Month: January 2023
Carl Martin Crush Zone
A quite interesting one. It is basically an old Tim Escobedo circuit (Punch in the Face silicon/FET fuzz face variant) sandwished between two op amp gainstages. The input cap is only at 220pF, try 4,7nF-10nF to fatten things up a bit. A trimpot is added for easy biasing for the J FET. Stock fixed value … Read more
SOLA SOUND: Tone Bender MK1.5 – Original 0.15″ Vero Layout
A bit of a classic – the MK1.5 Tone Bender. Some great phots and background information here on Fuzzboxes.org and some great video demos below – who better than Ant Macari to talk Tone Benders. Note that some earlier versions carried a 500k volume pot, instead of 100k resulting in more bass – ultimately bringing it … Read more
OFF-BOARD WIRING: Tone Bender MKI off-board wiring for vero layout
Just a reference for me – this is specifically for this layout mounted above the pots. MKI TONE BENDER OFF-BOARD WIRING PLAN The final soldering of the board to the pots has not been done yet – that will be done when it is mounted on the actual enclosure lid, as opposed to the dodgy piece … Read more
MAESTRO: FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone
I guess this is where it all started – The Glenn Snoddy Fuzz-Tone. I modified an existing MKI layout on the larger vintage size vero for this, sized to fit in a wedge enclosure. Initially, I was going to do the original layout used, but it was a bit of a mess – as was the practice … Read more
SUNN: Sunn Buzz SB-1G
The Sunn Buzz is an odd little fuzz from the mid-to-late sixties. It’s silicon and runs on a single AA battery (1.5v) with a topology vaguely similar to the Fuzztone. The design was fairly questionable – the fuzz box had to be plugged into the amp input jack, which would have been fairly limiting. … Read more
AIWA: TP-1011 Reel to Reel Preamp
The AIWA TP-1011 is the reel-to-reel tape preamp Richie Blackmore from Deep Purple used to drive his Marshall. I’m not a huge Deep Purple fan, but I do like the sound of some of these old reel-to-reel preamps. This layout is for the stock circuit running at 18v. If I ever get around to breadboarding the … Read more
Sunmachine Sonic Devices Fuzz O)))
There was quite some hype and interest in this one a few years ago but it was never fully traced. Obviously it was based on a DAM Meathead but and the product description mentions a low pass filter for the “Low” control. guitarfxservice traced it a few days ago (thank you!) and it turns out … Read more