Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Stumbled across this one on the old Smallsound/Bigsound blog. The Sparkle Motion is based on the classic Rangemaster treble boost, but with a lot of extra controls. Schematic and more info can be found here.
“Designed by tone-guru-to-the-stars David Friedman, the BE-OD overdrive pedal faithfully captures the sonic impact of Friedman’s legendary BE-100 amplifier–known in some circles as the Brown Eye, and favored by serious musicians the world over. The BE-OD overdrive delivers authentic tube amplifier sound from a compact pedal with the controls needed to shape your tone, including … Read more
The Boosta Grande is a simple opamp-based boost that’s pretty similar to the MXR Micro Amp. Only differences being where the pot is in the circuit and component value changes. Offers up to +20dB of boost. Should fit in a 1590A if you don’t board mount the pot.
Description and info at freestompboxes. Seemed like a nice vintage fuzz adaptation and thus, a cool addition to our library.
Here’s another cool fuzz from FuzzHugger for Fuzz Friday. The Algal Bloom is transistor based with a wide range of tones, from mild overdrive to full on fuzz. It has the Gain and Level controls you’d expect, along with a Bloom control (expands the fuzz tone), Clean (blend), and Power (voltage sag), along with 2 … Read more
Someone showed me this circuit and it’s a cool addition to this library. It’s an old project from Electronics & Music Makers magazine and allows you to ramp up and down your volume. It’s not a true-bypass pedal, but essentially an always-on boost that increases your volume when the momentary footswitch is pushed. More info … Read more
From the source: A revelation. Stripped down all out amp pusher. The Revelation has a trio of controls. Pre Gain, Gain, and Volume. LOTS of volume. Pre Gain sets the overall gain level of the device, the gain control dials in the correct amount of distortion and the volume knob absolutely slays the front end … Read more
Essentially the oath is the Black Arts Revelation Superbass without any knobs. After VisualFuzz found an image of the Oaths board, and having to enhancing it to see the resistor values without the image being distorted I’m pretty certain that I’ve got the values and placements for the resistors to replace the pots. ‘
I know, I know. Another day another layout from me. I mean Jez, can’t I let one of the other guys post a new layout for once this month? You guys must be sick of seeing my name pop up with a new layout… Anyways, this time I decided to do something different the the … Read more
This is Black Arts’ take on the Colorsound Overdriver. There are a few component value changes and 6 different caps on a 2 pole, 6 position rotary switch at the input. It’s got a wide range of tones, and goes from boost to overdrive to fuzz. It’s laid out for board mounted pots and would … Read more