The first development challenge I worked through is the switching. I wanted to have the pedal handle any combination of mono and stereo at the input and output of the pedal, and I wanted to have it do this automatically on the daughterboard without the need for digital control.

What began as a simple idea – build thirteen special pedals to commemorate the now famous Ukrainians on Snake Island who told the Russian invaders to “go fuck yourself” – may have gotten carried away.

This week’s episode from the Free Plaid Couch is a bit different: we invite you into the prototyping process at Rare Buzz HQ.