Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Since the Zakk Wylde overdrive from last week was based on the SD-1, I figured I might as well go ahead and lay that circuit out as well. This doesn’t have Boss switching so you can wire it up for true bypass. I’ve added some extra pads around D3 if you want to change that … Read more
There’s very little point in building a 1:1 clone, as you can score the original unit for peanuts as used. Possibly even cheaper than what the parts alone would cost you to build one. But instead of going through a painful bypass operation on a Boss box and having your way with the circuit, you … Read more
And I may as well add this one as a separate layout so we know what versions the comments are based on. This changes a cap value and adds an Effect Level pot to the CE-2. If you want to add an Effect Level pot to the guitar CE-2, just use this layout and swap … Read more
Seeing as I’m on a roll with these at the moment I thought I’d add another popular chorus pedal. It’s based on a few bits from 3 different schematics, and includes a Vibe and Intensity mods from the Tonepad scheme, rate LED and depth increase from Madbean’s Pork Barrel and the schematic from Electrosmash which … Read more
Another one for the metal heads. The 2SK184 JFETs can still be obtained from some sellers on eBay, but it’s just a buffer at the end of the day so you can use others with the same pinout like 2SK117, 2SK170, 2SK30, BF244A etc. The transistors used in the gyrators though don’t seem to be … Read more
And for those who DO want the chugga chugga crushing lows! :o) And I didn’t expect it but this will fit in a 1590B too (doh!) so the Lite version may not get built quite as often now. But still a good exercise in adapting these things and I’m glad there is a more compact … Read more
Quite a few people have asked for a layout for this over the last couple of years, and I was always put off because with 3 x ICs and at least 3 transistors (depending on which schematic I used for the layout) there was no way it was going to fit in a 1590B, and … Read more
Found this floating around the interweb some time ago. It is OD-3, with tone control, buffering and switching components removed. The original design would be crazy big and undoable (at least for me) on vero. So this WGTP’s simplification of schematic supplied by J. Luja more than 10 years ago should suffice. According to DIYSB … Read more
I recently got a Behringer clone of this one in a trade for free and thought i’d check the schematic out. Turned out a little simpler than expected with a few nice, quite interesting things in its topology. There’s basically a buffer driven by transistor, which drives something not completely unlike a fuzz face. After … Read more
This one didn’t quite turn out as intended but I thought I’d post it anyway as it may make a good experiment. Whether you like the idea of removing buffers or not, I think most people would agree that the Lovepedal Eternity is still a great sounding pedal in its own right, and a much … Read more