Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Requested by a few people on the forum, this is a mini amp circuit by Taylor Livingston with a bit more ooomph than the others on here, giving 20 watts into a 4 ohm speaker, or 12 watts into an 8 ohm. Designed to run off a laptop power supply which I’m sure we all … Read more
[12th June 2014 – perf version added] I’ve wanted to do a layout for this one for a while, but it fell by the wayside as the board will just be too big to fit in a 1590B which I use the majority of the time. But there are a few builds I want to … Read more
Another one of the amp emulation circuits I’m collecting at the moment, this one based on the Bogner Uberschall by JOK3RX on freestompboxes. You could get this in a 1590B but with two stomps, a toggle and 5 pots it may even be a pain to put in a 125B, so as with the other … Read more
I was going to just add this to the bottom of the Phase 90 post, but on reflection thought it better to start a new one to keep discussion about this build in one place. A few people have requested a layout for the Phase 100 and I thought this could be a happy medium … Read more
While in the mood for amp sims I thought I’d add this one which I think sounds excellent in the demos. Similar sort of vein as the Diefet, but this time based on the Bogner Ecstasy. It’s a 9V circuit, but I thought it would again be worth including a charge pump with this and … Read more
With 7 pots this was never going to be put in a 1590B anyway and so I wasn’t so concerned about keeping the size down, although I bet it could fit in a 125B and would be very impressed if someone did it. :o) I think most people will opt for a 1590BB though. This … Read more
Info about this great sounding fuzz pedal from John Lyons of Basic Audio, and thanks to him for the information he shared about the circuit. Check out this and his other pedals here: A straight ahead refined vintage era fuzz along the lines of the Tonebender with lots of sustain and gain.Tone control smooths out … Read more
I’ve wanted one of these for a while but they’re total unobtainium so the only choice you have is build your own or pay a ridiculous amount of money. The 2N5133’s may be a little difficult to source (and as expensive as the ?Lady pro rata), so try every bi-polar NPN you’ve got in there … Read more
Info about the original: The HEAT BLASTER delivers a truly modern distortion sound, with a tone control plus high-cut and low-cut switches for additional tonal adjustment. The high-cut switch attenuates the presence frequencies in order to produce a mellow tone that retains good projection. With the high-cut switch engaged you can use the tone control … Read more
[Updated 4th July 2014 – correction to treble control resistors] The older Klon layout was starting to annoy me for a few reasons so I decided to re-do it and start a new thread as this one is obviously currently unverified, and so all discussion here can relate to this layout. This is a couple … Read more