Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Going into our 5th year online, the Briggs Unknown Fuzz has become the site’s 600th verified layout, thanks to Neil for verifying that one. When I did the first 100th Verified Layout! post I didn’t have any intention of doing them every 100. I was just amazed that we’d got it up to 100 and … Read more
No way we’re going to beat last year’s number of layout posts 🙂 We might break the verified 600 before new years though 🙂 Since i was up for taking on the big fuzzes.. Here’s another vintage fuzz with up octave overtones. The layout turned pretty neat with some symmetry in there, but it’ll once … Read more
It’s christmas eve already. Ho ho ho for all you builders out there! We seem to have very few effects with buffered bypass, so i think i found a suitable one. The Peavey HFD-2 Hotfoot Distortion. It’s more or less 1:1 with a Rat, but with added JFET input buffer which also takes care of … Read more
BBE’s take on one of the classics. Once again, the power supply filter cap is probably an overkill, so use 47µ, 100µ or 220µ instead of the 1000µ.
A friend of mine was wondering about Malekko mini boxed fuzz and forums told us that the unit was apparently just Univox Super-Fuzz clone in A-box. With our favourite methods, there is not a snowball’s chance in hell to fit this in A. There’s already Mark’s original layout in the library, but i redrew this … Read more
I wasn’t aware that BBE would release nice, simple designs with all through-hole components for good bargain prices. Funny how all the units on eBay are priced about a double of the original unit as a new… The input cap (4n7) could be upped to at least 22n and there are other things one could … Read more
Now, there is only couple of small changes to the output buffer and volume control when compared to the original Rat. The volume control looks like it could give you some trouble with the output level. If it does, just snip the 10K resistor from volume 3 to ground. I would personally use linear taper … Read more
Javi mentioned on the original IC BMP post that the original 2 ICs instead of the quad used in that layout make the circuit sound a lot better. So i thought i’d draw up a layout for ’78 tone bypass switch version with two opamps. This way one can build a clone that’s closer to … Read more
MOARRRR FUZZ!! :o) Here is the Sam Ash Fuzztainer. It is slightly modded from the original, the transistors suggested are more modern 2N5088 instead of the original 2N5172, power filtering and polarity protection has been added, the bias trimmer has been taken external because of the different tones this will give you, and the output … Read more