On this day, Tuesday 22nd of July 2025, I sat outside blissfully putting together one of my most exciting builds of the year. Six months ago I saw a post on Reddit where OP had built a Bluesbreaker overdrive and used J-fets instead of 1N4148 diodes in the clipping section. I was so impressed I put the kit together that night. Of course I had to order the J-fets, which were the tiniest little things you would ever see, and converter boards, but once they arrived I was excited. As much as I was excited, I was also quite put off by the fact I was going to have to solder the J-fets to the converter board. My micro soldering is absolutely horrible, but I knew I eventually had to make it happen.
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| Roosevelt is using a J-fet as a bluetooth ear piece |
I was actually quite concerned about soldering the J-fets to their converter boards, but I did the micro soldering inside, in case anything went fucky, thankfully it didn't. The next day, today, I built the pedal and put the J-fets in the clipping section. It was a beautiful sunny day, with low humidity and decent 80 degree temps. I listened to my music as I was soldering, and just as I finished up and was about to head inside to test the circuit, I received a message saying Ozzy Osbourne has passed away. My heart sank.
On this day, the birth of this circuit, it also happens to be one of the saddest days in heavy metal. The overdrive turned out great by the way, but the glee of another successful build was smothered by the passing of heavy metals God Father. May he rest in piece.
Crazy ... but that's how it goes.
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