Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
For Fuzz Friday, here’s a cool variation on the Fuzzrite circuit by Apocalypse Audio. It takes the classic Fuzzrite, adds some extra gain, and a pretty clever tone control. More info and the schematic can be found here.
Here’s an older design from Catalinbread, but an interesting design as usual. It’s a preamp/boost with a wide range of tone shaping capabilities. Schematic can be found here.
Got a request for a Baxandall tone stack daughter board, (much like the Big Muff Tone Stack daughter board) and thought it was a great idea as it’s a great tone control. The schematic for this came from this article, which is worth the read. I’ve laid it out two ways, one with board mounted … Read more
Here’s a great optical tremolo designed by CultureJam. Schematic can be found here. D1 is the external rate indicator and could be used as the on/off indicator as well. Just use part one pole of your 3PDT to break/connect one of the leads of D1. D2 and the LDR should be isolated together (heat shrink … Read more
Here’s an interesting opamp-based fuzz from Demeter for Fuzz Friday. I imagine other dual opamps can be used in place of the LF442, so socket and experiment. The trimmer in the original seems to be set at 2.5k. Schematic can be found here.
Got a request for the classic DS-1 with some Keeley mods and since my earlier DS-1 layout doesn’t have board mounted pots, it seemed like a good idea. The flip-flop switching has been removed. Here’s the schematic for reference.
BuGG from Pedalpcb.com has created an EZ FV-1 module for vero layouts. It is available here: http://www.pedalpcb.com/product/ezfv1. This is what he wrote about this circuit in our Forum / Requests section (schematic available there): “This is a fairly straightforward single-algorithm FV-1 circuit, it would be a nice starting point for learning how to work with … Read more
Here’s a loud one for you (I am not responsible for any blown speakers that may happen as a result of you building this thing! haha)! It’s a popular preamp and used as a booster by the metal band Meshuggah. It apparently sounds best run at 18v. I didn’t include an onboard charge pump since … Read more
Another Electra variation from Lovepedal. It’s described as a two-stage COT50… I guess the “stages” are the different ways to bias the transistor off the emitter. The stages are switchable via footswitch in the originals, but if you put it on a toggle switch you should be able to fit it in a 1590A. Here’s … Read more