Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Such a lengthy heading… I’ve been waiting to find out what was going on with this one, and it has recently been traced on the Pedal PCB forum. There’s also a great back story here, with some info on the Zener diode. The schematic can also be found via the Pedal PCB link above. … Read more
There is several versions of this one but the 4-knob version seem to be the most common version. Initially, it was a custom fuzz for doom band Conan but it was later slightly modified and morphed into Dunwich/Magic Pedals lineup of pedals. Traced by evilarsen and fuzzhead who both dig the sounds coming out of … Read more
Couldn’t resist to draw a schematic and a layout for this interesting mutant of a circuit that just got traced. First two gain stages is almost identical to a Jumbo Tonebender (except for one cap and one resistor value), the third gain stage is almost identical to the saturation stage in a Tonebender Mk. 3. … Read more
Now I didn’t go as far as measuring and matching gain and leakage (as much as possible), but here’s a comparison of a few Q3 transistors for a Tone Bender MKIII – all the same setting, just swapping Q3 on the breadboard. Why? I saw someone on Facebook poking fun at an eBay seller in Thailand over what … Read more