Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Got the original yesterday and it didn’t disappoint. Soundwise. The box is what you’d expect and the stompswitch is out of order, so no surprise there. Ibanez’s old cheapo high gain distortion that is articulate and powerful without being mushy or too noisy. Well worth a second look. This layout omits the in/out buffers and … Read more
I recently got a Behringer clone of this one in a trade for free and thought i’d check the schematic out. Turned out a little simpler than expected with a few nice, quite interesting things in its topology. There’s basically a buffer driven by transistor, which drives something not completely unlike a fuzz face. After … Read more
Modded slightly so the Treble/Presence pot is external (like the Gramps+), but you can always use an internal trimmer like the original if you prefer. Sw1 in the layout is the “Temperament” switch in their info, the gain and sag switches are both internal jumpers in the original. I’m not entirely sure how much difference … Read more
Here’s one more from the ROG archives. Apparently amazing sounding OD/dist. Should be doable in 1590B, if you feel brave enough with the rotary 🙂 From ROG: Back in the mid-90s, the Matchless DC/30 became one of the first boutique amps to hit the market. It excelled at clean tones, as well as thick Vox-like … Read more
Modded Blues Breaker.. Personally i have pretty high hopes for the circuit… There’s a lot of hype out there these days with overdrive pedals and the last thing we want to do is to add to the noise. As you may already know, almost every boutique overdrive on the market is a modified Tubescreamer of … Read more
A couple of the electro caps look to be the wrong way round to me but this is definitely as per the scheme and it was by Dirk and so a trusted source. Info about the original: The EarthQuaker Devices Crimson Drive is an all-analog, dynamic overdrive that uses a germanium transistor and vintage germanium … Read more
Classic dual overdrive. The original 1969 plug-in Muff Fuzz had just a touch of overdrive and sounded like a vintage amp with a slightly torn speaker. We paired two of these together in one box to create the Double Muff. Use just one Muff for a hint of milky distortion, or cascade the second Muff … Read more
Another great fuzz pedal from Marc, and I felt a nice one to add to our collection. I thought with 8 transistors this would be a bitch to get into a 1590B as a vero layout, but it turned out pretty comfortable in the end. Info about the original: Skreddy Pedals™ Top Fuel:strikes a balance … Read more
Another one from our friend Geiri, thanks for this again mate :o) Info about the original: The Bit : Legend of Fuzz has been compared to the Shin-ei Companion FY-2 fuzz, but with a stronger gate on circuit settings. Some say, it’s a sound that haunts you at night… the desperate 8 bit beep that … Read more
Updated 6th February 2014 I have a TC Electronic G-Force and Eventide Eclipse in the parallel effects loop of my amp and use a rack mixer to keep them in parallel with each other, and so allow me to use them both 100% wet and so avoid having to digitize my dry signal. I do … Read more