MI Audio Crunch Box V2
[27th May 2014 – Revised layout posted] Info about the great sounding original: The Crunch Box Distortion is my take on the high gain British. The history of the Crunch Box actually goes back a few years. I came up with the design after careful study of the way that modern British style amps get … Read more
Keeley Fuzz Head
I haven’t seen any layouts of this one around so thought it would be good to add to the collection. I have done this with a 3 position switch so in one position you’ll have silicon diodes, in the other postion you’ll have germanium, and in the centre off position it will remove all clipping … Read more
ColorSound SupaSustain
This one needs an 18V supply, so use a dedicated supply, two batteries, or you could build up the 9V to 18V converter that I’ve posted here. Best results may be obtained if you heat shrink the LED and LDR together or at least wrap a bit of electricians tape round them both.
Crowther Hotcake
Another great sounding overdrive Quite a few people have had issues with the circuit oscillating with presence and gain maxed. This has been known to happen more easily with some pickups, while there hasn’t been an issue with others. Usable cure has been to put a buffer in front of the circuit to isolate the … Read more
ZVex Super Duper 2 in 1
Another popular one from Zacky baby. And on the plus side the layout ended up looking like a spaceship out of Gradius 3 :o) (showing my age there!)
Devi Ever Karaoke Party
A quicky for you Devi fans. This is actually a really good sounding overdrive for such a low parts count. I did a layout for this previously based on a guessed schematic but this is the corrected versions from Devi’s schematic.