Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Layout updated. If you want to build this now I would suggest you build this version http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2014/02/keeley-katana-boost-layout-rev-2.html Vero layout for this popular pedal with built in charge pump to provide the required 18V from a 9V supply. UPDATE (09-02-2012): The schematic that this layout was created from has been shown to be incorrect. In … Read more
Jimi Hendrix, not much to say really. He invented guitar tone. Here’s an offering from Dunlop that gives you the chance to recreate the awesome walls of fuzz carnage he used to create! Here’s a gutshot: And a video of this bad boy in action: AnalogGuru traced the schematic here: You can build it on … Read more
The Zvex Woolly Mammoth is a Bass fuzz pedal designed by the boutique virtuoso Zackary Vex. It’s been in his product line for many years and has proven a popular effect for both guitarists and bass players alike. Here’s the description from the Zvex website: “Sensitive and touchy, This bass fuzz has tremendous bottom end and a … Read more
A few people have requested a vero of the Mastotron, so here it is. If you want to make it verbatim then you would put a 100 ohm resistor in series with the input wire before the pot, and a 100 ohm resistor in series with the 9V supply wire, but I personally wouldn’t bother … Read more
Here’s a layout for another sought after pedal by Bjorn. and a slightly more compact version
[27th May 2014 – Revised layout posted] Info about the great sounding original: The Crunch Box Distortion is my take on the high gain British. The history of the Crunch Box actually goes back a few years. I came up with the design after careful study of the way that modern British style amps get … Read more
I haven’t seen any layouts of this one around so thought it would be good to add to the collection. I have done this with a 3 position switch so in one position you’ll have silicon diodes, in the other postion you’ll have germanium, and in the centre off position it will remove all clipping … Read more
This one needs an 18V supply, so use a dedicated supply, two batteries, or you could build up the 9V to 18V converter that I’ve posted here. Best results may be obtained if you heat shrink the LED and LDR together or at least wrap a bit of electricians tape round them both.
