Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Here’s a new one from Catalinbread for #fuzzfriday. The Katzenkönig–the cat king for those of you who don’t sprechen sie Deutsch–is a silicon tonebender-type fuzz with some RAT features thrown in. Catalinbread was kind enough to publish the schematic in the manual for this effect. Pots can all be board mounted using right angle PCB … Read more
The Catalinbread Galileo emulates an Vox AC30 and a Rangemaster treble boost in one to give the user tones like Brian May of Queen. The Galileo Mk. II differs from the Mk. I with fewer controls and in a much more pedalboard-friendly enclosure. It’s a bit stripped down from the original, but sounds fantastic, and … Read more
This pedal is inspired by Tommi Iommi’s classic combination of Laney Supergroup amps and a Rangemaster treble booster. It’s not an emulator like the Supergroup pedal I posted a little while ago. If you look at the schematic it actually looks like 2, AMZ mini booster-type stages at its heart, with a transistor-based input stage. … Read more
Update, 22.3.2015 **There were couple minor issues with the schematic. Both fixed for this version of the layout.**
One of the layouts that is frequently mentioned so I thought I’d do a tagboardeffects version of it. There’s a couple of axial electrolytics in there, simply because I have them in that size and to me they suit the layout as it is better than radial, but as usual, use whatever you have. Info … Read more
I didn’t think it would end up too big, so I thought I’d jump straight in at the deep end and do a modified version with additional 9V/18V switching and the components switching done with individual toggles rather than a single 4PDT switch, which allows you to turn the selections on and off independently. If … Read more
I did this one ages ago and never posted it for some reason, so I may as well add it now. Info about the original: Ah! the Catalinbread Sagrado Poblano Picoso! The Poblano Picoso has many of the great features as the Super Chili Picoso except that the Poblano is tuned for an extended frequency … Read more
Info from ProGuitarShop about Catalinbread’s original: In January of 2012 I began speaking with Nicholas from Catalinbread about making us a dual overdrive pedal. I didn’t have anything specific in mind. I wanted to begin the discussion of putting two of his drive pedals in one box. After a couple of meetings and many cocktails … Read more
Info about the original from Catalinbread: The CB30 is designed to give you jangly, dynamic, responsive overdriven tones, just like it’s British 30 watt counterpart. The tone controls work exactly the same way as the actual amp, where the more the treble and bass increase, the more scooped the mids become, making it capable of … Read more
