Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I’ve not covered many Vox sounding pedals on the blog so I thought I’d stick one up – the HipKitty Oxblood Distortion. It’s supposed to be able to turn your huge full stack into a little boxy Vox AC15! Right-o.. Here’s the description from the HipKitty website; “The Oxblood Distortion was designed to emulate the … Read more
Many thanks to Equinox for supplying his traced PCB layout for us to create the schematic and layout from. This is based on the current version which I think was first released in 2011. Info about Brian’s fantastic original: Zeke Clark, Edward Van Halen’s longtime renowned guitar tech played through a pinnacle and this is … Read more
More interesting stuff from Blackout Effectors now – the Mantra Overdrive. There’s been some hype around this one *and* it comes in a gold enclosure! It doesn’t get any better than that 😀 Here’s the description of the Mantra Overdrive from the Blackout Effectors website; “Equally capable of invoking the sacred sounds of a classically … Read more
The Blackout Effectors Twosome playing a bit of Table Football Blackout Effectors make some really cool looking and sounding boxes. With their introduction into the ProGuitarShop product line I decided to take a look at a few of the nifty fuzz boxes they offer, in particular the Twosome Dual Fuzz and the two circuits which … Read more
The Mad Professor Snow White Auto Wah is a cool little envelope filter. Designed by Bjorn of BJF effects it always was going to be a decent design. Check out the demo video to see what this ice-cool pedal can achieve: Well, the tracers fund over at freestompboxes got a hold of one and thanks … Read more
A couple of people have mentioned loopers to me recently, so here the wiring layout I did for someone a couple of months ago which gave 5 loops and a tuner out. It also included a switchable buffer before the first loop which he could switch into circuit at any time. If you’re not interested … Read more
The FUNK MACHINE is a synthesizer that can be used with any amplified musical instrument. Bass Guitar … Guitar .. . Fender Rhodes … Harmonica … Horns .. . Clavinet. The FUNK MACHINE is primarily designed for use with Bass Guitar, but you will find that all other instruments will work very well. On Bass … Read more
Another one for Miro because I know how much he loves JFETs! :o) Brian Marshall of Subdecay is one of those builders who adds a lot to the DIY community. He openly discusses the technology behind his products and has even corrected errors that have been made in schematics. The Liquid Sunshine is out of … Read more
This is a bit of an unusual one because I’m not even sure what it is. It’s based on a schematic done by Analogguru and is obviously a Cornish buffer in front of a booster, so what I am assuming is that the Guild Brian May is the treble booster, and the whole circuit amounts … Read more
Info from the Runoffgroove website: The Vox AC-30 amp is considered by many to be the defining sound of the British Invasion during the 1960s. The Top Boost circuitry provided crisp treble-laden overdrive that perfectly complemented the rich bass content. The English Channel is a JFET-based distortion stompbox that uses the same basic architecture as … Read more