Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
*This page also has a schematic for the Fred Briggs Rangemaster* So, we all know there are many vintage treble/bass booster designs out there that were developed in the 1960s which were designed to give your tube amp the extra kick it needed to get some lovely tube saturation. Even with the huge number of modern … Read more
Nine Volt Nirvana Fuzz pedals have been around since the late 1990s, some of Joe Gagan’s designs were what got me interested in stompboxes back in the early 2000s. Now Nine Volt Nirvana is no longer around, luckily Joe drew out circuit schematics around for his pedals so that clever DIYers like yourselves could make … Read more
Not everyone will be interested in this, but this post is for those who are, and the people I’ve been discussing this with! :o) OK so I don’t have any excuses any more not to start verifying at least some of these myself, I’ve finally got a load of junk moved and a little workshop … Read more
Updated 11th May 2013: I wasn’t happy with this layout and so re-jigged it a bit Marc’s description of the original: Classic Smooth, Creamy Distortion Powerful and high gain while fairly tight and articulate, this fuzz pedal’s versatility lends it to many different musical applications; it’s not voiced after any particular genre or artist. Even … Read more
A new fuzz design from myself. It’s silicon transistor based but with a difference. I’ve been playing around with the old Vox Tonebender circuit for a while and this is what sprung from those experimentsTaking inspiration from the Fred Briggs Fuzz I made a few years ago that used “piggy-backed” silicon transistors to emulate lower … Read more
Here’s another one of Tim Escobedo’s great “circuit snippets” – the Tytewadd Fuzz. As you can see it’s reminiscent of his Syrupp Booster: Using that top jfet as a simple current regulator bangs up the gain in the circuit and allows this single transistor gain stage to create some epically big fuzz tones. I had a play … Read more
I’m a fan of compressors, in my opinion they are the unsung heroes of great guitar tone – they level it all out and give you tone a consistency and sustain that would be impossible to achieve without a compressor. Toadworks have been around for a while now and offer their own compressor the “Mr … Read more
Request. It’s all noise to me, but some of you lot seem to like them! :o) Info from Devi about the original Disaster Fuzz: Why would you like the Disaster Fuzz? Because fuck you that’s why. The disaster fuzz is filled with rolling waves of oscillation… or metal gates. Depends on what you are looking … Read more
With a name like Zenkudo it should be pretty obvious what this one is based (very closely) on. It’s a great sounding circuit though and at least Mr Tanabe hasn’t (as far as I know) said it’s a totally unique product based on 2 man-years worth of R&D or other such nonsense like some of … Read more
I’ve already posted the dirt side vero so I thought I’d redo it for the complete one with SHO. This ended up pretty compact so will easily fit in a 1590B. Updated 5th Jan 2014 – ground link added to avoid 2 ground connections to board. LED current limiting resistor also added to make use … Read more