Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Happy Fuzz Friday! Been meaning to redo this one for a while with board mounted pots. A buddy of mine was reminiscing about a Sunface he used to own and wish he still had, so I built this with some OC71s for his 40th b-day. AnalogMan has used loads of different transistors in these over … Read more
Wanted to redo my old layout with board mounted pots. I’ve laid it out with the Presence control externally and the diodes on a DIP switch, though you could easily wire up an external toggle if you want. Should fit nicely in a 1590B. If you want the King of Tone, just but 2 in … Read more
Here’s Analogman’s original version of the King of Tone, a highly regarded overdrive with a few “unobtanium” diodes. It’s probably best to socket said diodes to play around with your favorite combinations. Switch A controls the 4-diode array in the feedback loop (much like a Tube Screamer), while Switch B controls shunted diodes (much like … Read more
The Sunface is a clone of the Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, with a few tweaks. First, it has a 50k trimmer at the input of the circuit so you can adjust the pregain (it works exactly like the volume pot on your guitar), second it has an external control for biasing Q2 (the Sundial). Original … Read more