Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
SEPPUKU FX :Sub Octave Synthesizer: This week’s “Step On This” pick was easy, straight from the box this killer sounding pedal was a blast to play around with and then some. Now for those of you that don’t know, Seppuku FX once known as Diamond Skeleton Pedals are still being built by the same cat, … Read more
MYTH FX: The good people at Myth FX are brewing up a new pedal for us tone freaks. The Midas Clean Boost, 32 db’s of clean, transparent, full frequency boost, designed to maintain the harmonic richness of your tone. It features an internal voltage boost circuit which provides tons of headroom while operating on a … Read more
http://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4065&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a ^ Check that out! The big boys are in town and it looks like they are happy to rip the smaller ones off!
http://freestompboxes.chipin.com/bjf-honey-bee-pedal-to-be-traced That’s what some want to see! Visit the above link to contribute or visit the freestompboxes forum to read the *huge* thread regarding this wonderful gain box 🙂
Here it is, a mix of Zvex Super Hard On, Lovepedal COT50 and my very own Fred Briggs magic. My favourite circuit to date 🙂 Build it, it doesn’t disappoint!
Here is an interesting take on the classic fuzz face design. Note fun “Sag” control and the piggy backed transistors which allow you to tailor the gain of the first transistor just to taste 🙂 This thing can go from light overdrive to full of spatter fuzz depending on your guitar volume and the sag … Read more
Thanks again to the Freestompboxes community (samhambone for the original scheme and purplepeopleeater for the cleaned up version) we have a schematic for the Nick Greer Green Giant overdrive pedal. As you can see it’s a simple “Electra Overdrive” with a pot added between the diodes and the signal to raise the clipping threshold. It’s … Read more
Here is another lovepedal wonder. A gut shot of the early “Believe” pedal. As you can see by comparing the gut shot to the PCB from general guitar gadgets; it’s a Dan Armstrong Green Ringer octave clone…. You can find the General Guitar Gadgets project here. The Green Ringer is a great little octave circuit. … Read more
Some kind soul has done a (naughty) favor for us all and uploaded this DVD for us all to watch. You get to see all your favorite (?) fuzz boyz in action. Zvex, Bjorn and the rest! Check it out it’s a fun watch! click here: http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xpnt2_crazy-fuzz_fuzz-th3-sound
I saw one of these: And in my dream I saw this: Something tells me they might somehow be related….