Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Lunar Module was designed to get that Gilmore fuzz tone from Dark Side of the Moon. It’s an aggressive silicon fuzz with a wide range of tones. Got a request for this with the Pregain control as a trim pot. As the original 3-knob Lunar Module had the Pregain and Brite controls as trimmers, … Read more
Here’s the classic DynaComp compressor from MXR. This frequently cloned and copied effect has been an industry standard since it was introduced in the 70s. It uses the CA3080 IC, which can be a bit expensive and/or difficult to source as it is a rather obsolete chip. It might be a good idea to use … Read more
Bosstone… The Jordan Bosstone is a Fuzz circuit was first released in 1967. Its a trebly fuzz, with a fat, thick and saturated tone. The first version of the Bosstone was designed for directly plugging it into the guitar. Its consists of 2 transistors, one NPN and one PNP Heres a cool little readup of … Read more
Here’s another Seppuku FX fuzz box. The sound is kind of in the vein of Devi Ever or Death by Audio. The texture control pans between thick overdrive and over the top fuzz. This one should fit in a 1590a. I included a daughter board for the pots to cut down on some off board … Read more
Looking for a Wooly Mammoth but don’t want a sideways 1590b on your pedalboard? Here’s the Zvex bass fuzz laid out for board-mounted right angle PCB pots.
Here’s the Octave Drone from Seppuku FX. Like the Space Fuzz, it too is based on the Rambler. In fact, the Octave Drone is more than half of the Space Fuzz. This has as input switch that goes between a 4.7nf cap and a 100nf cap, much like like the Hot Silicon Tonebender. You could … Read more
The Space Fuzz is a a loud, in your face fuzz/octave box from Japan builder Seppuku FX. It’s partially based on the Tim Escobedo Rambler, with a couple other stages thrown in (including the Bazz Fuss). It has a pretty wide range of tones and can get a little splattery at the end of sustained … Read more
The Morpheus is a high gain distortion designed for metal players. It comes with the warning: “A hard out distortion pedal not for the faint of heart.” It promises big low end and crunchy highs. Here’s a demo: The power filtering on this seems a bit extreme to me, but I’ve laid it out with … Read more
Here’s one of Lovepedal’s many Electra Distortion variants. It’s a pretty good booster and is the boost section on the Amp Eleven.
Here’s quick on for your Friday. The Luxury Drive is a simple JFET boost circuit and is the same as the boost section of T Jauernig’s Gristle King. J201s should also work just fine.