Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s a cool one from Devi Ever for Fuzz Friday. The Vintage Fuzz Master is only slightly different than the Soda Meiser and both can be built on the same board. The only difference is the orientation of the PNP 2N2907A transistor. I’ve also included 2 switches for the Chaos and Noise mods. If you … Read more
Here’s a Menatone design that emulates a Marshall JCM800. Like many Menatone circuits, the King of the Britains has had several iterations over the years. For this layout I went with the 6-knob version (and is essentially the same as the Electrictabs JCM800 emulator). I’ve laid it out specifically for a 125B enclosure with all … Read more
Here is a very nice sounding distortion by Menatone. I’ve drawn 2 layouts: – with biasing resistors – with biasing trimmers I’ve also added a charge pump for the 18V required. You can find the schematic on FSB’s original thread here. Original info: The Menatone None More Black is a homage to all of their … Read more
This is a simple silicon Fuzz Face clone with added features. You can find all the info on their site here. The original thread with schematic is available on the FSB forum here.
Here is Brian’s version of Aron Nelson Smash Drive with added TMB tone stack and recovery JFet buffer. There are no videos available but you can find info and schematic on Madbean’s website here.
Here’s a cool little booster from Bjorn. Fairly typical JFET boost but the way the originals are wired, when the effect is bypassed, it’s buffer. This layout reflects that original wiring, so wire the In pad to the input jack, Out pad to the output jack, and use a DPDT footswitch. If want to wire … Read more
Here’s your Fuzz Friday fix. I’m calling it a fuzz anyway since it’s just a modded Fuzz Face with an input buffer and a treble cut control at the output. It’s supposed to give the boxy sound of a cranked AC15. Here’s HipKitty’s description: The Oxblood Distortion was designed to emulate the tone and response … Read more
I feel like in the past few months I’ve done a ton Tube Screamer variants. Well here’s another one, but one of the more interesting ones I’ve seen. Bjorn designed this one for Mad Professor and utilizes a dual-gang pot for the Body control that affects both the treble and bass response. The IC was … Read more
This was a request. It’s a diy Marshall emulator designed on Handmades Brasil forum. You can find the original schematic here.
The EchoPlex Preamp emulates the input stage on the old EchoPlex EP-3. It provides up to 11dB of gain and is mostly used as an always on pedal to sweeten the user’s tone. If you want to add the volume control, use a 500k pot and connect lug 1 at the junction of the 100n … Read more