Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
If you look at the top menu you’ll see a new forum has been added to the blog. This is pretty simple stuff but I think it’s a much better option than the Whatever page and will give us a platform for requests, and also general troubleshooting (although we’d still like to keep pedal specific … Read more
Joe Gagan’s Easy Face hybrid Fuzz Face with input cap blend control – as requested. You should get away with almost any PNP germanium as there’s 2N3096 driving it. Documentation states that the trimmer should be used to get ~4.5V on Q2 collector – I suggest you tune it by ear 🙂 This one uses … Read more
Info from circuit designer J. Nagy: The Supa Nova is a very low to pretty high gain, tube-ish, distortion pedal that relies on a MOSFET (BS170) to overdrive two JFETs (J201). The tone controls are designed to provide adjustment to the middle and upper frequencies. Voltage at the drains of Q2 and Q3 should be about 5.4 and 4.7, … Read more
Here we go with another classic optical compressor. Original unit uses VTL5C2, so could get away with using any LDR with 1M dark resistance. So the LDR resistor would be resistor leads of VTL5C2 and that green LED acts as LED leads of the vactrol. Positive/anode to strip four and negative/cathode to strip one. Haven’t … Read more
Info from SD’s site: application The first effects pedal designed specifically to work together with the pickups in a guitar to achieve optimum gain and resonance for all tonal applications. Works with all musical styles. description By turning the gain control knob you can add pure, flat-EQ gain, ranging from 6dB to 25dB! The Resonance … Read more
Part 2 of the component guide by Miro, this time looking at active components. A good read particularly for someone new to the hobby may have a lot of his questions answered. Part One | Part Two Builder’s components, part two – Active components Good day to you all. This article here is the part two … Read more
Only ever heard good things about this one, so it had to be added to the collection. Not very good timing though as Vince has just bought one! :o) I have done the main fuzz and buffer circuit separately so those who just want to build the fuzz can do so. If you do want … Read more
I get asked frequently about where to buy components from, and I know a lot of people, like me, have got together a huge stash of parts so they always have the right resistors and caps at hand. But others still seem to be buying the exact components as and when they need them, sometimes … Read more
I really love the sound of this one. I’ve seen two different diode arrangements, one with just two back to back which would be more compressed, and one with two series pairs, so I’ve included a switch so that you can choose either, and also have a centre diode lift mode for a cleanish boost. … Read more
What can I say, 300 verified layouts. I’ve made a point of writing something for the century milestones and whilst I suppose this has all been said before I really want to keep doing it so you know that all the work and input from you all is so appreciated and really what makes this … Read more