Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
If you’re in the USA, for $75 you may as well buy the kit. otherwise, this should be a really simple build. THIRD MAN FUZZ A TRON VERO LAYOUT Spoiler alert – it’s a modded Fuzzrite. 330k resistors instead of 470k, and it’s missing a resistor that formed a high-pass filter on the output of … Read more
eBay purchase – it listed a bit on the high side, but after a quick chat the seller revised the price down to something very reasonable, so I couldn’t pass it by. External references: Tim Robbins blog. Radio Museum PHILIPS MODEL 976B, VALVE PA AMPLIFIER Made in Australia in the mid to late 1950s, this … Read more
I picked up a couple of valve PA heads on the cheap, without valves, so jotting down a few notes for later. I believe that this is almost the same as a Philips 982, based on early observations. The preamp was converted to something very similar to the Marshall 18w, with two inputs, volume, tone … Read more
Yep, another valve PA head. Adding details as I find out more about this one. PHILIPS MODEL 956B VALVE PA AMPLIFIER I’m still looking for information on this one, apart from what appears to be an almost identical amp made by Steane’s Sound Systems, Model S304 amplifier. Steane’s operated in Australia somewhere up into the … Read more
I know I could probably pay Tayda to do this, but they don’t always have the enclosures that I want, and part of me likes going down the hillbilly route with a hand drill and a file. Here’s my process for cutting out holes for battery draws. It’s actually pretty easy to do. STEP ONE: … Read more
Here’s a simple Rangemaster treble booster. I’m jotting down some notes from my recent builds because I really dig this layout. I used a 1590BBS enclosure and an 8-way tag strip. It’s pretty similar to the Pigdog Eel Pie layout, which inspired my design. Inside, you’ll find a Mullard OC71 transistor. But honestly, the specific … Read more
I was boxing up a circuit recently and the heights of my spacers weren’t working out – then I had a minor brainwave. Well I thought it was anyway, you may disagree. You can thread the little hexagonal metal spacers on top of the nylon ones. It’s a very tight fit and feels secure. … Read more
This speaker had been sitting on Gumtree for months, so I thought I may as well give it a try. I know that Wharfedale doesn’t have the best reputation among some speaker aficionados, but a lot of people seem to do just fine with them, and it did tick a few boxes for me: It … Read more
This is an extension speaker from a vintage projection system, and I wanted to jot down a few notes since information on this particular version seems scarce. Most examples I’ve seen online are housed in brown cases from the USA (Ampro, based in Chicago). Those typically feature Jensen or Ampro-branded speakers, and some even include … Read more
There’s been so much speculation about the G2, over many many years. Aion FX has traced two versions of the Pete Cornish G2, so hopefully this is the end of some very long threads on various forums. Long story short, one version is very close to all of the mods that everyone has been doing for … Read more