Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
There’s a partial schematic up at FSB, missing all non-polarized cap values. I thought it would be a nice idea to take a guess at them. The values i selected should take the sound close to the original unit. Of course, if any of you have better guesses on the values, let me know. This … Read more
Request. Another great sounding, extremely well made and very fairly priced effect from Dave Barber. As usual with Barber I’d always say buy this or one of his other pedals to support one of the good builders. Measuring only 2.3” wide, the NEW Compact Direct Drive brings a colossal catalog of vintage British voice to … Read more
I listened to the clip of this last night and thought it sounded awesome for such a small circuit, so had to do the layout. Another bonus is that it uses common transistors so no searching for unobtainium, or having to get something in specially.
Request for this new overdrive circuit from Mark Hammer, the “Almost Everything for Everybody … Almost” Drive, which you can read about here: http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=107216.0;topicseen
Request for this nice sounding chorus/vibe pedal. Thanks to Scruffie for his schematic. It will fit in a 1590B if you want the aggravation, but a 125B would probably be a better choice. The effect needs a 15V supply so you can either use a standalone 15V adapter if you have one, or build the … Read more
I can’t find any information on this one in terms of marketing spiel, but it should be obvious what it’s based on :o)
Request. Info about the original from Roger Mayer: In 1964 I designed my first fuzz guitar effects pedal that was used by Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan and featured on many early hit records. I am pleased to announce that after 40 years this early ground breaking fuzz will be available again. It uses … Read more
I’m slowly recovering from some sort of an drawer’s block. Simply couldn’t get any layout to look decent enough to publish. Our friend Myrkky Nuoli requested this after i wrote a piece about the original unit. So i drew it and it turned out nice. It could probably be a lot more compact, but with … Read more
Hahafender on the forum sent some pictures of the guts of his Micro Pog and wondered how This1sMyne and JHS do their dual control mods, hoping to do similar, preferably like This1sMyne with external controls. We knew from gut shots of the mod that a 4PDT stomp is used, one pole of which is for … Read more
Info about the original souped up Rat: To put it mildly, the R.O.U.S. is a versatile pedal. It’s based off of a classic distortion pedal circuit, but it can do so much more. There is a toggle switch to change the clipping diodes (or completely remove them) so you can go anywhere from a very … Read more