ABOUT ME
Parasit Studio is run by me, Fredrik Lyxzén. I live in the north of Sweden, outside Umeå. Since around 2009 I make my living mostly as a freelance sound engineer, both live and in the studio. On my spare time I like to play with my band and be my family of four dogs (and a wife). I also like to tinker with pedals.
I'm a big nerd that loves sci fi, retro gaming and I also collect kung fu movies from the 70's.
I started my first band when I was 12 years old, and ever since then I've been playing in various punk and hardcore bands here in Umeå, such as Ambulance and UX Vileheads.
My current band (since 2018) is called Left Hand of Darkness that I play drums in. We play a mix of fast hardcore and blackened neo crust.
PEDAL HISTORY
In around 2010 I started building pedals to practice my soldering. I initially wanted to build DIY equipment for my studio, but I fell into the rabbit hole haha... I didn't know any electronics at first and built DIY kits and stripboard layouts. I quickly grew an interest in electronics and started to learn how the circuits works by reading books and watching countless hours or electronics videos (I still consume hours of electronics videos every week).
I started modding circuits and eventually began to come up with my own circuits that gravitated towards synthy and weird stuff. I started sharing my designs on my studio website in the spirit of DIY. Then people started asking me for circuit boards so I set up a small webshop and over the years it has grown into a small business, especially thanks to my cooperation with Musikding, and more recently Smallbear Electronics.
People also began to ask for fully assembled pedals, so I started building a few selected pedals to always have in stock. I build pedals as often as I can, but my main focus/interest is still DIY and coming up with new circuits.
I've built a few special requests over the years for friends and family (birthdays gifts ect.), but nowadays I say no to most custom requests as it takes too much time. The pedal development/building is something I do more or less of in periods. It depends on how much time I have over in between my live mixning, studio recordings and studio mixning.
Please consider making a small donation if you use my stripboard layouts, or buy something in the shop. Thanks!
RECORDING STUDIO
Parasit Studio is also the name of my recording studio.
I've been recording bands since the early 2000's and over the years it has grown into a semi-professional home recording studio, mostly focused on punk, hardcore and other alternative music.
I have mixed and mastered alot of other peoples recordings as well and over 30 records has been released on vinyl.
CONTACT
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, need help troubleshooting your build or want help with a PCB layout, or just wanna chat about pedals, schematic or nerd stuff.
Just keep in mind that I have limited time in between my freelance work, family and the pedal related business, so it can take a while for me to reply if I'm away from home working. I usually work long days away from home on weekends but I try to reply as soon as I can. / Fredrik
Parasit Studio discord
You can also join the new Parasit Studio discord channel for troubleshooting help, comments, article discussion, suggestions, requests or just to chat about anything related to pedals and electronics in general. :)
- Please contact med before doing a Paypal claim or returning anything and we can sort it out.
- You have 30 calendar days from the day your recieved your order to send it back for a full refund.
- To be eligible for a return, the pedal must be in the same condition that it was when it was sold.
- Once the pedal have been return and inspected you will recieve the refund.
- You will have to pay the cost of the return shipping if returning a pedal. Parasit Studio does not pay for return shipping.
- All pedals are carefully tested before shipping out.
However, in a few rare cases, issues with pedals have begun after some time, probably because of chips that were just marginally working, before they stop working all together. Those are very hard to catch when testing. - If receive a faulty pedal or start experiencing any issue with your pedal, please contact me for help / repair.
- All the PCB's are verified. For troubleshooting help, please contact me.
- There's a 3x limit on most PCB's, except the 3PDT boards and the modboard. That's because these projects are made for personal use - not to build and sell. No commersial use! Please respect this.
- Worldwide shipping!
- You will get a shipping quote at the checkout.
- Small PCB orders are shipped as letters in a padded envelope. Not trackable, but usually arrives without any problems. Typically 1-2 weeks within the EU and around 2-3 weeks for the rest of the world. During the summers it can take alittle longer than usual.
- Largers order, with a weight of 250g+ will have trackable shipping as an option.
- If you want trackable shipping for a small order, please contact me.
- I ship out orders about twice a week because of my location (nearest post office is about 30 minutes by car), so please be patient.
- You will receive a shipping order confirmation once your order is shipped out.
STORE POLICIES
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