Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Fuzz Friday is once again upon us, so here’s the BearFoot FX (BJFE) Arctic White Fuzz. It’s probably based on Tim Escobedo’s JFET variations of the Fuzz Face, but with a lot modification. It’s set up for board mounted pots and will easily fit in a 1590B enclosure.
I seem to have gotten a bad CA3080 and noticed another poster did as well, so I decided to modify Mark’s Janglebox layout to accommodate the cheaper and easier to find LM13700. I have built this and it works, but I moved a few things around. So I’ll call this unverified for now but … Read more
A new Stutter Fuzz / Ring Modulator by Freppo from Parasit Studio. You can find all info about this project and PCBs at http://www.parasitstudio.se/. To make sure this project is built correctly (for momentary or latching Stutter footswitch) you must follow his Build Document here.
Here are two great sounding, yet simple circuits from Run Off Groove. The Big Daddy uses a JFET gain stage to push a 386 chip, while the Grace uses a JFET buffer in front of the 386 for added sparkle. Schematics, sound clips, and more info can be found on the ROG site.
Here’s a cool MOSFET-based overdrive from Crazy Tube Circuits. Apparently it’s based on a Neve console input channel stacked 3 times. With the gain down it sounds a bit like an AC30, and with it cranked it sounds like a Plexi. It was traced over on FSB (link here) and I’ve laid it out for … Read more
Mixing it up and doing Flanger Friday this week. Got a request for this circuit designed by Valve Wizard. It’s unique in that it uses 2, PT2399 delay chips paired with an LFO. It features a buffered bypass, so it’s not a true-bypass effect. I’ve also drawn up daughter boards for the bypass switching (PCB … Read more
I actually own one of these from the Dead Pony run, and the other night when I’d run out of solder I traced it. It’s essentially a TS-808 clone with a couple of very minor changes. There was a jumper where an extra diode could be for asymmetrical clipping, so I’ve included room for the … Read more
This is Emerson’s second offering. Essentially it’s an Electra Distortion without the clipping diodes and it’s pretty similar to the EM Drive. It adds a tone control that pans between 2 capacitors at the input. It’s laid out for board mounted pots and will fit nice in a 1590B.
YATS from ’94, recycled by Maxon. Asym clippers and slightly lower rolloff frequency for the high pass. Should be a decent alternative for the standard TS.
