Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Tenebrion was designed by CultureJam and is the further development of the Box of Hall reverb. It uses the Belton BTDR-2 reverb brick, which I’ve designed to fit on the solder-side of the circuit board. You should be able to squeeze it into a 1590B.
Here’s a great optical tremolo designed by CultureJam. Schematic can be found here. D1 is the external rate indicator and could be used as the on/off indicator as well. Just use part one pole of your 3PDT to break/connect one of the leads of D1. D2 and the LDR should be isolated together (heat shrink … Read more
This was a originally an SMD 2-in-1 board CultureJam put out. On one side was a Fuzz Face and the other this Tone Bender. So I figured they’d be good Fuzz Friday layouts. They’re not on the same board, but either one should fit in a 1590A.
For Fuzz Friday, here’s another one from CultureJam. The Stein Fuzz is a lightly modified version of the Roger Mayer Stone Fuzz* pedal (which is itself a lightly modified Fuzz Face). The main difference is more standardized part values (the pots mainly). It’s meant to be a positive ground circuit (center positive, so not daisy … Read more
Here’s a cool vibrato effect designed by CultureJam and based on Tim Escobedo’s Wobbletron. Here’s what he had to say about it his original build doc. The DuoVibe is a two-stage optical vibe circuit than can also cop subtle phaser tones. The LFO is modified from the Shoot the Moon tremolo (itself derivative of the … Read more
Here’s nice delay from CultureJam. It’s based on the Rebote 2.5 delay and has a lot in common with many other PT2399 delays. However… The Triton, diverges from the base concept by adding a second Delay Time potentiometer and a unique (in the DIY world) modulation effect. The Delay pots are selectable via footswitch (latching), … Read more
Here’s a great sounding reverb designed by CultureJam, built around the typical Belton BTDR-2 reverb brick. I’ve laid it out for onboard pots and the BTDR-2 being mounted from the solder-side of the board.
The Ersatz Verben is a pseudo-reverb circuit using a PT2399 for short slapback delay. It was designed by FSB member CultureJam and refined by EarthTones, and based on the Crap-Fi Delay by Allesz. Delay time ranges from 40-140ms. I’ve laid it out for onboard pots and added polarity protection and an onboard LED resistor. Here’s … Read more