POWER: MAX1044 Charge Pumps and Inverter
Note: Normal power ripple filtering can be added to these. Probably better to add filtering after the IC rather than before (or both ends if you are really keen).
Month: July 2020
HUDSON ELECTRONICS: Dual Broadcast, Point to Point Layout
I quite liked the single Hudson Electronics Broadcast; the Dual is just that little bit more practical. It can run from clean through to downright nasty tones. The low-cut is really great too. You will need to build a 24v charge pump for this or run the entire thing at 9V – which does work, albeit … Read more
EARTHQUAKER DEVICES: Tone Reaper
Bit of a mix of a Tone Bender MKIII and a Big Muff Tone stack. Earthquaker Devices have made quite a few pedals that are Tone Bender / Big Muff inspired – I guess why wouldn’t you? EARTHQUAKER DEVICES TONE REAPER – VERO LAYOUT The tone control is based on the Big Muff design and can be changed … Read more
EARTHQUAKER DEVICES: Dirt Transmitter
The Earthquaker Devices Dirt Transmitter is basically a silicon Fuzz Face with a pot to control the input level and a tone stack. The bias for Q2 is external. But gotta love a tricked-out fuzz. EARTHQUAKER DEVICES DIRT TRANSMITTER – VERO LAYOUT
God City Instruments Uno Fuzz
There is two layouts of this one, one stock with one control. Since it begs for modifications I added a second layout with four pots for more control: 100K resistor at the output is replaced with a 100k volume control. 33k/68k before Q2 is part of a fixed Big Muff style tonestack so they are … Read more
EARTHQUAKER DEVICES: Crimson Drive
The Earthquaker Devices Crimson Drive uses a JFET to push level into a germanium transistor, pushing it into overdrive territory. Diode clipping is added after to smooth things out a little / add some extra texture. ORIGINAL EARTHQUAKER DEVICES CRIMSON DRIVE – VERO LAYOUT VERSION 2 EARTHQUAKER DEVICES CRIMSON DRIVE – VERO LAYOUT
EARTHQUAKER DEVICES: Black Ash
The Earthquaker Devices Black Ash is their take on a Tone Bender MKII, using low-gain silicon NPN transistors, with a bit of tone shaping added at the end. EARTHQUAKER DEVICES BLACK ASH – VERO LAYOUT
Frantone Lo-Tone Classic Fuzz
From the source: At last… a classic fuzztone for bass! This transistorized beauty uses germanium diodes for soft knee clipping and actually boosts the bottom to give you awesome sustain with rich creamy fuzztone. Wonderful overtones and plenty of thump to boot.
SPACEMAN EFFECTS: Saturn V Harmonic Booster, Point to Point Layout
Just a straight up boost / low gain overdrive from Spaceman Effects – the Saturn V Harmonic Booster. It’s a pretty quick and easy build & does it’s job well. SPACEMAN EFFECTS SATURN V HARMONIC BOOSTER – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT SATURN V ON THE BENCH Build in progress pic below, which is a little … Read more
POWER UTILITY: Power Filter / Capacitance Multiplier, Point to Point and Vero Layouts
Power your fuzz / high gain circuits with noise problems from this. Like most things, it’s not a silver bullet for your problems, but it will probably help. Here’s a better technical explanation than I will ever manage. There’s a few variations of this circuit – google is your friend if you want to find out more. TLDR: … Read more