Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Just saw this schem posted in the forum and thought it looked like a pretty cool effect. The original has a funky LED setup and uses the 3rd pole of the 3PDT to cut the 9V connection to the whole circuit. I have drawn this layout to fit our normal offboard wiring. Info from manufacturer: … Read more
For #FuzzFriday I give you the SolaSound ToneBender Mk III. The Mark III was a smoother and less aggressive follow up to the famous Mk II Professional. SolaSound built it for several other companies–Vox, RotoSound, Park, etc. There are plenty of layouts for this classic fuzz out there already (there’s already 2 on this blog), … Read more
The EchoPathetic was designed by FSB member Allesz (designer of the Crap-Fi Delay and Dirty Punk Repeater). His previous designs use the PT2399 delay chip, but this one is full analog. There’s an input buffer based around one side of TL072, then the signal goes onto the 3102 and 3205 chips. It’s designed to be … Read more
Here’s a cool design by Jon Patton (seriously though, everything he designs is pretty awesome). He was kind enough to share his work and offer a full circuit explanation over on DIYSB and Madbean’s forum too. Check out the thread here or here for his schematic and other goodies.
I saw a request for this effect, and strangely enough I have been looking at making one of these of awhile. Not a whole lot of info on this out there, but here’s what I found on the Chicago Iron site about there clone of it. The Tycobrahe Parapedal was unique in that it used … Read more
The Phantom Octave is an octave/ring mod type fuzz that’s very interactive with guitar pickup selection and volume/tone controls. The LED pads are for the one that’s under the knob in the video below. You could use it as the on/off indicator, but it might be hard to tell if it’s on when signal isn’t … Read more
The Superlead is Lovepedal’s take on the Marshall Guv’nor. It has a simplified tone stack compared to the Guv’nor, but has a switch to select between silicon diodes and LED for clipping. Great for 80’s metal tones. On an unrelated note, I made a Facebook page for the blog. I figure you guys can post … Read more
Here’s a cool dirty reverb effect by Death by Audio. It uses a Belton brick like many other designs, and offers clean reverb with the gain control turned all the way down. But when you increase the gain, fuzz is infused to the signal. You can mount the Belton brick to the board from the … Read more
Fredrik (Freppo) from Parasit Studio asked me to draw a vero layout for his latest creation: Into the Unknown Guitar Synthesizer Deluxe, the big brother of his 0415 Guitar Synth. If you want more infos on this great pedal or want to buy one of Fredrik’s tidy PCBs you can check his website: www.parasitstudio.se Here is … Read more
Here’s a cool bass fuzz designed by Derringer over on DIYSB. It’s based around the classic DIY Bazz Fuss with built in blending circuit. Derringer mentioned that it might need a booster after it. The good ol’ LPB-1 should do nicely. Just put it between the Blend pot and Volume pot. Here’s the schematic.