Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
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
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
The Little Green Wonder has become the site’s 100th verified layout, and I’d like to thank everyone who’s helped out with the first hundred! With a wife, kids and Labrador to keep me busy (oh yes and work :o), I don’t get anything like as much opportunity as I’d like to build all these things … Read more
Information about the original from Devi: The Hyperion is everything the Big Muff wishes it could be. It can cut through in a loud, live, band setting. It has a gorgeous sustain that full of harmonically rich tonal characteristics that doesn’t require much tweaking of your amp, guitar, or pedal board to get just the … Read more
Request. I’ve already done the Hearthrob but someone asked for this, and you can never have too many tremolo options I suppose. Some of those transistors look like they may be difficult to get hold of, so I’d probably just use 2N5088’s which work fine in the Hearthrob. If you do use other transistors make … Read more
Info about the original: BJF design distortion pedal for guitar The new Mad Professor – Stone Grey Distortion (SGD) is a modern high-gain distortion pedal with unparallelled clarity and definition. This pedal was developed for high gain applications and specifically for clarity at heavy distortion levels. The Stone Grey Distortion is unique in that it … Read more
Request. This will allow you to use the better quality PNP germanium transistors, but keep a negative ground so it can be daisy chained with all you other NPN effects.