Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Next up from Dylan159’s Unreleased Circuits is the Blendy Buffoon. We’ve had a bunch of different blend/mix/loop designs up already, but this idea was still missing. Some may have stumbled upon an issue where you couldn’t use a basic blend circuit with the likes of Marshall Bluesbreaker or MXR Dynacomp. That issue is due to … Read more
Here we have a “little” monster layout for a DIY project that Dunwich Amplification just released at OSH Park. It is supposed to a emulate a part Al Cisneros of Sleep bass rig. It is basically three circuits in parallell, a DOD 250 Pre Amp, a Boss DS1 and a clean J FET boost with … Read more
Got a request for more blend effects, so let’s start with a simple one. You can use this as a daughter board to add a blend control to an existing pedal (or incorporate it into something else you’re building), or use it as a stand alone blending pedal. 2N5457 should work just fine for both … Read more
Here’s a simple blending circuit that uses a JFET to allow you to blend between effected signal and clean signal. I’ve used this on Big Muffs before and it’s quite useful.
Another request from quite a few people and I suspect this will be another of those pedals which is equally popular with the bass guitarist. Info from the manufacturer about their original: Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive is an overdrive pedal featuring a unique “clean” control. Its overdrive circuit provides the same tone as a vintage … Read more
After John K got better results putting a buffer before the circuit I thought it would be a useful to do a second layout incorporating a blend pot. This almost certainly will make the effect more useful with bass, and if you want the effect 100% you can simply leave the blend pot in the … Read more
This layout was based on the original schematic, but here’s the manufacturers info about the reissue: There are few Fender products with as much “indie cred” as the Fender Blender. Once thought of as an overly harsh fuzz pedal, the Blender, thanks to players like Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins and Kevin Shields of My … Read more
I like these little “utility boxes” (Please take note! This circuit will not work as a blend for pedals that invert the signal polarity (or phase). For a few examples of such pedals; the likes of Dyna Compressor/Ross Comp and their derivatives and Marshall Bluesbreaker among others. The symptom of inverted signal polarity (phase) will … Read more
