Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Request. This is a 1776 Effects project with more info available here. Check out their other projects and PCBs available at their store: The Rub-a-Dub Deluxe utilizes the new Accutronics BTDR-3H. The BTDR-3H allows the reverb decay to be adjustable. In addition, the Rub-a-Dub Deluxe also adds a tone control (based on Culturejam’s Box of … Read more
I’ll add a Diamond Compressor layout at some point, but this one was a must for me and I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to do the layout. This is Fred Brigg’s stripped down version of the Diamond, which is essentially the same but without the Tilt EQ section of the circuit or the … Read more
The spiel on this slightly modded Krank Distortus Maximus: If you’re tired of the metal distortion pedals mass produced in Asia, designed by guys in their late 50′s that have no idea how metal sounds TODAY, then you NEED to hear the Body Rot II. In case you hadn’t noticed, metal is what we do… … Read more
30th October 2014 – Put on hold pending investigation :o) Info about the original: The Earthquaker Devices Monarch Overdrive is an FET, all discrete dirt machine that will get you some truly vintage and organic overdrive. The Monarch Overdrive is based on a certain UK hard rock amp’s input stage that shares the same color … Read more
Noticed this one and thought i’d do a quickie. Here you go with Joe Davisson’s improvements on the classic fuzz face. Note from Analog Alchemy website: Placing a diode at the input of a silicon Fuzz-Face type circuit improves the tone by preventing saturation of Q1. Adjust the 5.6k resistor until Q2’s collector is near … Read more
Another one that was missing from the library. Original units call for 2M pot for the overdrive control, but as the demo below suggest, the middle position of that knob should be mild enough. So i see no harm in using 1M pot for that instead. That’ll give you the latter half of the sweep. … Read more
And I may as well add this one as a separate layout so we know what versions the comments are based on. This changes a cap value and adds an Effect Level pot to the CE-2. If you want to add an Effect Level pot to the guitar CE-2, just use this layout and swap … Read more