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Fran, great video! Instruction aside: your voice and your hands are hypnotic!

I have always been amazed how IC's with the same part number can act so different. I remember looking at a simple op amp circuit from different manufactures where the bias resistors on chip were different values in all three that were being tested in circuit. Two would fail the resistance test even though the board would work. And in other applications I had to find ICs from a certain manufacturer or the circuit would not work or would not work very long before failure. All same part number. Check out the MIL cross ref sheets from military gear. You could have 30 different numbers for the same part. Hard to believe they would all work the same.

Hi, any chance you would share the PCB layouts in case anyone with enough soldering proficiency could have a go and DIY..? Thx!

oh how i hate velcro on pedals...zip ties are far superior....nothing i hate more than buying a used pedal that has cat hair and pubes included

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I love how insanely fast (and slow) the vibutron can go. It really makes it a valuable pedal for not only guitars but synth players and etc!

This pedal is so gloriously loud....absolutely inspirational just like everyone of your pedals!

I have one of these and I absolutely love it.

Cool video again. :)

I hope you're doing great Fran! We miss you on RUclips!

What that mess deposited on the lid at5:57. Maybe an explosion of parts at the power jack from some event with the dc in power. May have torch the ic's and some other parts. These type of witness marks may tell some of the story. Great vid's NØPXJ

I noticed on a few of your videos fran you say you dislike the desoldering gun because it takes long to heat up. If you were to sell your current one and upgrade to a hakko fr-301, you would notice a massive difference in every way. It's my favorite tool to use, I fire it up every chance I get. The quality, factory support, heating is quick just a few seconds and Bob's your uncle!

Great pedal name!

What’s the proper way to clean flux after soldering? Thanks in advance

Oh, now I understand.

I have so much respect for you. You are great

Every reaction I've ever seen from an electrical to seeing what someone else has done to their baby... It's cathartic haha Solid video Fran <3

I C smart. 12/2023 viewed. wow. you are a treasure. made me smile. !!!!!!!!!

love your work

ICK! You should be wearing gloves! 🙂

This was hilarious. You coulda just done a proper repair job rather than continually whinge at how bad a job the other people did. I personally wouldnt sent a pedal back out with my own name on it knowing it could sound better. If the sockets are seriously so bad why not just remove them?? If the wires and crushed and potentially sketchy, why not replace them? Seemed overall quite lazy and the pervasive "holier than thou" schtick got short real quick.

Hi Fran, musician's modifications!!, you know that sometimes they like to change the sound !!, don't know much about electronics!!, lol 😆

Wow. that was honestly quite impressive :O

Resale value for these things went wayyy up. Sad face 😢

Very impressive! 👍👍

My favorite fuzz pedal!

Ohhhh ohhhhhhhh oh the chip oh they replaced the chip oh it's not the same it's a different chip oh no

I'd love to hear a bass demo! There's already one on youtube, but more bass demos are always needed...

Your story is so exciting and inspiring, Fran. Thank you so much for sharing!

I loved the history lesson. I did use the six lug switch for a boost once. The quality control must be fantastic these days, because I haven’t had any DPDT switches crap out going on 300 and something builds.and at the beginning I was using the cheapies. I suppose having your experiences right from the very beginning has its perks. I know I wish I had that experience. You were and still are my favourite person when it comes to “boutique” You are the real deal. My fav fuzz used to be the Cream Puff. But now it’s defiantly the Peach fuzz. It’s versatile and I could point out the sound from a mile away. It’s such a cool originally designed circuit. It has lots of sounds in it and seems to dance around fuzz and distortion to me. I can tell the sound a mile away. I know you probably don’t read many of these as you are a busy one, doing your thing. But I have a question just in case you actually do see this. I made the Peach fuzz on Vero / strip board first and it called for a TLC2262 which makes sense. I think of the rail to rail being somewhat of a secret sauce to the sound.’ Then I bought a pcb from a euro place. They called for the same. The most recent board calls for a TL022. I don’t get it. I’m pretty sure you had two versions. Because I saw an old advert for it saying “now with twice the gain” Is the newest version TLC2262? Guess I’m wondering if the BOM uses TL022’’s that means it’s version 1. Hole that makes sense and you see this some day. Cheers keep doing what you do. It’s inspirational and original. Cheers

Oh, I wish I could buy a new one from you. They’re mega bucks now.

1:40 What the !! Hey why are my headlights going bright-dim-bright-dim...??!!

Why do you put battery on your frantone if you already have power supply?

That box has got a crunchy sound. And the buzz adds a little somethin'-somethin'! 😎

Woohoo! Love the sweet tunes! ☺️😎🤘☮️

Skip Simmons says the first thing he does before any trouble shooting is clean an amp. I've taken that advice for electronics. He said customers ask him what was wrong with their amp, and 80-90% of the time just cleaning it solves the problem, so he has no other answer for them.

Do you offer repair services for these or was this just a one off?

It's a mistery, how I missed this video... Beautiful guitar and nice repair!

Just fyi....l had to resubscribe just now. Weird

I don't like sockets. They’re coarse, and rough, and irritating, and they get everywhere.

ack you are reviving my memories of trying to fix my beloved Rat pedal. Back in the 90's I scoured local stores in the Bay Area and the few online resources for the part but nobody had it. Everyone had TPDT for PCB mount or pretty much anything except the little eyelets for flying wires you see on Rat pedals (at least the ones they sold in the 90s, they are probably PCB mount now) For about a month I used a Radio Shack switch. But it was very flakey and the wrong size. I eventually scored a TPDT at a guitar amp manufacturer in Petaluma which I was friendly with. Not a fun soldering job! I could do it no problem now, since I've built dozens of Eurorack modules and 500 series modules. But in the 90s I'd only built or modified a few pedals and cables. And that 9 poled bastard was just trying to make me burn myself.

Thanks, Mom!!

That was a great idea using the switch to hold the PCB; less work to assemble and more reliability. It’s little things like that that make all the difference.

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. 🎸👍

That Gretsch is a beauty. I love the DIY high density foam neck support blocks. What a brilliant idea, ..and just in time! I have some fretwork to do on a Greek bouzouki. With a long, narrow neck and massive round back. It'll be a simple '"must-have" on my workbench. Thank you!

nice... FRANtastic!

Where the heck have I been? This is a great space! I'm glad I found this channel :)

Please… Frantone DIY kits (e.g. circus board, BOM w/ Mouser Part numbers, and instructions, etc.). Thanks… pretzel for your thoughts!