Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
It’s been a while – and I’ve probably scared most of you away with obscure amp content, but I have to have a crack at this one. Yes, it could have been a smaller layout, but to be honest, I’d still be adding some room around the edges for proper mounting points. I also … Read more
Vintage big muff fonts, these are generally available for download. Please note that EHX is known to be very protective of their brand. Arnold Boecklin Devinne: sustain, volume, tone Futura: on, off and made in U.S.A Skjald: Electro Harmonix ITC Pioneer Not exact, but pretty damn close. The M needs a slight drop on one … Read more
I’d created a layout for the Pete Cornish P-1 about four years ago, based on best guesses as to what this said to be – a Rams Head Big Muff. I was kind of close, but here’s a layout from a very reliable Aion FX trace. If you want to see where it sits in … Read more
There’s been so much speculation about the G2, over many many years. Aion FX has traced two versions of the Pete Cornish G2, so hopefully this is the end of some very long threads on various forums. Long story short, one version is very close to all of the mods that everyone has been doing for … Read more
So the mysterious P-2 has finally been traced, care of Aion FX (thank you). I had previously posted a guess as to what this might be, and I wasn’t too far off. Here’s the same layout with confirmed values. PETE CORNISH P-2 – VERO LAYOUT
I’d somehow missed this one. The Ace Tone FM-3 Fuzz Master is similar to the Ace Tone FM-2 in looks and name, but that’s where the similarities end. The FM-2 is based on the Univox Super Fuzz and the FM-3 is a Big Muff variant. Schematic can be found here on Kit Rae’s BMP … Read more
Surprised that I hadn’t done a standard vero layout for this earlier… The Colorsound Jumbo Tone Bender is just a Big Muff missing some diode clipping and the last boost stage (the lack of diodes in the first clipping stage makes up for the lack of boost). They share nothing in common with their predecessors of the … Read more
Not really a Tonebender; it’s really a Big Muff in disguise – minus a couple of diodes and a gain stage. These were built in the 1970s COLORSOUND JUMBO TONEBENDER – VERO LAYOUT COLORSOUND JUMBO TONEBENDER – VIDEO DEMO
I know one could make the three different effects and box them together, but I thought I might do a layout with them all on one board. EARTHQUAKER DEVICES HOOF REAPER – VERO LAYOUT REAPER VIDEO DEMO
The Aria Super Fuzz Sustainer is a variant on the Big Muff, probably based on the Elk Sustainar as it shares the same values mostly (based on a Triangle BMP). The tone stack is a bit different, and it’s clearly missing a recovery stage at the end, not unlike a Colorsound Supa Tone Bender. Unusual to see the 6n8 … Read more