Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s another version of the Tycobrahe Parapedal, but unlike the previous layout, which is apparently a modified from the stock, we had some people in the forum trace an original one, Ciaran posting the schematic before I finished my trace, found here. The only thing different is I added the usual input and output pulldown … Read more
A great sounding overdrive by Soulsonic from the FSB forum. You can find the original thread here.
Brian’s description: The PigButt is a modded Op-Amp Muff. It’s a nasty little beast, full of saturated distortion; not too edgy nor too smooth. It provides a wonderfull “wall of fuzz” like the Big Muff but with a different feel and texture. The PigButt also features a tone bypass switch for even greater distorted output.
Here is the Lovetone Big Cheese with the OLC Chunky Cheese mod to increase the output volume Original Infos: The Big Cheese is a loving homage to the nasty, buzzy yet gorgeous and harmonically rich early fuzz. While having many of the classic characteristics that every fuzz fan will relate to it goes beyond to … Read more
Here’s another design from Jon Patton. It’s a delay based on the popular PT2399, with an always-on preamp. The preamp is designed to have a flat EQ and won’t alter your tone. So the In and Out pads go to the input/output jacks, instead of the switch. You could still wiring this for true-bypass (just … Read more
Here’s a little overdrive designed by Fred Briggs of the La Revolution Deux blog. Here’s what he had to say about it. Here’s another (nearly) new one from me. It’s a tricked out super mod of the old Electro Harmonix LPB-1 circuit that produces some lovely singing overdrive tones reminiscent of an old VOX from their 1960’s … Read more
Original info: Unlike conventional noise gates, the IBANEZ NB 10 Noise Buster is capable of cutting out noise not only while there is no signal flow, but during actual playing as well, thus providing far more effective noise reduction. A FREQUENCY control lets the musician eliminate noise components without impairing the envelope or sustain of … Read more
A great 1776 Effects delay to be added to our vero library. You can find PCBs and infos on their website HERE
Merry Christmas Eve-Eve, everybody! Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday. Here’s an awesome tremolo circuit designed by DIYSB member DeadAstronaut. Cody asked me if I could do an etch-able layout since DeadAstronaut has sold out of PCBs for the effect. Check out the original thread on DIYSB for the schematic and more info. … Read more
Here’s a fun distortion from EarthQuaker. Tonally, it’s based on a cranked Sunn Model T amp and uses 2, 386 chips. It cleans up nicely with the guitar’s volume, so a good mod would be adding a pot before the input. John K did this and used a reverse log 1M pot.