Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Pretty much a stock Rat with two additional switches. The clipping switch selects between the stock silicons and a assymetric MOSFET/Shottky pair. A Earlier units is supposed to have a 1N270 germanium diode in place of the Shottky The Fat switch toggles between stock mode and Fat mode by adding a 6,8uF cap at one … Read more
Here is an old forgotten old cat… It is basically a Controfuzz followed by three seperate channels for the Treble, Bass and Mid controls. The fuzz can be bypassed so it can serve as an EQ pedal only as well. Some improvements had to be done to make it more practical. 1. An onboard voltage … Read more
The Klon Centaur – no introduction required really. Arguably the most mythical of all overdrives? Likely the most expensive of all overdrives… This layout took a lot longer than I thought it would. In the end, I also realised that I could have shaved a row off, but hey… maybe I’ll come back to … Read more
The Clown Centurion is a rework of a Klon Centaur by Dylan159 on FSB. Be sure to check the links below, as there’s a lot of handy information on this project. I won’t attempt to explain it, as you’re better off reading what Dylan says. FSB thread link. Link to Dylan’s blog, which is quite cool – a lot of … Read more
The blog needs more modulation, so here’s the classic EHX Small Clone chorus. Made famous by Kurt Cobain, the Small Clone has a wide range of chorus tones. I’ve laid it out two ways, one stock, and one with the Depth switch replaced with a pot. You can probably squeeze this into a 1590B, but … Read more
This is a nice easy one for tag board off-cuts. The Christian Holmberg (AKA Hemmo) Bazz Fuss. A simple one transistor monster of a fuzz. Kind of surprised that I had not done a layout or actually built one of these… how did this not happen earlier? I was prompted to do this after … Read more
I feel like a Skreddy layout/build is overdue – the Lunar Module is a silicon Fuzz Face variant with a boost stage in front. Does that almost make it a Tone Bender MKII variant? Maybe not. The Schematic can be found here. SKREDDY LUNAR MODULE – VERO LAYOUT LUNAR MODULE VIDEO DEMOS
