Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here is the larger version (now discontinued) of the Noise Swash. One of our members (Kornel) was given the schematic by Dan from 4ms and he asked me to draw a layout for it. I don’t have permission to publish the schematic but the layout matches it. Please do not ask for it.
Figured with all the big layouts this week, I’d better finish it off with another big one for Fuzz Friday. This one’s great if you like flipping switches, playing with knobs and making a ton of noise. Not all that complicated really, just a lot of controls for tweak-ability. The original 4ms design says to … Read more
Another project by Commonsound/4ms. You can find all info and schematic on their website here. The original circuit uses a 1M Lin Pot with internal switch for the “Self Oscillation”. I’ve used a regular pot and an extra SPST switch but you can just use the original if you prefer.
This was an old request. Layout came out quite large. You can find all info and schematic on Commonsound/4ms website here.
Happy Fuzz Friday, everyone. Today’s layout is a cool variation of the Fuzz Face circuit, but with the addition of a Big Muff tone stack and a gain recovery stage. There’s also a Mud pot that starves Q3 for extra tweaking. Board mounted pots and 1590B friendly. Here’s the schematic for reference.
The Tremulus Lune was designed by Dan Green from Commonsound and is a fantastic sounding optical tremolo. It’s a very versatile trem, and has a very adjustable LFO section. The audio path goes through the TL072, and the LFO is created with the 4558. A VTL5C2 can be used, or you can make your own … Read more