Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
I’m jotting down some notes for myself, because I don’t expect anyone else to use this layout. It’s a little impractical in parts, but I had some spare board this size, and a pair of transistors that I liked on the breadboard that needed a home. It’s a progression on this somewhat more practical layout. … Read more
Just one of my little side projects – it’s a pretty hot day here, so not one for playing with germanium transistors in a big black box with a tin roof (also known as my garage / workshop). The leakage goes nuts, and they sound like balls… While playing around with a bunch of old … Read more
I have a fairly extensive post on the Wem Project V here, this is post is primarily to document my own work, as I’m not sure how many people would want to build in this style. Standing resistors are mostly frowned upon in the world of vero, despite being commonplace on many vintage effects. Joining … Read more
Updated Foxx Tone Machine layout on 0.15″ vero. This was inspired by the Aion mods – if you are unfamiliar with the Aion Vulcan, it’s a Tone Machine with a modded EQ section (which is great) and an additional bypass option on one of the diodes – also a cool addition. I’ve tweaked a few … Read more
This is an LM386L based distortion that I’ve been playing with – I called it Kool Thing as I was testing it on one of my guitars that has an open tuning (DADDAD for the record), and I was getting a distinct Sonic Youth vibe – which is not all that surprising with that tuning. It’s basically … Read more
This is a bare-bones Roland BeeBaa. I built the full version and found that all I really used was the scooped fuzz sound – so this is just that. Nothing but unadulterated vintage Japanese fuzz…. I think this works best with low-gain transistors. I made a version using weird KT315 Soviet BCE transistors, and it sounds mean. … Read more