Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s a simple buffer from JHS. It really only uses one side of the opamp (why not just use a TL071?) and the extra resistors on the other side are just to meet the manufacture’s specs for an unused side. I couldn’t find a schematic for this one, but drew one up from lvlark’s vero … Read more
Here’s a well designed buffer by Martin from SoulSonic FX. Use it as a stand alone buffer or as an output buffer in another pedal. Should fit easily in a 1590a enclosure.
Here’s a simple one for your Saturday. As the name implies, this is a simple buffer based around a JFET transistor. This layout follows the schematic from Jack Orman’s great article on Basic Buffers. Thought this would be useful if you want to add an input buffer to an existing pedal or to a project … Read more
Who doesn’t love a Klon, right? Here’s the buffer stage of the Centaur. The original Klon uses one side of a TL072 for the buffer and the other for gain stage. If you’re building the just the buffer, you can get away with a TL071. I’ve laid out a perf and PCB for each.
Following a couple of threads in the forum where people had oscillation problems with certain effects that disappeared when a buffered pedal was placed before them, I said I’d do a post on here with a few different compact buffers that people could try tucked away in the box to place in series before the … Read more
And seeing as I’m doing little ones tonight, this is the buffer section of the now discontinued (both product and company) Axess BS-2 Buffer/Splitter, and for once isn’t just a rehash of a generic unity gain buffer (although to be fair none of these are going to be too far removed). A charge pump gives … Read more
Traced from gutshots on the blog forum posted by hahafender, thanks for the pics buddy :o). Some of the traces on the unused side of the opamp weren’t visible but the left hand side is a generic opamp buffer and that’s the important bit. I think the resistors used on the other side we’re just … Read more
Request. Info about Jerry’s original guitar with inbuilt electronics Tiger was Jerry Garcia’s main guitar from 1979 to 1989. It was built by Sonoma County luthier Doug Irwin. The Tiger is named after the tiger inlaid on the preamp cover located on the guitar’s top, just behind the tailpiece. The electronics of Garcia’s Irwin guitars … Read more
With an added Booster/Buffer switch. Info from the manufacturer about the original: The MC401 is simple in design but superbly effective in solving a variety of mismatched line level and signal conditioning problems that can occur when combining effects. The MC401’s circuit design has been used for years by CAE in the world’s best guitarist’s … Read more
Request. There are situations in which very long cable runs are necessary from the pedalboard to the amplifier, or a more powerful driving circuit is needed to the heavy load presented by devices in parallel. A good buffer box is the solution. The best buffer board will present a high impedance to the input while … Read more