Dylan 159’s Blendy Buffoon

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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

Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive

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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

Split ‘n’ Blend

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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

Mini JFET Blend

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A simple mini blend layout based on Sean’s JFET schematic here: http://seanm.ca/stomp/minblend.html Will easily fit in a 1590A box and I probably wouldn’t even use a stomp switch with this because in the unblended position of the pot, this will essentially be just a JFET buffer.  You could always add a mini toggle to bypass … Read more