Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Happy Holidays, everyone. This one seemed like it needed laying out before the year came to a close, so here’s the new EXH/JHS colab, the Big Muff 2. It’s an op amp based Big Muff that’s not like the typical ICBM, but uses 2, 4558s in 3 soft clipping configurations into a BMP tone stack. Schematic … Read more
Just as someone asked me about this recently, I was curious, so I looked it up – Fuzz Face with a 3-way rotary, selecting from 1k5, 2k2 and 3k3 instead of the stock 470 ohm. Mostly NTK275 transistors from what I have seen. No plans on making one, just jotting this down as a note. … Read more
As I was recently playing around with the Colorsound booster made by Steve Williams of Pig Dog fame, I noticed some similarity to the Guild Treble Booster, AKA the Brian May Box. I made a slightly simplified version of the Guild, without the buffer based on one of the Fryer Boosters. I kind of free-styled … Read more
It’s been a while – and I’ve probably scared most of you away with obscure amp content, but I have to have a crack at this one. Yes, it could have been a smaller layout, but to be honest, I’d still be adding some room around the edges for proper mounting points. I also … Read more
Schematic is avaiable HERE. Two thumbs up to Lacesensor at Gigahearts Fx for doing most of the footwork for the trace.
Philips 976B – I have had one previously that I documented here. PHILIPS MODEL 976B VALVE PA AMPLIFIER This is a small Australian-made valve PA amplifier from the mid to late fifties – about 8 watts, intended for 100v line systems running multiple speakers. These were also sold as Steanes Sounds Systems using the … Read more
