Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Well the Prescription Electronics Clean Octave Blend has become the 200th verified layout of the site, and even more amazing it was only 3 months ago that I posted a “100th Verified Layout” post! Again thanks very much for everyone who has joined in, verified layouts, suggested mods, made corrections or just joined in the … Read more
Klon killer? Some people think so, but whatever it’s certainly a great sounding overdrive. Info about the original from Maxon: While many consider the OD808 to be the greatest overdrive ever created, Maxon is not a company to rest on its laurels. Instead of basking in the glowing praise, Maxon has focused on the user’s … Read more
I’ve done a few layouts using this method, but thought it may be useful to include a little daughter board which will allow you to easily convert any existing positive ground effects to (daisy chainable) negative ground. Just de-solder the supply and ground wire from the existing board, and solder to this board, then take … Read more
Manufacturer’s info about the original: Sheer raw power. Dynamics that feel like a roundhouse kick to the chest. Incredibly responsive clean up with the flick of the wrist. This is the WIIO. The WIIO is an overdrive inspired by the powerfully unforgiving British amps from the ‘70s. Its all right there at your fingertips – … Read more
The marketing: The Catalinbread RAH was built specifically to nail Jimmy Page’s gigantic guitar tone from Led Zeppelin’s legendary 1970 performance at Royal Albert Hall. At the time, in contrast to the Marshalls that he eventually came to be associated with, Page was using Hiwatt heads on stage, modified for a bit of extra gain. … Read more
There is an ongoing discussion on FSB about this pedal, because we know that there are some hidden surface mount components underneath the board, and so this is based on a best guess by Marc Ahlfs after some experimentation he did on the circuit. Info from Dunlop about the original: No one cares more about … Read more
Info from the manufacturer: The Red Snapper is the original Menatone pedal. It debuted in 1996 to fill the need for a very open and uncompressed overdrive. The circuit has remained essentially unchanged except for the addition of the “hi cut” control, which allows for complete control of the treble response after the overdrive. The … Read more
The Little Green Wonder has become the site’s 100th verified layout, and I’d like to thank everyone who’s helped out with the first hundred! With a wife, kids and Labrador to keep me busy (oh yes and work :o), I don’t get anything like as much opportunity as I’d like to build all these things … Read more
[Updated 4th July 2014 – correction to treble control resistors] And an even simpler version using true bypass switching, and so omitting the buffer components. Verified.
