Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I’m jotting down some notes for myself, because I don’t expect anyone else to use this layout. It’s a little impractical in parts, but I had some spare board this size, and a pair of transistors that I liked on the breadboard that needed a home. It’s a progression on this somewhat more practical layout. … Read more
Picked up another Bell & Howell Gaumont today, with the speaker cab – a Model 601 from 1950 (based on the capacitor dates). Nice to see the original speaker still in the cab – I gave a quick test, sounds fine. The 601 is the same amp as the 621 (full details here). The 601 … Read more
Just one of my little side projects – it’s a pretty hot day here, so not one for playing with germanium transistors in a big black box with a tin roof (also known as my garage / workshop). The leakage goes nuts, and they sound like balls… While playing around with a bunch of old … Read more
Here’s the Mocker. It’s a recreation of the on-board fuzz from the Vox UL730, used by the Beatles on Revolver and a bit on Sgt. Peppers. It’s fairly simple with most of the mojo coming from the OA200 clipping diodes. Socket and experiment as I’ve heard 1N4148s and 1N4001s sound good. The transistors are low … Read more
Just a little fuzz face variant from D*AM – the Maggot Brain from 2019. There are some more recent variations on this as well. Could not see the cap and pot values, so just a partial trace. Being a fuzz face, you kind of know what they might be. I mostly breadboard before building a … Read more
OK – so this is what happens when you agree to make a pedal, before knowing what someone might ask for. I’m not sure that this is 100% my kind of thing, but here it is. Yes it’s a huge layout, but it is going in a 1590XX enclosure, so why not. I started this … Read more
