Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Slightly modernized and improved. The original ran on negative power supply with low gain jellybean PNP silicon transistors with BCE pinout. This layout calls for low gain NPN silicon transistors with CBE pinots so you can easily socket the normal suspects like PN2222, 2N3903 etc. And a trimpot for the biasing the fuzz section replaces … Read more
I thought a post was required for the silicon Zonk II, as looking at some schematics online, some appeared to be a little different. Being a pedal from the sixties, variations and tweaks were not uncommon. At the moment, this is probably best known as being the inspiration for the Reeves Zo. This is fun … Read more
A few months ago, Alex and I made an attempt to trace an old polish fuzz/distortion that looked incredibly cool and was supposed to sound in the vein of a Rat or a Big Muff. Soon, we realized that the circuit design was quite unique, not resembling anything else. It is basically a bootstrapped booster … Read more
Another lovely contribution from Chris Stelloh! This layout VERIFIED by Chris himself so it is good to go. More info about this monster is avaiable HERE.
I saw this on the Gray Bench Electronics youtube channel, and given the cost and apparent popularity of Reeves pedals, I thought I’d post a layout. The schematic is also on screen for a lengthy period of time. In depth explanation provided at Gray Bench, but in short, it’s a silicon two-transistor Zonk II with … Read more
I probably should start by saying that this is not a full trace, as I do not have one in my possession. However, you can put a lot together based on photos online. Mainly on the D*A*M forum here and via some reverb listing that show some different angles. The first three stages don’t appear strange, … Read more
