Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The first version of the Death By Audio Fuzz War is notoriously tricky to clone – this is the second version, which is a modded Jumbo Tone Bender with a tweaked tone stack. So, in other words, it’s a modded Big Muff. Schematic / build docs at PedalPCB DEATH BY AUDIO FUZZ WAR V2 – VERO … Read more
I’m sure others have done it; however, this is commonly known as the Voodoo Labs bypass. It’s an interesting way of bypassing a pedal using a DPDT switch while including an LED indicator. Before 3PDT switches became available, designers had to choose between not true bypass with a LED or true-bypass without an LED (until the millennium bypass appeared, … Read more
This one has been requested for a while. There seem to be several versions of this circuit so I guess we should start with V1? There is several schematics online, all of them have different wiring for the Bass and Treble controls. So the lug numbering may need some corrections.
The stock Rumble Fuzz suffered from not being loud enough. Dead End Fx decided to take care of that and added a J FET booster after the Volume control (it is labelled “Fuzz”, not sure why….). The layout below is verified and this is now a loud, hairy, air moving fuzz indeed. I used a … Read more
Had an unverified layout in the library that I was quite unhappy with so I decidied to give it another go with a new one from scratch. This is a soft clipping overdrive with a bass boost and cut filter. The eq / filter section are pretty unique with an OTA LM13700. With the Depth … Read more
I did a point to point layout for this some time ago, which was actually my first post for this blog. Full description via the link above. The Colorsound Tone Bender Distortion is more distortion than bender – there are zero similarities between a MKI, MKII or MKIII bender and this circuit. COLORSOUND TONE BENDER DISTORTION – … Read more
After a couple of posts about workbench tools etc, I thought perhaps it’s time for a guide on where to start, as the internet is a big place full of opinions (now including mine). Sometimes it’s hard to work out what one actually needs and why they are needed. The idea of saving money by … Read more
This is my scruffy old analog signal generator that I picked up for $15 or $20. I was actually surprised it still worked, given the apparent age. If you don’t have a signal generator and you see one going cheap, I’d suggest buying it if you are going to be building a few FX pedals … Read more
