Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Little Green Wonder has become the site’s 100th verified layout, and I’d like to thank everyone who’s helped out with the first hundred! With a wife, kids and Labrador to keep me busy (oh yes and work :o), I don’t get anything like as much opportunity as I’d like to build all these things … Read more
Information about the original from Devi: The Hyperion is everything the Big Muff wishes it could be. It can cut through in a loud, live, band setting. It has a gorgeous sustain that full of harmonically rich tonal characteristics that doesn’t require much tweaking of your amp, guitar, or pedal board to get just the … Read more
Request. I’ve already done the Hearthrob but someone asked for this, and you can never have too many tremolo options I suppose. Some of those transistors look like they may be difficult to get hold of, so I’d probably just use 2N5088’s which work fine in the Hearthrob. If you do use other transistors make … Read more
Info about the original: BJF design distortion pedal for guitar The new Mad Professor – Stone Grey Distortion (SGD) is a modern high-gain distortion pedal with unparallelled clarity and definition. This pedal was developed for high gain applications and specifically for clarity at heavy distortion levels. The Stone Grey Distortion is unique in that it … Read more
Request. This will allow you to use the better quality PNP germanium transistors, but keep a negative ground so it can be daisy chained with all you other NPN effects.
Designed by culturejam on FSB and CW, this is what he wrote: Inspired by the Crap-Fi Delay by allesz, I decided to see if a similar simple circuit would work at lower delay times for reverb and slapback. It does. Once the basic circuit was up and running, earthtones helped me refine it and make … Read more
Requested by a few people. This uses a vactrol but it might work with a roll your own LDR if you want to give it a try. The spec of the VTL5C1 is 600 ohm on resistance and 50M ohm off resistance. If you would prefer a tempo rate LED instead of a standard always … Read more
[Updated 4th July 2014 – correction to treble control resistors] And an even simpler version using true bypass switching, and so omitting the buffer components. Verified.
[Updated 4th July 2014 – correction to treble control resistors] This is an easier build and is perfect for someone who wants the Klon tones without having to mess around buying charge pumps and curing squeals. This came from a thread on FSB where earthtonesaudio wrote the following: The charge pump in the Klon seems … Read more
Information about the original from Frantone: This 3-knob Peachfuzz fuzztone has all the great classic sound with 50% more gain than the classic 2-knob model. It has been hot-rodded with super quiet circuitry and the addition of a rockin’ tone control. Truly the finest in lead-guitar tone and second to none in performance, the Peachfuzz … Read more