Crowther Hot Cake 2008 version
Mode and XLF switches was internal DIP switches in original units but is moved to the outside per Aion Anomaly Vintage Distortion project. Schematic and circuit info is avaiable HERE.
Month: November 2020
ETI Fuzztone
Designed by Dan Coggins (Lovetone and Dinosaural). Despite its name it is more like an overdrive with asymmetric soft clipping and a tone control that pans between a low pass filter and a voltage divider.
Boss PW-2 Power Driver
*Update 221110* Corrected two resisor values and Zener diode values according to the a new schematic.
D*A*M: Tone Bender TB-00, 0.15″ Vero Layout
The D*A*M TB-00 Tone Bender is Vox Tone Bender with a minor variation on the original. Strangely the input capacitor on this layout is hidden under the board, so I guessed the value. Likely to be the same as the original (150n) or a 220n like the ’66. No idea why it’s hidden – some were … Read more
D*A*M: Zoot Unit ZU-65
Another D*A*M layout that I traced from photos is the Zoot Unit ZU-65, which is a Zonk Machine…. I did see a couple of photos with what appeared to be a slightly larger input cap, but I’m not entirely sure about this. There are also variations on bias resistors, depending on Q2, with some … Read more
