MADBEAN: Kraken
The Madbean Kraken is basically a Mu-Tron Micro V with attack and decay controls, but the rest remains the same. MADBEAN KRAKEN – VERO LAYOUT
Month: November 2022
Stafford Maxon Hizbender 1944T
There was a great post from Grey Bench on FSB, tracing this ten year old Stafford Maxon circuit that i found interesting back in a day, but couldn’t source a schematic back then. This is per original, using only a half of a dual opamp and utilizing a 12×21 board.
GARY HURST: Tone Bender MKI – Castledine, 0.15″ Vero
I wasn’t aware of this version of the MKI until today. I’m sure you have probably seen the new line of Tone Benders that Sola Sound is releasing. I noticed that the Stu Castledine version was on vero, and the rest were all on the more familiar MKI board. So after a little digging, it turns out this … Read more
YACK YF-2 Fuzz
George Giblet did a trace (and some guesswork on the cap values) on FSB a few years back. The cap values might not be 100% per original, but according to George, those should be at least close enough. There are a few ideas on this late 60’s circuit that are not present on every single … Read more
DOD FX70C Corrosion
From America’s Pedal:DOD introduced the Corrosion distortion pedal (FX70C) in mid-1997. With basically the same circuit as the FX70 Metal X, the Corrosion featured a heavily oxidized metal finish and no paint except red (1997-98) or black (1999) graphics near the control knobs; the first version with red graphics appears to have been more rare. … Read more
AION FX: Zircon / Hot Silicon Fuzz
The Zircon is Aion FX’s take on the Hot Silicon fuzz – which is of slightly disputed origin, but we’ll leave that well alone. It’s a silicon Tone Bender MKII, with a Big Muff style tone control. Aion build docs, including schematic and biasing tips can be found here. AION FX ZIRCION / HOT … Read more
JOHN HORNSBY SKEWES: Hybrid Zonk Machine (Modded)
Similar to the previous Zonk Machine, this has a MKI switch for a larger input cap. Have had this on the breadboard recently, and decided to jump to a vintage-style veroboard. There are of course more differences between a MKI Tone Bender and a Zonk than just an input cap, but for convenience’s sake, … Read more
Exar OD-02 Overdrive
Recently traced at FSB by VitaliiBobrov, i find this very interesting. Discrete opamp overdrive, that leaves a lot of room for tweaking and modding. Sounds pretty great even as it is. There are never too many discrete opamp designs… /edit – There was an error on the gain pot label. That’s now fixed. Also, the … Read more
Simble by Mad Professor
This should probably be up here as well.. Spiel: Simble Overdrive has a natural organic tone, unsurpassable touch sensitivity, sweet tube-like compression and built in inspiration. This natural sounding pedal works as a clean boost, ”on the edge” crunch, or a sweet singing overdrive, always retaining the tone of your prized guitar. The Simble pedal … Read more