Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
You want to put together a fuzzface type circuit from items in your junk box and you don’t have the 1k pot for the fuzz control. What can you do? A simple mod is to replace the fuzz control with a fixed 1k resistor – this sets the dc bias properly. Then connect the 22uF … Read more
Here’s a relatively new effect from Vertex–the Steel String Clean Drive. It’s supposed to sound like a Dumble amp and is 2 muamps going into a BMP tone stack. Schematic can be found here. More progress with the tutorial. Actually wrapping up the DIYLC portion before moving onto the Photoshop bits.
Here’s another one from Bajaman. It’s a modified version of his AFD, but tuned to sound like a Soldano amp high gain channel. There are enough differences to necessitate a new board. More info here on FSB. Much like the AFD board, this one has the option for buffered bypass or true bypass. And the … Read more
An oldie, but a goodie! One of the company’s most iconic effects, the Fender Blender Fuzz Pedal has been an effects staple in genres like indie and shoegaze since its introduction in the 1970s. Bringing together fuzz and octave capability with controls for tone, volume, sustain, and blend, the Blender’s famously been seen on the … Read more
Based on JuanSolo’s 12V Boob Tube which is a Valvecaster variant, but here with a 33 – 40V supply via a charge pump. Make sure you choose appropriate 50v capacitors for the voltage. Here’s the charge pump, if you supply it with 12V you should get close to 40v from the 33v output point. … Read more
While I know we’ve posted this previously, I found this layout to be one of the more useful ones. Look into our archives / previous posts for more Valvecaster layouts. Power source I was getting better results with 12v 1A, see Garth’s 24v version below. -K Another idea is to incorporate a boost of your … Read more
Here’s a unique overdrive design by Bajaman over on FSB. You can build it with either a buffered bypass or true bypass. If using true bypass, omit the 1k resistor below the lower TL062, and the 1uF cap and 100k resistor connected to the BP Out pad. To wire for buffered bypass, connect the In … Read more
