Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Another take by Dunwich Amplification on the mighty HM2 circuit. Just released as a DIY project at OSH Park it has some tweaks all along the circuit compared to the stock Boss schematic. It also has a built in active clean blend circuit and switches for both hard and soft clipping diodes. Schematic and BOM … Read more
This is a nice easy one – think it might have been my first IC-based guitar pedal builds. The Earthquaker Devices Acapulco Gold is quite the beast. So loud… the 22k resistor going to volume 3 helps pull the level down a bit. It could even be a bit bigger or not there at … Read more
This is a modernised version of the Maestro Super Fuzz FZ-1S (unrelated to the Univox). It keeps the hard clipping and twin filters, but there’s no clean blend, which is OK by me, as who wants a clean blend on a fuzz anyway. DOD CARCOSA FUZZ – VERO LAYOUT CARCOSA VIDEO DEMO
Here we have a “little” monster layout for a DIY project that Dunwich Amplification just released at OSH Park. It is supposed to a emulate a part Al Cisneros of Sleep bass rig. It is basically three circuits in parallell, a DOD 250 Pre Amp, a Boss DS1 and a clean J FET boost with … Read more
Another Lovepedal, another Electra Distortion with big marketing claims… I found this one in my folders from a while back, so I thought I may as well do a quick update and post it incase someone is looking for an easy point to point effect build. LOVEPEDAL ENGLISHMAN – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT
This was a request. Based on Ramble FX Marvel Drive but with some tweaks. Schematic and info HERE
This one shares almost the same footprint as the earlier “Big Box” version but component values have been changed all across the circuit. No major changes except for the “bass boost” cap/resistor at the Cut switch and a few extra caps and resistors. Schematic is avaiable at FSB.
The Inventions 1981 DRV is a modded Rat, and it’s a pretty nice one. If you wanted a more ‘hi-fi’ Rat, this would be it. It runs at 18v, which undoubtedly helps with the more open sound/dynamics compared to an original Proco Rat. There’s also a slight boost before the main op-amp, where the … Read more
Capacitors can be pretty complex things, given that they are passive components. There are plenty of in-depth discussions and explanations out there, but this is not one of them. This is intended as a primer for anyone just starting out building, who wants to know a little more about capacitors, but doesn’t like looking at equations … Read more
