Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Manufacturers description: A low/medium overdrive with lots of gain and a subtle fuzz mode. The MI Audio Blues Pro Overdrive Guitar Pedal’s no-nonsense circuitry offers effects that are very ‘immediate’. There are no internal trimmers, so that with the Blues Pro you get a very easy-to-use pedal, with the classic configuration of Gain, Tone and … Read more
A nice versatile booster here by Bjorn, with switchable buffered or true bypass switching. I have kept the buffer separate so those who just intend to use it true bypass don’t have to bother with the extra components or board size. Manufacturers info: BJF design guitar booster/treble booster pedal with master volume Mad Professor Ruby … Read more
Pics found on eBay: Video made by Thom__stone of his build: Thanks to Jacques Pedals for the pics
Runoffgroove’s stompbox emulation of the old Supro 16T amps and so potentially a good one for the BJF Honey Bee fans. This one needs 18V and so will require an appropriate power supply, or maybe make yourself a voltage converter like this one. Info from the website: Supro was a budget brand name for amplifiers … Read more
Voodoo Lab’s info: This vintage overdrive circuit, originally built in the early ’70s, delivers singing sustain on leads and crisp, tight bass on chords. Turn the gain down to provide tons of clean boost for overdriving vintage tube and non-master volume amps. Medium gain settings add tube-like harmonics for fatness and warmth. Higher gain settings … Read more
I get really fed up using the helping hands. They’re really needed sometimes but any pressure and they go sliding off, so I got a PCB vice, but it is a bit big and unwieldy and I often couldn’t be bothered messing with it. Then when I was perusing eBay I saw this great little … Read more
The OCD V4 for me is my most underwhelming and disappointing pedal. It was hyped up to the max and so I was expecting drive Utopia, but instead I got a thin, brittle sounding effect that seemed to suck all the meat out of my signal. I’m sure the pedal reacts differently with different guitar … Read more
OK you may not like the guy but this is a great sounding overdrive/distortion pedal. A modded and souped up Boss SD1 with no output buffer. I’ve added a clipping switch that will allow you to switch between the stock 3 diode asymmetrical arrangement, and a second arrangement of your choice. I’ve included 4 diodes … Read more
Lots of mileage left in the Big Muff yet! Marketing spiel: Fuzz for the discerning tone seeker.ﾠ The Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh is capable of tones ranging from a clean-ish boost to a good articulate OD, but the Pharaoh thrives in bringing open hairy fuzz to a clean amp. The Pharaoh’s dual tone control is … Read more
