GUILD: Brian May Box

The layout is for the Guild Brian May Box, which on the Guild schematic is marked as designed by Pete Cornish, but he has disputed this.

There’s a massive write-up here on Fryer Guitars, including photos of inside Brian May’s Pete Cornish built pedal board, and inside a pretty vintage looking Pete Cornish treble boost, which also happens to contain a buffer.  Given that Fryer rebuilt AC30’s for Brian May and has a few of his own treble boosters, I think the man knows a thing or two.

Either way it’s a buffered treble boost.  You can either wire this up as buffered or true bypass, whatever you prefer. 

GUILD BRIAN MAY TREBLE BOOSTER – VERO LAYOUT

GUILD BRIAN MAY TREBLE BOOSTER VERO LAYOUT





GUILD BRIAN MAY TREBLE BOOSTER – ORIGINAL SCHEMATIC

GUILD BRIAN MAY TREBLE BOOSTER - SCHEMATIC


GUILD BRIAN MAY TREBLE BOOSTER – LTSPICE

Not much to see here.


And one difference to other treble boosters from the Rangemaster family is the 10n input cap vs the standard 4.7n.   



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