J Rockett Hightop Boost
The 2N708’s isn’t that common but any low gain NPN silicon should work like 2N2369 or 2N1613. Try hfe in the 50-100 ballpark.
Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The 2N708’s isn’t that common but any low gain NPN silicon should work like 2N2369 or 2N1613. Try hfe in the 50-100 ballpark.
As you can see there is lots of odd resistor values so here is a layout with closest more common values.
Made a video. Watch it here:
A good sounding low gain/medium gain overdrive (depending on pickups used) with a interesting diode clipping setup and a useful “Woody/Tinny” switch. More info and schematic HERE.
Hope everyone’s having a safe and healthy Fuzz Friday. Found out the Black Ash had been traced and figured I’d draw up a layout. I figured it was a pretty straight Tone Bender Mk II clone, and it is with a simple tone control tacked on just before the volume pot. Was slightly surprised that … Read more
Like many, I find myself working from home for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of my time so far has been trying to accomplish my day job in sweatpants and help my wife do hers (aka, kid wrangling), and I haven’t had much time to build anything. But yesterday I did … Read more