BYOC Full Circle Bass Fuzz Manual

Build Your Own Clone
Full Circle Bass Fuzz
Kit Instructions
Warranty:
BYOC, Inc. guarantees that your kit will be complete and that all parts and components
will arrive as described, functioning and free of defect. Soldering, clipping, cutting,
stripping, or using any of the components in any way voids this guarantee. BYOC, Inc.
guarantees that the instructions for your kit will be free of any majors errors that would
cause you to permanently damage any components in your kit, but does not guarantee
that the instructions will be free of typos or minor errors. BYOC, Inc. does not warranty
the completed pedal as a whole functioning unit, nor do we warranty any of the
individual parts once they have been used. If you have a component that is used, but feel
it was defective prior to you using it, we reserve the right to determine whether or not the
component was faulty upon arrival. Please direct all warranty issues to:
[email protected] This would include any missing parts issues.
Return:
BYOC, Inc. accepts returns and exchanges on all products for any reason, as long as they
are unused. We do not accept partial kit returns. Returns and exchanges are for the full
purchase price less the cost of shipping and/or any promotional pricing. Return shipping
is the customer’s responsibility. This responsibility not only includes the cost of
shipping, but accountability of deliver as well. Please contact
[email protected] to receive a return authorization before mailing.

Tech Support:
BYOC, Inc. makes no promises or guarantees that you will successfully complete your
kit in a satisfactory manor. Nor does BYOC, Inc. promise or guarantee that you will
receive any technical support. Purchasing a product from BYOC, Inc. does not entitle
you to any amount of technical support. BYOC, Inc. does not promise or guarantee that
any technical support you may receive will be able to resolve any or all issues you may
be experiencing.
That being said, we will do our best to help you as much as we can. Our philosophy at
BYOC is that we will help you only as much as you are willing to help yourself. We
have a wonderful and friendly DIY discussion forum with an entire section devoted to the
technical support and modifications of BYOC kits.
www.byocelectronics.com/board
When posting a tech support thread on the BYOC forum, please post it in the correct
lounge, and please title your thread appropriately. If everyone titles their threads
“HELP!” then it makes it impossible for the people who are helping you to keep track of
your progress. A very brief description of your specific problem will do. It will also
make it easier to see if someone else is having or has had the same problem as you. The
question you are about to ask may already be answered. Here is a list of things that you
should include in the body of your tech support thread:
1. A detailed explanation of what the problem is. (more than, “It doesn’t work, help”)
2. Pic of the topside of your PCB.
3. Pic of the underside of your PCB.
4. Pic that clearly shows your footswitch/jack wiring and the wires going to the PCB
5. A pic that clearly shows your wiring going from the PCB to the pots and any other
switches(only if your kit has non-PC mounted pots and switches)
6. Is bypass working?
7. Does the LED come on?
8. If you answered yes to 6 and 7, what does the pedal do when it is in the "on" position?
9. Battery or adapter (if battery, is it good? If adapter, what type?)
Also, please only post photos that are in focus.
Copyrights:
All material in this document is copyrighted 2015 by BYOC, Inc.

Full Circle Bass Fuzz Kit Instruction Index
Parts Checklist……………………………………….page 5
Populating the Circuit Board……………………….page 7
Main PCB Assembly………………………………...page 15
Wiring………………………………………………..page 21
Orienting The Transistor/Finishing up……………page 23
Operation Overview………………………………...page 24
Schematic……………………………………………page 25
PCB Back Trace Photo……………………………..page 27

This is what your kit should look like when it’s complete. Your kit may come with
different color capacitors, switches etc. Don’t be alarmed by this. They all still do
the exact same thing.

Parts Checklist for the Full Circle Bass Fuzz Kit
Resistors: Metal Film (5-band) / Carbon (4-band)
1 - 470R (Yellow/Purple/Black/Black/Brown) / (Yellow/Purple/Brown/Gold)
2 - 4k7 (Yellow/Purple/Black/Brown/Brown)/ (Yellow/Purple/Red/Gold)
4 - 10k (Brown/Black/Black/Red/Brown) / (Brown/Black/Yellow/Gold)
5 - 22k (Red/Red/Black/Red/Brown) / (Red/Red/Yellow/Gold)
2 - 33k (Orange/Orange/Brown/Red/Brown) / (Orange/Orange/Orange/Gold)
4 - 47k (Yellow/Purple/Black/Red/Brown) / (Yellow/Purple/Orange/Gold)
2 - 100k (Brown/Black/Black/Orange/Brown) / (Brown/Black/Yellow/Gold)
2 - 470k (Yellow/Purple/Black/Orange/Brown) (Yellow/Purple/Yellow/Gold)
1 - 680k (Blue/Gray/Black/Orange/Brown / (Blue/Gray/Yellow/Gold)
3 - 1M (Brown/Black/Black/Yellow/Brown) / (Brown/Black/Green/Gold)
Visit www.byocelectronics.com/resistorcodes.pdf for more information on how to
differentiate resistors.
Capacitors:
2 - 100p Ceramic Disc
1 - 150p Ceramic Disc
1 - 1n0/ .001uF film cap (may say “102” on the body)
1 - 2n7/ .0027uF film cap (may say “272” on the body)
4 - 100n/ .1uF film cap (may say “104” or “u1” on the body)
2 - 220n/ .22uF film cap (may say “224” on the body)
3 - 1uf Aluminum Electrolytic
2 - 10uf Aluminum Electrolytic
1 - 100uf Aluminum Electrolytic
Visit www.byocelectronics.com/capcodes.pdf for more info on how to differentiate
capacitors.
Diodes:
1 - 1N4001
Transistor:
4 - 2N3904, 2N5088, 2N2222 or other similar transistor with EBC pinout.
1 - AC127 or similar NPN Germanium transistor

Potentiometers: SNAP THE SMALL TABS ON THE TOP OF THE POTS OFF
WITH A PAIR OF NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS
2 - A100k (Level and Fuzz)
1 - B50k (Blend)
1 - A500K (Attack)
Hardware:
1 - predrilled enclosure w/ 4 screws
1 - Full Circle Bass Fuzz circuit board
1 - 3pdt footswitch
1 - LED
1 - AC Jack
1 - ¼”stereo jack
1 - ¼” mono jack
1 - battery snap
4 - rubber bumpers
2 - lock washers (for in and out jacks)
hook-up wire

Populating the Circuit Board
Step 1: Add all the resistors. Resistors are not polarized and can be inserted
in either direction. NOTE: Leave the 4M7 resistor spot highlighted in
yellow empty.

Step 2: Add the diode. Be sure to match the end of the diode with the stripe
to the layout on the PCB. The striped end should go in the square solder pad.

Step 3: Add the Germanium transistor socket. ONLY SOLDER THE
SOCKET! NOT THE ACTUAL TRANSISTOR! This is a socket. The
sockets get soldered to the PCB. The transistor gets inserted into the
sockets. The actual transistor itself never gets soldered. You will insert the
transistor into the socket after the entire pedal has been built.

Step 4: Add the silicon transistors. Orient them so that the flat side matches
up with the flat side on the PCB layout.

Step 5: Add the film and ceramic disc capacitors. These are non-polarized
and can go in either direction.

Step 6: Add the aluminum electrolytic capacitors. These ARE polarized,
meaning there is a positive and negative end. The positive side will have a
longer lead and goes in the square solder pad. The negative side will have a
shorter lead and a stripe running along the body of the cap, and goes in the
round solder pad.

Step 7: Add the battery snap. Thread the leads into the strain relief holes
first through the bottom side of the PCB. Then insert the leads into their
respective solder pad hole on the top side of the PCB. The red lead goes in
the + hole and the black lead goes in the – hole.

Step 8:Add wires to the IN, OUT, LED, POS, and the Ground eyelet
located in the top of the board. . Start by cutting 4 3.5” pieces of wire.
Strip 1/4” off each end and tin the ends. Tinning means to apply some
solder to the stripped ends of the wires. This keeps the strands from fraying
and primes the wire for soldering. Load the wires in from the top and solder
on the bottom of the PCB.

Main PCB Assembly
Step 1: Mount the DC adapter jack to the enclosure. Your kit may come
with either an external thread or internal thread. Don’t get confused by this.
They still function exactly the same. You just thread the external nut on the
outside and the internal nut on the inside. The picture below is of an internal
nut jack.

Step 2: Flip the PCB over so that the bottom or solder side is up. Insert the
three potentiometers, and the LED into the bottom side of the PCB. DO
NOT SOLDER ANYTHING YET!!! The LED will have one lead that is
longer than the other. THIS WILL GO INTO THE SQUARE SOLDER
HOLE. Don’t forget to remove the nuts and washers from the pots and also
to snap off the tabs before you do this step.

Step 3: Hold the PCB in one hand so that the component side of the PCB is
in the palm of your hand and the bottom side with the pots and LED are
facing up. Now use your other hand to guide the predrilled enclosure onto
the PCB assembly so that the pots and LED all go into their respective holes.
Once the PCB assembly is in place, secure it by screwing on the washers and
nuts for the pots. Only tighten them with your fingers. You do not want
them very tight yet. Make sure you’ve removed the nuts and washers from
the pots and that you’ve also snapped the tabs off the pots as well before
installing.
Step 4: Turn the entire pedal over so that the component side of the PCB is
facing up. Lift the PCB up off the pots about 2mm just to make sure that the
back of the PCB does not short out against the pots. Make sure the PCB is
level and symmetrically seated inside the enclosure.
Step 5: Solder the pots and LED. You will solder these parts on the
component side of the PCB. After you have soldered them in place, be sure
to tighten up their nuts. Be careful not to burn any of the components on the
PCB. If you do, it won’t harm anything, but it will look ugly.

Stereo (Input) Jack
Mono (Output) Jack
Step 6: Install the 1/4” jacks to the enclosure.

Step 7: Install the footswitch. Orient the footswitch so that the flat sides of
the solder lugs are like the diagram below.
NOTE: There are no actual number markings on the footswitch. There are
two correct ways you can orient the footswitch. They are both 180 degrees
of each other. Either way is fine. It does not matter as long as the flat sides
of the solder lugs are running horizontal, not vertical.
FOOT SWITCH SOLDER LUG DESIGNATIONS

Step 7a: Make a jumper between lugs 3 & 6 from clippings from the
resistors. Simply use your needle nose pliers to make a U shape & insert into
lugs 3 & 6, then solder.
Step 7b: Connect a wire to LUG 4 that also jumpers to LUG9. Strip about
1” off one end. Make sure there is enough insulated wire to make the
connection to the TIP of the in jack. Carefully tin the stripped end. You
may want to twist the wire strands together tightly before tinning. Thread
the stripped end through LUGs 4 and 9. This can be a little tricky. If this
part is too frustrating for you, you can just run a separate wire to connect
LUGs 4 and 9. Just be sure to solder the two wires at LUG 4 at the same
time so you only need to make one solder joint.