32FZ pedals - small batch incoming

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Re: 32FZ pedals - small batch incoming

Post by laurie » Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:23 am

Dry-fit in an old purple housing.

"Production" versions will have the pots further up the pedal with more room for the boards. The "power on/of" switch is on the back of the Sag pot - as usual you can turn off the battery when not using it without removing the input cable.

Sounds killer...
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Re: 32FZ pedals - small batch incoming

Post by Pepe » Tue Dec 09, 2025 6:42 am

laurie wrote:
Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:23 am
The "power on/of" switch is on the back of the level pot - as usual you can turn off the battery when not using it without removing the pedal from your board.
Isn't the switch on the "Sag" potentiometer? However, very neat and tidy solution that way! I already wondered about the solder lugs of "Sag" looking differently and I thought that the two ones labelled SW were for a separate toggle switch. This is how KORG did it in many of their early instruments like the MS-20.
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Re: 32FZ pedals - small batch incoming

Post by laurie » Tue Dec 09, 2025 11:38 am

You are correct. Sag not level. Mis-typed.

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Re: 32FZ pedals - small batch incoming

Post by Pepe » Tue Dec 09, 2025 12:35 pm

So these are the super hot transistors of that vintage headphone amp that you acquired recently?
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Re: 32FZ pedals - small batch incoming

Post by laurie » Wed Dec 10, 2025 12:11 am

One super hot. The rest pretty good. #3 is perfect.

Q1 is a Russian surplus with a gain in 80-to-85 bucket.
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Re: 32FZ pedals - small batch incoming

Post by fuzzbuzzfuzz » Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:36 am

What colour case Laurie? Purple sparkle perchance? Or sea foam green pretty please :lol: :P

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Re: 32FZ pedals - small batch incoming

Post by laurie » Sat Dec 13, 2025 1:12 pm

fuzzbuzzfuzz wrote:
Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:36 am
What colour case Laurie? Purple sparkle perchance? Or sea foam green pretty please :lol: :P
The cost of the enclosures has gone-through-the-roof. I have plain aluminium boxes, but not sure yet what to do with these pedals. I'll check around my suppliers and see what's available reasonably.

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Re: 32FZ pedals - small batch incoming

Post by visserman » Sat Dec 13, 2025 10:31 pm

Fantastic you are doing all this Laurie!!

Those coloured PCBs look gorgeous!

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