]

Sand in the place...

[@ducky3375]

This series is invaluable to pedal builders and gear heads. Thank you to everyone in the JHS team

[@wehkfam5680]

If JHS had kits like this that came with a KZbin video like this I would buy six a year even if I didn't need the pedals.

[@charickter]

Indeed! I'd get all my musician friends them for xmas!

[@jwalton5750]

You’re not gonna believe this.

[@danstrachan]

lego for musicians but Josh as instructions! Brilliant!

[@BoptimusPrime]

@@danstrachannot me searching for Lego pedal casing designs lmao

[@BurnedRetical]

They actually do! They are just always sold out! Check reverb for the JHS “notaklön”

[@JessicaClariceElsener]

I was so touched by winning last night. I rushed out to buy a Flight Delay to compliment this wild Fuzz. I just started soldering myself this last couple years. I put several sets of pickups in some guitars I wanted to upgrade. So I'm really excited to put this pedal together. Thank you Josh & JHS for improving the guitar/ gear community, injecting fun, history, community, and a spirit of learning that enriches all of us. Thank you for everything you do. ❤❤❤

[@sferguson1130]

Hell yeah! Congrats!

[@JessicaClariceElsener]

It's Sunday December 8th. Watching along to put the pedal together

[@NerdcasterMaster]

Thank you again Josh, Belle and Joshua - it's been a blast: Seeing Josh YOLOing the pedal build while taking care of the videography, soldering iron, fumes, fan (fans), fuzz & circuit history, guitar playing and interacting with the MADNESS in the chat. All of this LIVE. You are truly amazing!

[@bldallas]

FASCINATING! Thanks Josh! I’m a 60+ year old civil engineer (nerd) a 50+ year player / punk rocker. Though I’ve built 5 or 6 Teles and upgraded the electronics on 4 or 5 Teles and Strats, the only pedal “kit” I’ve ever attempted is your Notaklon. And while that went smoothly, these more detailed kits have always intimidated me. I still known the Quadratic Equation by heart, but electronics and wiring diagrams scare the heck out of me. But your video was both entertaining and enlightening. I’m now going to seriously buy one of these kits and built it over the Christmas break. If they aren’t all sold out now that you aired this video, that is!!! Thanks again, you have taught me so much, over the last 3 or 4 years. I’m genuinely excited about this project, too. Very cool.

[@SierraAppa]

This series has inspired me to build with my 10 year old who seems to be a budding engineer. I got this kit from your link and I don’t even have soldering gear yet. As a side note…I also have a learning difference and it’s always great to hear how similar other people’s experience are to mine. Josh…thanks for being such a great and inspiring person.

[@carolinabuckeye9400]

Great show Josh. If you bread board it in a future episode, I'd love to hear you talk about turning a Fuzz into an Octa Fuzz. Thanks.

[@orbiterguitars]

JHS - Does anyone live stream circuit building?" Me - Yes, some of us do this too.( on a different platform) Along with pickup winding , guitar building & repair. It can be really stressful trouble shooting while live. I get it. Want to thank you for all you do here. Your enthusiasm and positivity is infectious. Props to the whole JHS team!

[@codelicious6590]

Thank you so much Josh for giving us your time and hanging out helping to increase our knowledge and decrease our ignorance.

[@maitrikashin3906]

This was like reading a fantastic novel or watching a one character stage-play off-broadway... you just can't put it down (or look away) in case you miss something. Awesome. Bravo! Thank you.

[@Joshua_Stephens]

Well Done. As a teacher, you are excellent and entertaining. Thank You.

[@pablowentscobar]

Yes, believe it or not, people livestream Lego builds. I'm not sure if anyone else has done full pedal builds. "The Guitologist" Live streams all sorts of gear repairs and builds, and has for many years. His name is Brad, he's an incredible guy and he's one of the first YT'ers I ever subbed to like 15 years ago. This was a very interesting and entertaining build video. Josh is one of my favorite people to watch. Thanks.

[@PickleBoySwag]

Thank you so much for making these videos, i just went back and watched episode 8 and golly do i know about tone controls now. I dont know if id be making progress without these videos

[@thepedalarchitect]

Such a great series Josh. Thanks a lot ❤ We want more of this !

[@fiddlefolk]

Thanks Third Man for a cool project and thank you so much Josh for the tutorial. I feel confident now to try this! Great tutorial sir! Appreciate what JHS does for the guitar world!

[@blues62751]

$75 isn’t bad for all the quality components you get in the kit. Thanks for showing this Josh. 👍🎸

[@AlanSantiago-p7v]

Thank you Josh! With this series you woke up the monster curiosity i have for electronics and music. I studied electronics in highschool and you just reminded me that this is another passion i have forgotten. Thanks 👍🏻

[@jamesoglover]

"$75... that's two cups of coffee" made me laugh! I'm saving my Christmas $$$ for a JHS pedal!

[@keithblakeman2823]

Never watched one of these before, very enjoyable. I fancy doing it myself now!

[@usejustonce2386]

This fuzz sounds way better than I anticipated! Very awesome!

[@scottfromsouthcarolina3185]

Thanks for the educational videos Josh. I enjoy these very much.

[@savadorp9948]

Nice video! Thanks for walking through the build.

[@moose5206]

Love these. You rock Josh!

[@jweberhart]

The idea of breadboarding this for us would be most generous. Not many people know how to manipulate these things like you do. The 3Fuzz and Supreme are miracles.

[@millardbrown4769]

I love it! Geeking out over the Fairchild transistors 🤤

[@gisellechacon7081]

I was frustrated by a session delay that's held up production. But you've inspired me; now I think I'll go build a pedal today. Somewhere around here I have parts for a Katzenkonig... Btw, pretty sure they're just soldering the PCB onto lug 6 and bracing it against the chassis. I probably would use pot insulators and stick it to the pot backs with foam tape. Now, back to the show to see Josh's solution!

[@gisellechacon7081]

Ha! Plugs it in and it works!!! Right on, Josh, you did it!!! 🎉

[@SRone45]

That strat sounds so good.

[@danielblack212]

I watch these videos for my OCD and the extra anxiety. It therapeutic... Someday I'd like to be able to just build something without it having to be perfect. Josh provides pedal building Stockholm syndrome, without having to go through a bank robbery.

[@rustygardhouse7895]

Brilliant kit. Well done Mr White

The whole vibe changed once you heard the pedal. Great video.

[@51bobtube]

Finally! Someone who says solder correctly

[@scottakam]

Thanks Josh. The new lens is nice!

[@jweberhart]

Ahh.. the 6f22.. beautiful overtones from that battery.

[@DavidJones-kv2bj]

Just ordered mine thanks Josh good luck to the winner 🎉

[@geoffknot]

congrats Jessica.rock on!

[@ernieison-t3i]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge Josh!

[@lancemiller7658]

I know Mineral! But to be fair, I am pretty much the same age as you, from the Midwest, and was into the mid 90's post hardcore/emo scene. Am I you? 😂 Great show. Thank you!

[@RICO_SUAVE21]

Man that really sounds great! Thanks for the video!!!😊

[@VinJapanGuitarShop]

thank you for the zoom! can't get close enough to the action!

[@brenoaragon]

Thank you! that was inspiring!

[@dude_crush_]

You should do an Episode where you build a Trio 43 Templeboard using pedals from the JHS Show Pedal Museum room. Anything goes, whatever you can fit, and go all in with pedal risers and side modules. EPIC! 🤯

[@fixpedalboards1969]

These short circuits are fun! I would like to point out that the tolerances you referred to should be standard on anything that’s fabricated like that housing is It doesn’t matter if it was laser cut (likely-if it’s made on shore anyways) or punched with a turret press (state-of-the-art so long as you are wearing a member’s only jacket unironically) unless you screw up on your set up or your program it’s literally impossible to make a hole outside of tolerance (knock on wood)

[@smtcharlie]

I’m starting to really like the PBS core intro song! Awesome tune, Nick.

[@shawnreese6538]

This sounds great. The original Mosrite Fuzzrite was tinny shrill acrosss the board. This has the edge on the top end, but this also has mid range and a little bass come through. This sounds like a cross between a fuzzrite and a tone bender.

[@DaveLewis-eq1ce]

Thinking I will have ago at one of these thanks to Josh DIY video 👌👍

[@photobouph]

Working on saving for my first guitar pedals on my learning journey, and I just want all the JHS pedals

[@gerongrahamgg]

Love Josh, love this series!

[@iamtheamazingmrgarp]

you and jack should do a monthly open phone like show for geekynerds/gearpon questions and/or topics :)

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Very comfy build videos. Thanks.

[@spudsmcspudsie4726]

YES!!! Breadboard, mod and teach us!!

[@jonathandulin8753]

You’re an inspiration to me. I have a blues driver mod video scheduled for tomorrow.

[@TheIsahn]

Best teacher ever

[@erifkind]

For $75, that coffee better come with a free pedal kit

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Kopi Luwak coffee can cost anywhere from $100 to $600 per pound.

[@pantheon777]

Fuzz loves you right in the fuzz 🐻

[@dario.bertho]

He has the fuzz

[@TDanNix]

I literally just watched a video by Lantertronics just before this one on the Ross Compressor, it uses this same grounded emitter circuit as a voltage source to vary the dc bias on the input compressor.

[@t3r080]

Brad from Australia is fixing amps in his live streams. And that is awesome. You guys should check out Brad's Guitar Garage live shows.

[@austinbridge]

Currently zoomed out of my mind watching this

[@kayCOOL122]

Fantastic! Could you please make a series on the fuzz face like you did with the electra distortion?!

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Nice kit. Very nice.

[@jeremy.thejeweler]

You should do a BYOC kit. Those are really great. I got the NOTAKLON and A/B’d it with the silver pony 2 and they were practically identical.

[@azbababooey]

I love these videos. I mod my guitars, but I’ve never made a pedal.

[@felixgrimm408]

Love how Joshs voice reminds me of Mr. Mackeys from South Park. Looks like soldering is pretty cool, mkay :)

[@doomerius1300]

Fuzz and flight delay gotta be the best combo ever

[@scottcrist0070]

Fun watch!

[@taztaylor6192]

Third Man Fuzz-a-Tron by JHS - Priceless

[@misprnt2165]

I can’t believe I missed the full stream because of work 😢

[@tanguydelooz2881]

The fuzz is strong with this one

[@macverishe3480]

Please build a compressor!! That would be fascinating.

[@andretoyo]

1:34:59 I thought Josh would start playing Don’t go away from Oasis. 🙈😀

[@philiprenner8632]

I love fuzz because fuzz loved me first. Truth.

[@philgallagher1]

As Dan & Mick @ That Pedal Show say: "All you need is FUZZ....FUZZ is all you need"

[@LandanChurchill]

"This cranks out like some old tiny machine" it's a vice josh... 😂

[@stringbladestudios]

Josh is to pedal topology as highly experienced chefs are to recipes. He can hear the tone by looking at the schematic like a chef change taste the recipe by glance. Like that chef, Josh cooks up stuff, tone.

[@JRP3music]

I miss those old Radio Shack electronic projects.

[@danstrachan]

I'm a big fan of all the albums but i think my favorite was a single that had "Hello Operator" and "Jolene" by Dolly Parton on the "B" side with a peppermint swirl on the vinyl! I was lucky enough to run sound for them when they played Jay's Upstairs in Missoula, MT years ago. A few months later they were on Letterman and they blew up huge. The next time they played Missoula it was at a more prominent club but the owner was being a dick to Jack and Meg and I felt terrible for them. They were soooo nice to me at Jay's Upstairs. It was all yes sir and no sir and i was so impressed by their respect for a small town club doing the best we could with what we had. Great band, great folks!

[@PSjustanormalguy]

The board comes with corner holes for mounting pins, i think I'd use those instead of the wire through the footswitch scenario. But that's my OCD

[@ADREISTER]

🎉good stuff

[@BadChizzle]

I like it!

[@bakstabbath]

Can you feel my love fuzz

[@haydenisaac3030]

Trying to multitask and after an hour your brain starts to want a break. I guess stopping to make a cup of tea / coffee is not an option during a live stream...

[@GuitarTonePro]

Watching this later (as well as the backlog of videos) and I hope you enjoy doing these as much as we like watching them. We'd sit here with you for 5 hours if that's what it took. Also, while watching this I thought to myself early on "pedal kits should be my Lego replacement, build a kit step by step but end up with something actually usable", so when you made that comparison, I knew I was in the right place. Quick question, what temp do you set your solder station to?

[@jhspedals]

i don't know exactly what temp he sets it too, but it's usually cranked, lol.

[@weld4beer106]

Here for the party 🎉

[@spookswood982]

Here is some "makeing fun" contribution for the algorythem ;o)

[@DavidJones-kv2bj]

You need to let fuzz love you first hahahahaha beautiful

[@LandanChurchill]

Yay fairchild twansistoh 🥰

[@jamesmarkjackson1979]

I'm surprised they didn't provide sockets for the transistors with how rare they are and the kit is aimed at beginners.

[@TwoBirdDogStudios]

I have a question. I was thinking of buying this because I love the way this sounded after he built it. Having said that I went and watched a couple other demos of this pedal and it sounds nothing like what his does. Is this because they have changed the circuit since the other demos were made?

[@ar3308]

JHS meets ASMR - Bag rustling, button clicking... Spin off ASMR channel in the pipe line ? 😂

[@nickdestruct]

Molten Modular @Molten Music Technology does eurorack modules and diy synth kits sometimes. And he's funny too. 😊

[@Javier-qk7ms]

All you need is fuzz... fuzz is all you need

[@JonnySoundSounds]

ive seen quite a few people build both pedals and amplifiers on live streams

[@PoisonNoises]

The power of failing is the best Mineral record. Anyone who doesn't know that needs to.

[@jhspedals]

Amen

[@philippesmolynecky]

1:30:30 Anasound has been doing this for there Fx Teacher pedal kit !

[@tonebenderx]

Does it matter which direction the resistors (and other components) are attached to the board?

[@musicmann1967]

This is a fairly complicated build for a beginner, no? Most DIY kits seem simpler to me (ie: Notaklon) It's looks and sounds very cool though. Thanks!

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Caught by the fuzz.

[@MustangSalley1969]

This would be cool to win. How do you enter to win?

[@TheIsahn]

Great

[@EricL77]

Great Live this afternoon! I don’t see the silicone mat that he’s building on in the Amazon list. Do you have a link for that?

[@jhspedals]

Added!

[@JasonsGuitarJams]

What kind and size of solder are you using? @jhspedals