Easy DIY Fuzz Pedal Build | Jordan Boss Tone

In this video, I show you a very easy DIY Fuzz pedal build, the Jordan Boss Tone from the 1960s. It's a very simple project so this is perfect for music DIY beginners. Even if you want to build synthesizers in the end, getting started with guitar pedals is a very good idea and you can plug just about anything into effects pedals, including synths. This is a great pedal to start with and it sounds pretty cool. Bonus: After the full build I also show you how I make ambient music with this pedal, so you can hear it in context too.

All the music in this video involves the Jordan Boss Tone Fuzz in some way. First one includes the Behringer Crave through the Boss Tone, second one has guitar swells run through it and the third a steel tongue drum! Yes, you can just about put anything through guitar pedals, even unusual stuff like that. I love doing that because it always gets me to new musical spaces.

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Resources:
Schematics, pedal kits, components: http://www.musikding.de
Jordan Boss Tone history: https://www.vintageguitar.com/19030/j...

Music DIY tools and resources I use:
Soldering iron, Yihua 937D https://amzn.to/434KNCk
Component Tester (US) https://amzn.to/3NGim7b
NEWACALOX Hot Air Station (US) https://amzn.to/3Mt0VpN
Favourite solder wire, Chipquik 0.8mm (US) https://amzn.to/3WtmeMU
Octopus Third Hand (US) https://amzn.to/43k5hGq
Adjustable PCB holder (US) https://amzn.to/3Mykq0v
Make: Electronics (US) https://amzn.to/423c5aG
Make: Analog Synthesizers by Ray Wilson (Music from Outer Space) (US) https://amzn.to/3BNJaN3

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Music gear used for the music in this video:
Musikding The Boss (DE) https://www.musikding.de/The-Boss-Fuz...
steel tongue drum (US) https://amzn.to/3rk1yLP
Squier Bullet Mustang (US) https://amzn.to/3XGOrAh
Behringer Crave (US) https://amzn.to/3PUpdN7
Digitech Polara (US) https://amzn.to/3rj0B6q
Ammoon Pockecho https://www.ammoon.com/p-i3336.html
Behringer Compressor Limiter (US) https://amzn.to/44eEo7W
Novation Launchpad (US) https://amzn.to/3PLqJkg
Novation LaunchControl XL (US) https://amzn.to/44wq5vl

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Music
My own, which I make under the name Polarcoaster.
You can find more of my music here:
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Oh, and let me know if it's getting too eerie 🙃

0:00 Intro
2:07 Disclaimer
3:03 Jordan Boss Tone - The History
5:56 The Build
8:04 Do you need to understand electronics?
8:55 How Fuzz circuits work - Easy explanation
12:09 Why building guitar pedals is addictive
13:15 What it sounds like
14:47 Other Fuzz Options
15:25 Let's make some music with it
18:45 My Ableton workflow
21:12 What's next?
23:01 Outro
24:08 Bloopers

Recording Equipment
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Zhiyun Smooth 4 stabiliser (US) https://amzn.to/2QGqGWE
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Focusrite Scarlett Solo Studio (US) https://amzn.to/2DagrVv
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