Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This has absolutely nothing in common with a regular MKIII Tone Bender – literally nothing – well, apart from the name and the enclosure used. The Vox Tone Bender MKIII with Treble ‘n’ Bass Boost is a tone control, followed by a Fuzz Face style fuzz, set to full fuzz. There’s only two knobs – … Read more
A recent request. This is a monster of a pre-amp from Jonny Reckless. Best to read the details on DIY stomp boxes, as there’s a lot to this. I’ve not built this, and there’s a bit going on with it. I’d suggest checking it against the schematic before starting. I’ve looked over it a few times, … Read more
Cool looking soft clipping overdrive using a discrete op amp setup. Schematic is avaiable HERE.
Might be something for the HM-2 fans? The gyrator frequiencies and Q’s looks promising… Schematic is avaiable HERE.
An old polish distortion which is based on Ibanez Trash Metal. Which is basically a buffered and boosted Rat circuit with an additional fixed gyrator EQ stage after the distortion circuit. Schematic is avaiable HERE.
Hi yall. Noticed a week or so back that it’s been exactly ten years since my first post here. To celebrate the occasion, i thought i’d post something. There’s been a number of slower years along the way, but so it goes. Life has it’s ups and downs. To quote one of the more interesting … Read more
Another damn nice trace that’s up on FSB, by Joe from Grey Bench Electronics. This one seems to be a very limited run distortion from Barber, built around the time of the millennium madness.
This is a rather interesting looking fuzz – one that I had overlooked until someone pointed it out to me (thank you Mister Hate). Before this, I was only aware of the MKIII-style fuzz that Sola Sound made for Carlsbro. Despite having three transistors and being made in the mid-sixties in the UK, … Read more
Here’s Jackson Audio’s MOSFET boost, the Amp Mode. Pretty simple MOSFET circuit with a BJT output buffer. Easy fit in a 1590B.
