Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
While I was thinking of what could be made with tag board off-cuts, this popped into my head. The D*A*M Red Rooster Booster is probably my all-time favourite booster – I’ve only ever made one, and it was so good I stopped there (it was a point-to-point npn version with trimmer). This is a PNP … Read more
I’ve already done a point to point layout for the D*A*M Red Rooster Booster (which I love by the way), but as I’m on a run of D*A*M layouts today, I thought I might do this one too. Like the rest, this is not my layout; it’s a close copy of the D*A*M layout. If you want … Read more
The Durham Sex Drive. Named as such, as it was initially made for Charlie Sexton. This is actually one of the first builds I ever did with an IC using the layout from Guitar FX Layouts – it’s a nice easy one, and it sounds great too. Despite having a compression switch, it’s really … Read more
I had a few of the FETS leftover from the Spaceman Saturn V Harmonic Booster, and I saw the layout over at Perf and PCB Effects Layouts, so I thought I might try one of these. The Spaceman Effects Atlas III is another booster, following the theme of rocket engines in naming (nice). The switch is … Read more
Univox Unidrive boost with Aion FX mods The original Univox Unidrive was a straight boost, with a bit of dirt – it was a large rocker pedal with preset gain levels on a rotary switch, and the rocker controlled the output level, not unlike a regular volume pedal, but with the increased level of a booster. The don’t … Read more
Well they don’t come much simpler than this – the Earthquaker Devices Arrows. It’s a booster – it has one knob – it makes things loud. EARTHQUAKER DEVICES ARROWS – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT
Hope everyone’s staying safe and healthy. Today’s layout is a unique preamp booster from Spaceman Effects, the Atlas III. It uses some FETs I’d never heard of in conjunction with a couple low gain silicon BJTs (use something in the 175-225 hFE range). The switch controls the phase of your signal (it’s internal in the … Read more
A variation on the classic Rangemaster Treble Booster from D*A*M. The Red Rooster germanium booster uses a NPN transistor so it can run off a normal power supply, and features a capacitor blend on the input to sweep between treble boost and full range boost. This has a lot of boost on tap – it will crush … Read more
Just a straight up boost / low gain overdrive from Spaceman Effects – the Saturn V Harmonic Booster. It’s a pretty quick and easy build & does it’s job well. SPACEMAN EFFECTS SATURN V HARMONIC BOOSTER – POINT TO POINT LAYOUT SATURN V ON THE BENCH Build in progress pic below, which is a little … Read more
Got a little booster circuit that should go together pretty easily. It’s pretty much an Electra without clipping diodes and a large value resistor between base and collector (similar to the EQD Arrows). Easy fit in a 1590B or even a 1590G (probably). Schematic on FSB.