The Acapulco - Overdrive kit

Really easy to build and it sounds surprisingly good. I wasnt expecting anything useable for this price, but this pedal actually nails some perfect stoner doom tones. And under the right circumstances, you can hear radio through it :) Maybe its just LM386 thing, maybe my poor soldering skills, but it can be solved by adding a battery clip.

Edgars G., 16.12.2017

Exactement le son que je cherchait ! Facile à monter. Sans aucun doute les 16 euros les mieux dépenser depuis longtemps! Bravo à l’équipe !

Exactly the sound i was looking for ! Easy to build. 16 € very well spend ! Thanks to the team!

Antoine P., 11.05.2018

This kit is perfect for beginners, few pieces but al kinds (caps, resistors, chips, plugs, switch, pots...) , good to begin understanding electronics.
plus, sounds awesome when finished.
detail: the switch pcb has input and output inverted, out on the right and in on the left, i spent like 1 hour wondering why it wasnt working. i just was plugging it reverse -_-

marco r., 02.07.2018

The kit is really easy to build, just about an hour of work. The sound of this distortion is raw and crude but very musical - exactly what I was looking for. You really dont need anything else but the volume knob.

Martin P., 09.07.2018

Quite an easy build, easy enough for beginners if you know how to identify components from the schematic.
And boy does this build sounds massive.

N v., 12.09.2019

This is my first build and in fact my first dabble in electronics since I left school 25 years ago. The documentation is pretty easy to follow. Youll have to use your brain a bit to compare the components on the parts list to the schematic and pcb diagram. Not difficult. The wiring diagram was just as straightforward. I managed to complete the pedal in around 2 hours, but I was being extra cautious. Soldering the components in was relatively simple and I had no issues. The wiring was a little more fiddly, as was installing everything into the enclosure. I think in future Ill change the order in which I do things, but thats not to say the order outlined in the instructions will not work for you. The pedal worked straight away and actually sounds better than I expected. Its the first pedal Ive used that legitimately sounds - and more importantly feels - like playing though a loud overdriven (or more accurately - distorted) amp. I like the simplicity of the single knob. It does get quite noisy past 12 oclock, but that could be my soldering/wiring. Ill troubleshoot these issues after I gain more experience. Overall, Id highly recommend the Acapulco.

2432 Antonia K., 25.11.2019

It was my first build, I easily did it despite my poor soldering skills and the result was great! A lot of distortion with huge volume.
I really recommend it for the price and for the easiness of making it.

Alessandro B., 06.01.2020

I already had an Earthquaker Devices Acapulco Gold bought new. This kit sounds BETTER! I didnt put it in a stomp box. I INSTALLED it right into the amplifier. The on/off switch is a toggle and mounted on the face of the amp. Drilled a hole and put the volume knob in it.

Daniel T., 02.03.2020

Had a great experience building this pedal, no issues and everything was pretty straightforward and easy.

It also sounds great!

Jan Alwyn B., 11.03.2020