Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s the Tube Zone distortion from MI Audio. Original has 6 knobs with the Presence pot internally as a trimmer, but I know how you guys like to fiddle with knobs, and the layout was turning into a 1590BB size anyway, so I made it external. Schematic available on FSB.
Take a Blues Breaker and mash it between two Katana boosts and you have the 1962. Couple minor differences from a typical Blues Breaker beyond that. Trace over on FSB. There are two versions of this circuit, the 1962 and the 1962x. As far as I can tell, the only difference between the two is … Read more
From the Source: The Strange Master treble booster now includes both Germanium and Silicon transistors. These transistors are switchable so the user can now get classic Dallas Rangemaster treble booster Germanium tones and higher gain Silicon treble booster tones from one pedal! ThroBak guitar effects pedals offers another classic Signature Sound effect with the Strange … Read more
Happy Fuzz Friday, everyone. Here’s a modded Fuzz Face from Skreddy Pedals. Early versions are all germanium and later versions are a hybrid germanium/silicon setup. Since it’s so similar to a Fuzz Face, there’s a lot of room for experimentation. Here’s the schematic for reference.
Brad of Creepy Fingers posted about his build of the old SRS EQ/Exciter pedal with a little mod to allow for gain control. The SRS EQ/Exciter is basically a Fuzz Face with a buffer and a mid control. All I can say is this thing sounds HUGE!!!! Sound clip
Got a request for this one. Another AC30/Rangemaster emulator to try and get Brian May’s tone. Here’s the schematic for reference. It calls for “BC245/256” JFETs for Q3-4, but I think that’s a typo and should have the BF prefix. Should work with other JFETs as well. So socket and experiment with the usuals—J201, 2N5457, … Read more
First post of the new year. This comes from a request posted in the forum. Not much I could find about this other than it’s a Fuzz Face derivative made in the 70’s in the USSR.
This is currently on hold till I figure out the tone control issue or someone can shed more light on this circuit. Build at your own risk. I stumbled across the schematic for this effect and thought it was another variation of the Marshall Bluesbreaker circuit. But realized it actually predates the Marshall circuit by several … Read more
Here’s a really cool and versatile dirt pedal design by Pink Jimi Photon. He’s made a lot of contributions to the DIY community and whips up some cool stuff. Check this thread on FSB for the schematic and Jimi’s description of the circuit.
Happy Fuzz Friday! As requested, here’s Bjorn’s Bone Bender. Lots of great info and schematic in this doc. Should fit nicely in a 1590B.