Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Tremulus Lune was designed by Dan Green from Commonsound and is a fantastic sounding optical tremolo. It’s a very versatile trem, and has a very adjustable LFO section. The audio path goes through the TL072, and the LFO is created with the 4558. A VTL5C2 can be used, or you can make your own … Read more
Info about the original: The Reverberation Machine is a synthetic atmosphere creator. Use the effect on any instrument to add depth and simulate different environments. Experiment and combine a variety of settings to obtain the perfect ambiance for your sound. The controls on this pedal are straightforward. Volume, Altitude, Reverb Blend and two distinct reverb … Read more
Here’s an original design by Himmelstrutz Elektro Art, the Fetto. It’s a heavy overdrive/distortion circuit using 3 JFETs (probably 2SK170GR, but the names were sanded off the original traced by SoulSonic). These have DGS pinouts, so they’re not J201, 2N5457, etc. One of the unique things about this circuit is the number of removable jumpers … Read more
17/10/2015: Layout updated and verified! Changed 2 components values and added an extra capacitor on Bre’s suggestion. Thanks to Bre for the help and for verifying this! – Changed 22u cap from pin9 to 2u2. – Added a 2u2 cap between diodes and ground. – Changed 4007N to 4007UBE.
Here’s Bjorn’s take on the classic Big Muff circuit. JFETs are used as clippers in the first clipping stage, and a JFET-based gain recovery stage is used instead of the traditional BJT one found in the original. You can use board mount pots from the solder side using right angle PCB mount pots.
Another new gigantic layout for you! This is a Chris Carter’s project from Madbean’s forum. ( http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=20459.0 ). He tried to create a PT2399-based delay that resembles the Roland Space Echo. You can find all extra infos here: drive.google.com/file/d/0B7QeV_7r70dTUHY1VHhMS3BkaFVuZjJGdVMzOXVyYTI0NG5V/view Thanks to Savvas for verifying this monster! Here is a video from Chris: …and one from … Read more
Here’s a quicky designed by Tim Escobedo. It’s an inductor-less wah, and you can use either a pot or an LDR to control the effect. It’s small enough to fit in a 1590a if you want a fixed wah in a small package. Resonance switch is a SPST.
Roger Mayer is one of the most influential effects makers of all time. Responsible for many great players fuzz tones, he’s probably most famous for tweaking (or just rebuilding) Jimi Hendrix’s Fuzz Faces. He also has his own line of pedals and this is his take on the classic Octavia (octave up) effect. This one … Read more
Almost a year ago I laid out the silicon version of the classic FuzzRite. Lately though, I decided to redo it after some discussion with Gabriel Monteiro over the 22k resistor. To see that discussion check out the first layout page for this circuit. Our discussion (which in all honesty was mostly a bunch of … Read more
Another great project by David Rolo from Madbean’s forum. You can find all infos about this pedal here: http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=17253.0 Thanks to Hozy31 for verifying it! 06/11/2015 Layout updated: inverted rotary switch pins.