Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I got an original unit some time ago and it is fairly nice clean booster. Apparently the new version is built in a smaller box, while the circuit remains the same. Info from the manufacturer: The Boosta Grande, a Guitar Player Editor’s Pick, is back in a new compact chassis to conserve space on your … Read more
Very nice adaptation of Colorsound Overdriver with a few very nice mods. And the manufacturer isn’t shy about telling us where the circuit came from. Very nice. Throbak Electronics offers the Overdrive Boost. Throbak has reproduced and improved the circuit of the original Colorsound Overdriver (also known by the name Power Boost). The original was … Read more
Bajaman modded version of the humble 9V tube circuit. Tube section and output buffer have seen a quite nice remodelling job 🙂 You could run this with 12V too, but not higher as the tube heater filaments are not meant to handle higher DC voltages. Try out other tubes like 12AU7 in there too… This … Read more
This is truly amazing. Madferrect cracked the ETI Struzz/Fuzz today and… We now have 500 verified layouts. It’s not that long since Mark wrote a note for 400. List of unverified ones is quite long too and there may be some interesting boards still unbuild. Seems like we have a few new active people doing … Read more
A request. Info from the manufacturer (one of the good guys who you should support if you have a chance): the sparkle motion is our take on an iconic treble boost – the rangemaster. the added controls and circuit modifications keep the original tones of the rangemaster and expand on them. transforming the sparkle motion … Read more
I did this as a bit of an experiment. I want to build one and this has always been one of those that would prefer to do on a PCB, but I thought I’d still like to put a layout together to see how small I could get it using my methods and as I … Read more
The original used jumpers and a 4 pole internal dip switch, but I’ve done this one with external switching in mind. 3 pots and 10 toggles, who’s up for it? 🙂 Alternatively take a leaf out of the original if you want to keep the size down and use a 10 pole dip switch like … Read more
So, if you’ve heard of the Japanese pedal company Vemuram you’ve probably heard about this: Vemuram Jan Ray = Timmy Clone. It’s an attractive pedal – nice brass enclosure, vintage looking knobs. Check it out in action here against the Timmy (yes, there are slight differences – the treble control has a different range and … Read more
As with the original I’ve left a gap in the centre of the board for the LED and LFO to allow them to easily be bent to face each other and laid flat, ensure the LED and LDR legs don’t short against any of the links or component leads in between. Heat shrink tubing or … Read more
So. It’s April already. This one is the last post from me for today. I do believe there lots of you who have been waiting to get your hands on a doable octave down circuit. Here it is. You should probably try this with a fuzz in front of it 🙂 Edit! Here’s a link … Read more