Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Saw this one over on the Tagboard blog and thought I’d give it a go for Fuzz Friday. It’s a silicon variation of the Maestro FZ-1. Originals use a single AA battery (1.5v), so I’ve included 2 voltage diving resistors to drop the the normal 9v supply down to 1.5v. (The yellow trace in the … Read more
Today we’ve got the Lovepedal Hi Volt. A wide variety of tones on tap with this one. It’s a cascaded JFET gain stage into an active EQ section, all powered by a 16v charge pump. Laid this out with on board pots and will fit in a 125B with top mounted jacks. Here’s the schematic … Read more
Here’s an overdrive for my fellow bass thumpers. Fairly simple opamp-based drive section with soft clipping pushing a Big Muff tone stack. Should be an easy fit for a 1590B with board mounted pots. Here’s the schematic for reference.
This should emulate a Fender Champ sound. You can find original FSB thread and schematic here.
For Fuzz Friday here’s the newer and highly tweak-able Swollen Pickle from Way Huge. Like the Mk 1, originals use a MPQ3904 transistor array instead of individual transistors. Couldn’t make that work this time around, so just stick with individual 2N3904s. Originals also have 2 of the controls internally, but what’s the fun in that? All … Read more
Been a while since I’ve laid out an Electra and I came across the Champ schematic on FSB, so here you go. Should fit with a board mounted pot in a 1590A.
You asked for it, so here it is: the Barber Direct Drive. This layout follows the new compact version with 2 toggles–one for harmonics, the other for gain. The circuit itself is very similar to the original Tone Pump circuit with a few modifications. Should fit nicely in a 1590B.
This was a originally an SMD 2-in-1 board CultureJam put out. On one side was a Fuzz Face and the other this Tone Bender. So I figured they’d be good Fuzz Friday layouts. They’re not on the same board, but either one should fit in a 1590A.
Can’t find much info on a description of it, but what I do know is that it a superfuzz running into a wah. There’s literally 1 component value difference in the superfuzz, the rest is straight up identical to the standard superfuzz. Quick note about the wiring. Just like the Shin Ei 6TR Fuzz Wah … Read more
From Retro-Tone Junkie: This is a very cool and underrated offering from the king of nasty vintage fuzz. This one is Kent branded but has the shin-ei stamp inside. It is widely known that the wah in these is less than desired. This is definitely not a funk machine and you will not channel your … Read more