Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Info about the original: The HEAT BLASTER delivers a truly modern distortion sound, with a tone control plus high-cut and low-cut switches for additional tonal adjustment. The high-cut switch attenuates the presence frequencies in order to produce a mellow tone that retains good projection. With the high-cut switch engaged you can use the tone control … Read more
[Updated 4th July 2014 – correction to treble control resistors] The older Klon layout was starting to annoy me for a few reasons so I decided to re-do it and start a new thread as this one is obviously currently unverified, and so all discussion here can relate to this layout. This is a couple … Read more
There’s a partial schematic up at FSB, missing all non-polarized cap values. I thought it would be a nice idea to take a guess at them. The values i selected should take the sound close to the original unit. Of course, if any of you have better guesses on the values, let me know. This … Read more
Request. Another great sounding, extremely well made and very fairly priced effect from Dave Barber. As usual with Barber I’d always say buy this or one of his other pedals to support one of the good builders. Measuring only 2.3” wide, the NEW Compact Direct Drive brings a colossal catalog of vintage British voice to … Read more
I listened to the clip of this last night and thought it sounded awesome for such a small circuit, so had to do the layout. Another bonus is that it uses common transistors so no searching for unobtainium, or having to get something in specially.
Request for this new overdrive circuit from Mark Hammer, the “Almost Everything for Everybody … Almost” Drive, which you can read about here: http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=107216.0;topicseen
Request for this nice sounding chorus/vibe pedal. Thanks to Scruffie for his schematic. It will fit in a 1590B if you want the aggravation, but a 125B would probably be a better choice. The effect needs a 15V supply so you can either use a standalone 15V adapter if you have one, or build the … Read more
I can’t find any information on this one in terms of marketing spiel, but it should be obvious what it’s based on :o)
A few people have requested this so I thought I’d better do it. This one includes the Script mod on a switch so you can choose either mode. Don’t forget that you really need to match the JFETs for this. You may get lucky with an unmatched set but the better the match the better … Read more
Request. Info about the original from Roger Mayer: In 1964 I designed my first fuzz guitar effects pedal that was used by Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan and featured on many early hit records. I am pleased to announce that after 40 years this early ground breaking fuzz will be available again. It uses … Read more