Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This hybrid Tone Bender MKII is a more budget conscious offering from Sola Sound (Macari’s) via David Main of D*A*M and it uses NPN transistors, which is a bit of a bonus. SOLA SOUND TONE BENDER MKII PROFESSIONAL SILICON HYBRID – VERO LAYOUT Watch out for the hard to spot cuts under the 470 ohm … Read more
And I thought some of my layouts were big… The D*A*M Head Buzz is a standard Fuzz Face clone made in limited numbers for a Japanese Guitar shop. D*A*M HEAD BUZZ – VERO LAYOUT
I’ve already done a point to point layout for the D*A*M Red Rooster Booster (which I love by the way), but as I’m on a run of D*A*M layouts today, I thought I might do this one too. Like the rest, this is not my layout; it’s a close copy of the D*A*M layout. If you want … Read more
This is an interesting one – I started this layout thinking the D*A*M Greasebox GB-88 would just like the others. It mostly is, but it gets a little odd in the tone section. When I was looking at photos of the GB-88 to copy the D*A*M layout, I noticed that there’s no resistors to ground … Read more
This is a departure for D*A*M – for one, it’s silicon, and two, it’s a regular negative earth circuit. So the Greasebox 83, is quite different to the other Greaseboxes. This is not my layout; this is about the same as the D*A*M layout from what I’ve managed to work out by looking at pics … Read more
The D*A*M Greasebox is kind of a hot-rodded Tone Bender MKIII. It just takes a 100n cap straight off the collector of Q3 and runs to the volume instead of passing through the usual Tone Bender tone control. This is not my layout; this is about the same as the D*A*M layout from what I’ve … Read more
I’ve officially run out of things to say about D*A*M Tone Bender variations. The Black on Black has a larger coupling capacitor and a larger capacitor on the treble side of the tone pot, resulting in a lower cut-off on the high-pass filter. It will have a far more meaty mid-range than a regular MKIII. D*A*M … Read more
Another variation from D*A*M on the MKIII / MKIV Toner Bender. D*A*M FUZZSOUND FS-75 JR – 0.15″ VERO LAYOUT
After looking at a few photos of D*A*M Tone Bender MKIII innards, I think this is the standard layout used on most (on 0.15 inch vero). I haven’t listed transistors used etc, as the internet has more than enough info on this, and if you have found this page, I’m sure you are quite aware of positive ground circuits … Read more
The Ibanez Overdrive OD-850 is an early Japanese Big Muff variation, almost a straight clone if it wasn’t for the usual tone stack. It’s also known as the Maxon D&S OD-801 – either way, both classic guitar effects from Japan. The tone stack fixes the bass response to some degree, providing a more even sweep across the range. … Read more