Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This is a layout for the Mid-Fi Electronics delay/fuzz/vibrato/modulation/unstable tape simulator/weird noise thing. Modified to include a switch to turn off the fuzz, leaving you with a clean weird noise thing :o) Geiri’s quick demo:
Another great sounding circuit here from Rick. His explanation: I’ve had the idea to try a PT2399 chorus ever since I modded my Clari into a Clari Cubed. The challenge with the PT2399 is to get the delay time as short as possible while still having some wiggle room for the LFO injected into pin … Read more
Request. The transistor may be difficult to get hold of but you can try other PNP silicons in its place. The datasheet suggests the hFE of the 2N4061’s was 90 – 330, but check the pinouts of your replacements and insulate/twist the pins if necessary to match the layout. The filter created by the 1n … Read more
Fred Briggs – Super OCD Schematic The Fulltone OCD has been an overdrive favourite for many years now. It’s got a really nice tone when your amp is set right (I prefer it with Marshalls I must say). Well, I’ve always thought about modifiying the basic circuit (which itself is based around the old Voodoo … Read more
The B K Butler Tube Driver has been used by several of Rock Guitar’s greats – David Gilmour and Eric Johnson to name just two. There are many schematics out there as well as a wealth of PCB projects. I’ve looked to compile the best and most reliable for this post. If you’re wondering how … Read more
The Wampler Pinnacle Distortion. This one has been requested – here’s the details. Firstly a description from the Wampler Website: “Zeke Clark, Edward Van Halen’s longtime renowned guitar tech played through a pinnacle and this is what he had to say:“I’ve played tons of pedals that promised that “Brown Sound”… this pedal NAILS it better … Read more
Here’s the schematic: And here’s the last in my series of Fender / Vox / Marshall themed boosters/overdrives – The “E11even” (Spinal Tap reference intentional). It’s designed for those classic Marshall overdrive tones, plexi / jtm45 sort of stuff. It’s based around the old mosfet booster design I love with a few tweaks. The bias … Read more
A few people built the Rust Drive using my original layout (and other layouts which used the same schematic) and thought that it didn’t sound quite like it should and saying that there was a lot of noise. Aegert at FSB got a new one and traced it himself, coming up with an updated schematic, … Read more
I usually opt for PCBs for larger circuits because I don’t think vero lends itself particularly well to overly complicated schematics, but wanted to put a phaser layout together that was something other than a Phase 45 or Phase 90, and this one looked like a fantastic option as it is a great sounding and … Read more
