Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Request. Info about the original: The Quantum Mystic Overdrive was developed working closely with Mike Scheidt from the Portland Oregon band, Yob. Mike is known for great tone and groundbreaking music in the metal and doom community. We decided to adapt his favorite pedal from the seminal early YOB records into an updated and upgraded … Read more
Pete’s highly acclaimed Overdrive/Distortion box of the stars. The original obviously includes the Cornish buffered bypass switching which isn’t shown here as it is assumed most people will use the usual 3PDT mechanical bypass. But if you do want to build it like Pete, then make a daughterboard of the Cornish Buffer. The input socket … Read more
Another request for a discontinued Madbean board, this one based on the Dr. Z Carmen Ghia preamp. Info about the original project and board: The Rump Roast finds its origins in the preamp section of the Dr. Z Carmen Ghia amplifier. The Carmen Ghia is a very understated and elegant design consisting of a single … Read more
And seeing as I’m doing little ones tonight, this is the buffer section of the now discontinued (both product and company) Axess BS-2 Buffer/Splitter, and for once isn’t just a rehash of a generic unity gain buffer (although to be fair none of these are going to be too far removed). A charge pump gives … Read more
Another one for the metal heads. The 2SK184 JFETs can still be obtained from some sellers on eBay, but it’s just a buffer at the end of the day so you can use others with the same pinout like 2SK117, 2SK170, 2SK30, BF244A etc. The transistors used in the gyrators though don’t seem to be … Read more
Moving on from the HM2 which obviously has quite a powerful EQ, I thought I could use the circuit to make a handy standalone EQ. I was going to just use a quad opamp and make this 2 band with 2 of the channels being used as the input buffer and output gain stage, but … Read more
Request from the forum. Info from Brian about the original circuit: The Stupid box was the first pedal introduced by Subdecay Studios in 2003. I had been looking for something to get a big ballsy sound out of my amp, but my ultra clean 100 watt 6L6 based tube amp combo just did not seem … Read more
Request for this very nice sounding and versatile booster from a Brazilian pedal builder Fire Custom Shop. The switch selects between clean and dirty mode. In dirty mode it puts diodes in the feedback loop of a non-inverting amplifier, and changes the frequency response of the high pass filter at the stage. Following that is … Read more
Request for a simple opamp piezo preamp based on this circuit: http://www.eleccircuit.com/acoustic-guitar-pickup-circuit-using-tl071
Today is Bearfoot day. Info about the original For the Vox lover in all of us, Bearfoot FX has created the Emerald Green Distortion Machine- a pedal which captures the chimey, crunchy essence of the AC series amps and provides a faithful simulation of the Vox tone through a variety of amps. Used through a … Read more