Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Original FSB thread and schematic available here. Rotary Switch is 2P5T and they are not always numbered. I’ve called the 2 poles A & C. When the switch is on “A-1” position on the other side is on “C-1” position… and so on. Original circuits’ schematics use Ge diodes but the Apocalypse’s one doesn’t. Need … Read more
A biker fuzz if ever there was one. This week’s Fuzz Friday layout is the Black Sheep from Black Arts Toneworks. It’s great on both guitar and bass and features 3 stacked gain stages with a 4 position switch dictating the input capacitor. Here’s the schematic for reference.
From the Source The Algal Bloom is a harmonically rich, wide-range fuzz! From mellow to gritty overdrivey tones, to beautifully thick fuzz, to crunch, crust, and throaty fuzz roars! V2 adds an all-new Choke toggle that turns the Algal Bloom into a Harmful Algal Bloom, a raunchier mode that goes from dying to crusty, to … Read more
The RTO (or Robin Trower Overdrive) from Fulltone is a modified Tube Screamer circuit. The input buffer is removed and the soft clipping stage has an interesting mix of diodes. For a drilling template, use the Cmat Mods Signa.
This was requested in the forum. There is a photo of the Beatles where you can see this pedal, so it should be a fun build for us Beatles fans! Here’s the Ge version first: Then the Si version: And finally the Si version with the tone control mod like the … Read more
The Phat Phuk is a boost from Wren & Cuff that combines a JFET stage with a germanium transistor stage. This got traced over on the Tagboard Forum and the original that was traced was the B version. From Wren & Cuff: Here’s what the Phat Phuk is: A germanium/JFET booster. A unique sounding pedal which … Read more
Got a request for this one. It’s Catalinbread’s take on the classic Big Muff, and therefore an excellent layout for Fuzz Friday. The biggest difference between this and a regular BMP is the tone section, where the typical BMP tone stack has been replaced with a Baxandall 2-band EQ. There is also an extra gain … Read more
I laid out the original 1977 Hot Cake a while back, but never got around to doing the modern one that came out in 2003. So here’s the newer one. I ignored the original relay bypass switch and the polarity protection diode could be replaced with a 1N4001 or similar. The original 1N5238 is an … Read more