VFE Pedals Alpha Dog
Here is a layout for their latest version. You can find schematic and info on their website here.
Month: August 2016
VFE Pedals Pale Horse
Here is a layout for their latest version. You can find schematic and info on their website here.
DOD 230 Optical Noise Gate
Not a lot out there on this one. It’s a optical noise gate DOD produced in the late 70s and works best at the beginning of your signal chain. The original had a very strange way of bypass switching, but I’ve omitted this as your true-bypass method of choice is probably much superior. Originals used … Read more
Roland AG-5 Funny Cat
Here is a “heavily modified” layout for the old and weird Funny Cat. The original pedal sounded a bit… Me and Gavin (Hozy31) have been working on this to try to improve the sound. We added Moosapotamus mods, a buffer at the “Normal” side input to avoid “tone sucking” problems and a boost (SHO) at … Read more
Moosapotamus Dirty Bird
Here is a layout for Moosapotamus Dirty Bird. You can find all infos and sound clips on his website here.
Korg MS-20 Filter
Switching it up this week and doing a Filter Friday. This one could be used for both synth and guitar/bass. It’s a cool filter effect based around the LM13600/13700.
Tails Bypass Looper
Someone from the Offset forum asked me about building a looper pedal that when used with a delay pedal would have “tails.” For those who don’t know, “tails” is when a delay is switched off, but the remaining repeats come through the bypass signal. This is a popular mod to the Deep Blue Delay and … Read more
Creepy Fingers DoomiDrive
Here’s a cool dirt box from Creepy Fingers. It’s essentially a modified Fuzz Face with an output buffer. The Bottom control pans between 2 input capacitors and offers a wide range of tones throughout the sweep. Originals used 2SC859 transistors which can be hard to find and have a BCE pinout, but I’ve also laid … Read more