Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Thanks to Miro for the excellent trace job he did on this. Hope you’re stocked up on 470nF caps. They were all polarised but I have shown poly for the caps with a 5mm pitch because I expect that is what most people will use. I have shown electrolytics for the two with only a … Read more
Here we go with one of my personal favourites. To me, the sound is simply amazing. As Dirk’s notes on the schematic suggest, you won’t be saving any money by building this. New ones sell for pretty cheap and one should be able to score a used one for a very decent price. I still … Read more
Here’s a challenge for those who want theirs in 1590B. Should fit, but it’ll be a challenge. From ROG: The English Channel was our first attempt to adapt the Vox AC-30 Top Boost amplifier for use as a guitar pedal. Released in 2004, the English Channel was a straightforward JFET implementation that was heavily based … Read more
Request. Sorry Zach (rocket88), I was in the mood to do a quicky and this fit the bill nicely :o) This is very close to the Ghetto Stomp and probably could be thought of as a cut down version with saturation control on the diodes. Oh another pedal that used it before Fuller’s ridiculous patent! … Read more
We always recommend trying the boards out before soldering everything in to the enclosure. Main reason being that if you have an error on your build, it’s about a hundred times harder to find it inside the otherwise finished build. Like Madbean says – Build it, Rock it, Box it. There is a reason for … Read more
While I’ve got the wah template loaded I may as well add this one too :o) Again thanks to mmolteratx for the schematic. Info about the original: When people talk about wah-wah pedals, they’re talking about the Cry Baby Wahs. This is the one that created some of the most timeless sounds in rock. The … Read more
Stumbled on to an older Effdub design. This one’s based loosely on the Hot Cake and should deliver similar overdrive sounds. Could even solve the oscillation issues a few folks experienced with our original Hot Cake layout.
I put this on hold because the inductor used has a number of connections and although only 2 of them are being used it may make it difficult to mount on vero. So I will put it on hold and maybe look at doing a daughterboard for the inductor, or maybe even using a different … Read more
Request. This effect needs a 3V supply and is a positive ground effect so I’ve included a 3.3V regulator and an ICL7660S to provide the -3V (ish). You can omit that and power it with a pair of AA batteries or standalone 3V power supply if you prefer, but if you do remember to wire … Read more
Thanks to Pawel for his schematic posted on FSB. I can’t find much info on this one or clips, but it is very close to being a Foxx Tone Machine so that should give you a good idea what to expect. Pawel traced two units with the second being slightly different, using BC109 transistors, the … Read more