Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Hornby Skewes Shatterbox is another stupid rare fuzz/booster made in the 60’s, need I really say any more? In case I do, info is not really available on this monster, but here’s what I found: Skewes Shatterbox Produced in Leeds circa 1966, the unit combines two effects; The JHS Zonk fuzz and a Treble Booster circuit, the original … Read more
Not a lot of info on this one, so here is what I found out about it: Uber Rare Way Huge Purple Platypus Octidrive only about 120 or so made. Essentially, this is a Red Llama Overdrive and an octave effect similar to the Green Ringer. A very specialized pedal, its best use is to … Read more
Here is a layout for the BYOC Crown Jewel (minus the boost). The boost is an independent circuit of your choice in serie with the main circuit. There is also an extra switch to select if you want the boost “Pre” or “Post” the main circuit. You can find all infos and schematic on their … Read more
The Zonk Machine was one of the many British fuzz boxes that came out in the mid-60s. Like the Tone Bender Mk II it was designed to compete with, it also was featured 3 germanium transistors but offered more of a boost and slight oscillation (in a good way). This is a positive ground effect … Read more
Got a request for this one. It’s another Electra-derived overdrive, this time meant to sound like a Marshall. This should be an easy fit in a 1590A.
Got a request to do this one again but with board mounted pots. If you don’t know, it’s a FET emulation of the classic Supro 16T amp. More info, schematic and demos can be found on the Run Off Groove article.
Got a little Eagle excursion for Fuzz Friday. Here’s the Fnord from Black Arts Toneworks. It’s pretty much the same as the Escobedo Digital Octaver Fuzz with an added diode lift switch (though that’s jumpered in the originals). It’s a pretty gnarly fuzz with a wide range of tones. For you perfboard builders you should … Read more
Here’s Way Huge’s take on the Ross Compressor. This is based on an original from the mid 90s that was traced over on FSB. It will fit in a 1590B with side mounted jacks or a 125B with top mounted jacks.
Got another cascaded JFET design, this time from Wampler. Great for getting those EVH Brown Sound tones. I’ve added 2 trimmers for the 2 non-cascaded JFET stages to make biasing at little easier (originals use 22k resistors). Should be an easy fit in a 125B with top mounted jacks, but should also work in a … Read more
A modified Ross Compressor. Two simple controls sustain and level. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a video for the MKI, but as we all know if it’s been modified by Mr. Huge it’s going to sound great. Note: There’s a cut under D3 to the left of the 1nF cap that’s hard to … Read more