Big Muff Pi DIY Guitar Pedal Design Course Box Set – Learn to Build and Mod Pedals from Schematic to Solder

Master Guitar Pedal Electronics & DIY Pedal Design

Demystified: The Big Muff Pi

Learn DIY guitar pedal design from the ground up with over 14 hours of beginner-friendly content. Using the iconic Big Muff Pi, you'll analyze, simulate, breadboard, and build or mod your own fuzz pedal entirely from scratch.

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By enrolling you get:

✓ 14.5+ Hours of On-Demand Lessons
✓ Downloadable Schematics, Layouts & Diagrams
✓ Full Breadboard-to-Build Process
✓ Modding Techniques Using Real-World Examples
✓ LTSpice Simulation Tutorials
✓ Access to our Discord Backstage course support
✓ Bonus Content + Custom Tonex Captures
✓ Full Lifetime Access + Updates
✓ A Hobby For Life

Build a legendary fuzz pedal.
Learn electronics while doing it.

This course focuses on clarity and practicality — not theory for theory’s sake. You won’t be grinding through boring math. Instead, we use modern tools like LTSpice, DIY Layout Creator, and KiCad to understand what matters, simulate the behavior, and apply it to real circuits you can actually build and modify.

Goes beyond a DIY Pedal Course

Learn how to build the Big Muff Pi— not by following a parts list, but by understanding every stage of its design.

You’ll go from theory to tone:
✓Analyze the circuit like an engineer
✓Simulate behavior before touching a breadboard
✓Breadboard it, tweak it, mod it, break it, fix it
✓Solder a clean final build that’s uniquely yours

And along the way, you’ll learn:
✓Secrets on how transistors actually work in audio circuits
✓What makes one Muff sound smoother, nastier, or more articulate
✓How to troubleshoot and tune a circuit like a tone scientist

Why It’s Different

You can find schematics online. You can follow a build guide. But neither of those teaches you how the circuit actually works. This course goes deeper.

It’s designed to show you what each part of the Big Muff does, why it’s there, and how changing it changes your sound. From gain staging to filtering, clipping to tone stacks—you’ll understand the full signal path, not just memorize it.

You’ll get real knowledge:
✓The kind that transfers to any pedal circuit
✓The kind that lets you debug instead of guess
✓The kind that unlocks creativity, not just compliance

This isn’t a paint-by-numbers project. It’s a guided journey into audio electronics, with a legendary fuzz as your playground. By the end, you’ll know how to read circuits, build with intention, and shape your tone like a designer—not just a builder.

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Course Modules

7 Modules, 40+ Lessons, 14+ Hours of Pure Analog Circuit Mastery

Welcome & Course Overview

Meet your guide, map the course, and get inside the Big Muff’s legacy. Learn what you’ll build and why it matters—from circuit basics to modding strategies that actually make sense.

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Fundamentals of Electronics for Pedal Builders

From Ohm’s law to signal flow, this module lays the groundwork. You’ll learn to read schematics, understand core components, simulate circuits, and grasp key concepts like clipping, gain staging, and impedance—everything you need to decode how pedals actually work.

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Big Muff Pi Circuit Analysis & Simulation

Break down the Muff stage by stage—from input to output. This module dives deep into clipping behavior, tone stack filtering, gain shaping, and variant differences, with simulations that let you see and hear how each change affects the sound—before you ever touch a soldering iron.

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Big Muff Pi Prototyping & Breadboarding

Build it, tweak it, break it, rebuild it. This module guides you through breadboarding the full Muff circuit, exploring transistor selection, filtering, gain shaping, and clipping styles—plus tools and layout tips to help you find your perfect variant before you ever solder a thing.

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Circuit Assembly Techniques

Bring your build to life. This module walks through platform choices, clean soldering, full pedal assembly, and proper enclosure wiring—everything you need to take your circuit from prototype to stage-ready.

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Troubleshooting & Testing

When things don’t go as planned, this module has your back. Learn how to trace audio issues, use your multimeter with intent, and fix the most common DIY pedal problems—so your build ends up working, not just looking cool.

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Next Steps & Bonus Content

Wrap up your build and see what’s next. This module covers playing, recording, and amp-matching tips—plus reflections on what you’ve built and where you can take it from here.

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You think it's too hard?

Who This Course is For?

Built for all levels—whether you're soldering your first circuit or fine-tuning gain stages.
This course teaches you how guitar pedals actually work by reverse-engineering the Big Muff Pi from the ground up. Everything is explained clearly, with no skipped steps—so beginners can follow with confidence, and experienced builders get real technical depth. If you're serious about learning audio electronics through something iconic, you're in the right place.

Build Your First Pedal

New to electronics? No problem. This course walks you through every concept and every connection—so you’ll not only complete your first real fuzz build, you’ll actually understand how it works.

Learn to Mod with Purpose

Sick of guessing what a cap swap might do? We break down tone stacks, clipping stages, and gain paths so you can mod with intent—and make your circuit sound like your voice.

Design Your Own Circuits

By the end of the course, you’ll be using LTSpice, analyzing waveforms, and confidently tweaking layouts. Whether you're cloning, evolving, or inventing, you'll have the skills to create something that’s truly yours.

Demystify Analog Audio

From voltage dividers to transistor biasing, you’ll learn what really happens inside a pedal. No vague metaphors—just grounded logic, clear visuals, and real-world audio behavior.

my mission

I’m Marko—engineer, guitarist, and gear builder—and I built this course to bridge the gap between creativity and circuitry.

I’ve spent over a decade building pedals, repairing pro audio gear, designing tube amps, and developing DSP systems. From soldering up fuzz circuits to writing real-time audio engines, I’ve lived at the intersection of sound and science.

But I’m also a musician—and I know what it’s like to chase a tone you can hear in your head but can’t quite dial in.
That’s why I created this course. Not just to teach you how to build the Big Muff Pi, but to help you finally understand why it sounds the way it does—and how to shape it into something that’s uniquely yours.

Whether you’re a total beginner or a seasoned builder, I’ll guide you through every section with logic, clarity, and a deep respect for the creative side of electronics.

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What's in it for you?

Build Smarter. Spend Less. Sound Better.

Why Build One Pedal—When You Could Learn to Build Them All?

Stop the Endless Pedal Swap

Tired of buying, testing, and reselling pedals that still don’t hit the mark? This course gives you the power to analyze what you’re hearing—and redesign it, not replace it.

Unlock Boutique-Level Tone Without Boutique Prices

Learn to build and voice circuits that rival $300 boutique pedals—at a fraction of the cost. This course shows you how to get high-end tone with low-cost parts and real knowledge.

Customize Instead of Compromise

No more guessing or settling. You’ll understand how every resistor, capacitor, and transistor shapes your sound—so you can tweak your pedal’s tone to fit your guitar, your amp, and your style.

Knowledge That Pays for Itself—Literally

Build one great fuzz and you’ve already saved money. Build two, mod three more, and you’ve unlocked a long-term skillset. This is a crash course in audio electronics that keeps paying dividends.

FAQ

Questions and answers

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Is there free content on this website?

Absolutely! This website features a Blog which is getting filled with very valuable information on a daily basis, and it's absolutely free for everyone! The Blog features interesting topics from the audio world as well as some free mod tutorials on how to improve your existing gear!

Do you offer discounts?

We run frequent sales that you should keep your eye out for! The best advice is to follow us on social media platforms where the sales, discounts and giveaways will be announced primarily.

What do you mean by No-Bullshit method?

We live in a time where information is widespread. Both great, useful information, as well as misleading and false information. Usually the misinformation is there to confuse you into buying certain products, where certain parties benefit. Our goal is to break the circle. We do not aim to sell you, or bias you to buy a product. We aim to educate you so you can make an unbiased and informed decision for yourself.

What value do your courses offer?

Our courses provide an engaging and hands-on approach to learning the industry secrets that took decades to uncover and have often been kept hidden from the public. Designed for both passionate amateurs and aspiring professionals, our courses aim to unlock new perspectives, inspire creativity, and reveal exciting possibilities in a way that empowers you to reach your full potential.

Is The Big Muff Pi: Demystified suited for beginners?

This course was designed with beginners in mind—especially those who are curious, hands-on, and ready to move beyond copy-paste DIY. You don’t need a background in electronics to start. I’ll walk you through the fundamentals step by step, using the Big Muff Pi as a practical, real-world example. Along the way, you’ll build your own circuit, simulate it with free software, and learn how each part shapes your tone. By the end, you won’t just know how to build a pedal—you’ll understand how and why it works, and how to make it your own.

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